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THE ANTLERS NEWS-RECORD
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REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR AND OTHER
NOTABLE EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1915
European Conflict Develops Into a Struggle to the Death With Dead-
lock on Eastern and Western Fronts— Serbia Overrun by
Teutons and Bulgarians— Trying Period for the
United States— General Carranza Rec-
ognized as President of Mexico
THE EUROPEAN WAR
The year 1915 has been so distinc-
tive from a historymaking viewpoint
that in all the ages to come It will
stand apart from those that have pre-
ceded it and from those which are
to follow During Its entire length
the greater nations of the European
continent have abandoned themselves
to a policy of bloodshed which has
fallen little short of delirium To
the neutral onlooker It haB been a re-
vival on a huge scale of the irration-
al and murderous activity which char-
acterized the earlier ages of mankind
It haB been the complete overthrow of
all the pacific theories which had ap-
parently gained so strong a fbothold
at the time of the firing of the first
gun in the present conflict
At the beginning of the year it was
evident that it was to be a struggle
to the death It was plain that the
Teutonic plan to force a Bpeedy set-
lement by dint of superior armed
preparedness had failed Six months
had elapsed and the Teutonic allieB
were still faced by three great na-
tions their strength unbroken and
their determination inflexible Aus-
tria had been driven repeatedly by hfer
Russian invaders and twice the Serbs
had routed Austrian armies sent
against them On other fields also
Teutonic efforts had been futile Thus
far Turkey had been of little assist-
ance and the holy war had failed to
come into being German Southwest
Africa bad been lost and German in-
fluence in Asia had been smothered
by the Japanese
As an offset the Germans still held
practically all the conquered territory
which had fallen into their hands
Their lines still held firmly in Po-
land in Flanders and in France It
was apparent that as yet the Teutonic
combination showed no sign of weak-
ening and a war of attrition seemed
inevitable Both in the east and
in the west the military operations
of the early part of the year were
practically without decisive result
The fighting in Poland had resolved
itself into a complete deadlock In
January the French-English combine
made three attempts to break the
Teutonic hold on French territory but
accomplished little The German un-
successful drive at Warsaw and the
rout of the Austrians in Galicia left a
slight balance in the January fighting
in favor of the allies
From a strictly military viewpoint
February was a promising month for
the Teutonic allies By the middle of
the month German troops were ad-
vancing all along the front from
the Vistula to the Niemen and thus
seven months after the breaking out
of the war German soil was practi-
cally cleared of its Russian invaders
The deadlock on the western front
was still unbroken
Scene Shifts to Dardanelles
With the advent of March there
came a sudden and dramatic change
In the war situation The scene of
military activity was shifted to the
Dardanelles By the third week of
the month Rome Athens Sofia and
Bucharest were centers of great po-
litical activity The surrender of
Przemysl March 22 was the most
stirring victory for the allies since the
battle of the Marne The German
assertion that the military power of
Russia had dwindled into insignifi-
cance wag disproved at once and the
allied cause gained Instant strength in
all the neutral capitals One of the
greatest strongholds in Europe had
been taken by the Russians
The disaster to the allied fleet at
the Dardanelles which occurred dur-
ing the third week of March put an
end to the expectation of forcing the
straits by naval means alone Ger-
man prestige advanced perceptibly
and the difficulty of the task under-
taken by the nulled fleet was now un-
derstood In this month also the
British won the battle of Neuve
Chapelle after a bloody fight
In April the French made a bold
offensive strobe againft the German
position between the Meuse and the
Moselle — the famous St Mihiel wedge
— which resulted In a tremendous loss
of men on boih sides with small ad-
vantage for either Nowhere had the
allies made appreciable gain in ter-
ritory The invader held his own
stubbornly and with success About
the middle of the month ZeppelinB
made their appearance over English
towns inspiring great interest and not
a little apprehension but doing com-
paratively snull damage About this
time also the attempted submarine
blockade of £ie British coaBt proved
to be ineffective In the closing days
of the month another great Teutonic
offensive swept against the allied lines
In Belgium thrusting the enemy back
upon Ypres with great loss of life on
both sides
In May the Germans sent their best
troops to the aid of the hard-
pressed Austrians By the middle of
the month they had worked a star-
tling change in the situation Prze-
mysl was retaken the Russian cam
paign In Galicia was shattered and
the czar’s armies were Boon back
where they started out in the previous
September Russia had suffered the
greatest disaster In the war A new
Germany military hero had been re-
vealed in the person of Mackensen
who was now held with Hindenburg
in popular esteem
In the last days of the month Italy
Joined forces with the allies against
Austria-Hungary
Fall of Warsaw
The campaign in the West was
strangely quiescent The allies kept
to their trenches and the outside world
wondered Bp to June 15 there was no
claim of progress by the allies The
Teutonic claim that its side was still
engaged in successful warfare on all
fronts was not disputed The splendid
resistance interposed by the discred-
ited Turks came as a surprise to the
world Russia was unable to rally her
badly demoralized forces to make a
winning defense of Lemberg Once
that point had fallen Warsaw became
the main objective It was not until
August 6 that German troops made
their triumphal entry into Warsaw
capital of Russian Poland
September marked a decided change
in the Teutonic campaign in the East
Vilna fell on September 9 but imme-
diately afterward the Russians won a
series of successes over the Austrians
capturing 40000 prisoners The escape
of the Russian armies from the net
planned by the German strategists
was complete The great Teutonic
drive was brought to a halt and In De-
cember the Germans withdrew slight-
ly and intrenched for the winter
The month of October marked a de-
cided revival of military activity on
all fronts After a long period of com-
parative quiet in the West a desper-
ate offensive movement was made by
the allies The French drive in Cham-
pagne was one of the bloodiest at-
tempts yet made to pierce the German
lines After three weeks of incessant
gunfire the French troops left their
trenches September 25 and rushed
the whole of the first German line
Nearly 20000 German prisoners were
captured and upward of a hundred
field guns thus far the greatest single
capture by the French during the war
But the Germans were not compelled
to relinquish any great amount of ter-
ritory In Artois the allies did not suc-
ceed In breaking through the German
lines but secured some coveted posi-
tions at an appalling cost
This brief period of allied success
was followed by an unexpected turn
of political affairs in tho Balkans For
a second time the Greek king showed
his lack of sympathy with the allies
In the spring he had prevented Veni-
zelos his premier an avowed sup-
porter of the allies from sending
troops to the Dardanelles Now when
the allies were depending upon the
Greeks to hold the Bulgarians in check
Constantine declined again to act
Serbia Is Overrun
Bulgaria announced her intention to
cast her lot with the central powers
and the latter opened a campaign hav-
ing Turkish relief for its apparent ob-
jective On October 10 the Germans
crossed the Danube and proceeded to
advance southward every step contest-
ed furiously by the outnumbered
Serbs France England and Italy de-
clared war on Bulgaria All at once
the center of military activity was
transferred to the Balkans
In November both the long-expected
allied offensive in the West and the
Teutonic drive in the East came prac-
tically to an end The allies failed to
break the stubborn German lines and
only achieved a possible moderate
success in Champagne and Artois at
tremendous cost By the middle of the
month military operations in Russia
were practically at a standstill the
Germans having failed to accomplish
the object of their campaign At that
time the big German drive to the Gold-
en Horn began to monopolize the at-
tention of the public The preliminary
invasion of Serbia by the Teutonic al-
lies — now including Bulgaria — was be-
gun with notable promptness In fact
as early as October 27 the invading
armies met in the northeastern part of
the kingdom by November 1 Kragu-
yevatz the chief Serbian arsenal had
fallen and by November 6 the Bulga-
rians were in Nish Serbia’s provi-
sional capital and railroad center By
November 19 it was announced that
the invading armieB held four-fifths of
Serbia and toward the close of the
month Germany declared semiofficially
that the campaign was over By the
middle of December the Franco-British
forces had been driven out of Serbia
They fell hack to Saloniki which with
the consent of Greece they prepared
to defend
Since May 24 when the Italian army
crossed the Austrian frontier the fight-
ing has been continuous especially
along the Isonzo front The strongly
fortified and stubbornly defended town
of Goritz was the Italian objective for
weeks In October the Austrian aero-
planes dropped bombs upon Venice
destroying art specimens and damag
ing a church The Italian liner An-
cona bound for New York was sunk
by a submarine flying the Austrian
flag on November 9 More than a hun-
dred passengers were killed including
several Americans The United States
made a vigorous demand on Austria to
disavow the act and punish the com-
mander of the submarine
On December 15 the British war of-
fice announced that Gen Sir Douglas
Haig had superseded Field Marshal
Sir John French as British commander
in France and Flanders
WAR AND THE UNITED STATES
Strictly neutral as has been the pol-
icy elected by this country the gov-
ernment has been brought face to face
with many serious problems which
have arisen from the conduct of the
European war One of these was the
seizure and detention by Great Britain
of vessels carrying American goods to
neutral ports in Europe A protest
was made by Washington and on Jan-
uary 10 Great Britain replied by of-
fering reasonable redress for any mis-
take of that nature
Early in February Great Britain de-
cided to seize grain and flour ship-
ments to Germany even if Intended for
noncombatants and two days later
Germany declared the waters around
Great Britain and Ireland to be a war
zone and announced her purpose to
destroy every enemy merchant vessel
discovered therein Neutrals were
warned of the danger sure to follow
On February 6 the Atlantic liner Lusi-
tania made the passage from New
York to Liverpool flying the American
flag as a protection against hostile
submarines On February 10 the
United States sent notes to Germany
and Great Britain concerning Ameri-
can shipping in the war zone Ger-
many was warned against committing
a breach of the rules of naval warfare
and Great Britain was reminded that
serious consequences might follow the
use of the American flag by British
vessels On February 16 Germany of-
fered to withdraw from her crusade
against British merchant ships if the
British would permit the sending of
food to the civilian population of Ger-
many On the same day the British
government seized the American ship
Wilhelmina bound for a German port
with wheat for civilian consumption
The German note in reply to the
American protest against the subma-
rine blockade disclaimed all responsi-
bility Great Britain affirmed its in-
tention to send the Wilhelmina to a
prize court In replies to inquiries
from the Washington government
neither Germany nor Great Britain
showed any disposition to recede from
the positions already announced' On
April 11 the German ambassador pro-
tested to the state department against
the attitude of the United States to-
ward the shipment of war materials
and British treatment of American
trade with Germany On May 1 the
American oil carrier Gulfllght was
sunk off the Scilty islands by a Ger-
man submarine
Destruction of the Lusitania
On May 7 the big transatlantic liner
Lusitania was sunk by a German sub-
marine off the coast of Ireland with
a loss of nearly 1200 lives including
upwards of a hundred Americans On
May 13 the United States protested
against the German submarine policy
and declared its intention of main-
taining the rights of American citi-
zens On May 25 the American steam-
er Nebraskan was seriously damaged
by a torpedo off the Bouth coast of
Ireland On Mav 28 the German reply
to the United States note of protest
in regard to the submarine policy in
the so-called “war zone” was received
Final statement of the German posi-
tion was reserved until a common ba-
sis of fact as to the status of the Lusi-
tania should be established On May
31 Germany made official announce-
ment that the Gulfllght had been sunk
by a German submarine whose cap-
tain failed to recognize the American
flag
On June 8 Secretary of State Wil-
liam J Bryan resigned his office to
avoid signing a second note of pro-
test to Germany against submarine in
terference with merchant ships On
the following day this note was sent
and assurances were asked that in fu-
ture America n ships and lives should
be safeguarded On June 22 the Brit-
ish government sent an official note
to the American ambassador explain-
ing efforts made to protect neutral
shipping On June 28 the British
steamer Armenian wa3 destroyed by
a German submarine off the coast of
southern England and a number of
Americans in the crew lost their lives
On July 8 Germany replied to the
second Washington note regarding
the submarine war against merchant
ships promising safety to United
States ships In the war zone if specif-
ically marked and suggesting that the
American flag be placed on four hos-
tile steamers for the safe transporta-
tion of American passengers
More Diplomatic Notes
On July 21 tie United States sent a
third note to Cermany with the state-
ment that the German reply to a for-
mer note hud been “very unsatisfac-
tory” and tMt a repetition of the
acts complaints of would be regarded
as “deliberately unfriendly” On Aug-
ust 3 several notes from Great Brit-
ain concerning interference with Amer-
ican trade In the war zone were
made public in which It was
claimed that Great Britain was do-
ing nothing in violation of interna-
tional law In the case of the William
P Frye an American ship sunk by
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich January 28
Germany agreed to furnish Indemnity
and the United States accepted the
offer and proposed that the matter be
referred to The Hague court
On August 19 the British liner
Arabic was torpedoed by a German
submarine and several Americans
were drowned A lively diplomatic
controversy followed and the tension
in the United States waB at the break-
ing point On September 7 the Ger-
man government notified the United
States that the captain of the subma-
rine bad torpedoed the Arabic in self-
defense believing that she was abbut
to ram him On September 9 the
United States asked Austria-Hungary
to recall Doctor Dumba Its ambassa-
dor charged with being active in a
movement to cripple American manu-
facture of munitions On October 5
the German government disavowed
the act of the submarine captain who
Bank the Arabic At this time it wbb
announced that the pending French-
Britlsh loan of $500000000 had been
oversubscribed
The United States secret service
October 24 arrested a young man who
called himself Robert Fay and de-
clared that he was a lieutenant in the
German army and came to America to
destroy merchant vessels of the allies
and American munition plantB Early
in December the Washington govern-
ment demanded the recall of tho Ger-
man attaches Boy-Ed and Yon Papen
on the ground of pernicious activity
They were recalled by the kaiser
Dr Carl Buenz managing director
of the Hamburg-American line and
two employees of the company were
convicted in New York in December
of conspiracy to deceive the govern-
ment in sending vessels with supplies
for German warships
THE CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO
In the early part of the year it was
evident that Francisco Villa had the
ambition to become the political War-
wick of the republic of Mexico On
January 7 be deposed the provisional
governor Gutierrez and installed Gen-
eral Garza in his place He was still
master of the situation at the City of
Mexico and Carranza still maintained
his stand at Vera Cruz Meantime the
fighting went on uninterruptedly with
varying results but none decisive
In June the situation on the border
and elsewhere became so irritating
that the United States government
felt compelled to give official warning
to the factional leaders that failure on
their part to come to some agreement
would necessitate intervention De-
spite this intimation the forces of
Villa and Carranza continued to keep
revolution aflame and by midsummer
the Mexican situation seemed to be
more inexplicable than ever Villa’s
star waned perceptibly A new mili-
tary influence General Obregon took
the center of the stage He assumed
the leadership of the Carranza faction
and his military successes were con-
siderable In July General Gonzales
another Carranza supporter fought his
way into Mexico City displacing Gen-
eral Zapata who held the place in the
Villa interest Later Gonzales was
driven out and the situation was so
threatening to life and property in the
capital that in August American bat-
tleships were ordered to Vera Cruz
but were not put into action In this
month also an appeal signed by Sec-
retary of State Lansing and the repre-
sentatives of South and Central Amer-
ican governments asking all warring
elements in Mexico to get together in
an attempt at pacification was sent to
the various leaders During Septem-
ber the fighting on the Mexican border
grew more desperate There were
many fatalities before United States
troops gained control of the situation
On October 19 nine of the principal
governments of the American hemi-
sphere headed by the United States
recognized the de facto government of
Mexico of which Carranza is the chief
OUR LAWMAKERS
The Sixty-third congress came to a
close on March 4 its final act of spe-
cial importance being the adoption of
a resolution to strengthen the powers
of the president in the enforcement of
neutrality laws Both branches agreed
to the conference report on the naval
appropriation bill calling for two new
battleships six destroyers and eight-
een submarines The president’s nom-
inations for the promotion of army
and navy officers connected with the
building of the Panama canal were
confirmed by the senate so that Colo-
nel Goethals and Brigadier General
Gorgas became major generals
On January 26 the West Virginia
legislature decided to submit a wom-
an suffrage amendment at the 1916
Section Two days later in Tennes-
see the house passed a bill for a ref-
erendum vote on woman suffrage al-
ready passed by the upper house Ar-
kansas declared for prohibition In
Iowa prohibition again becomes ef-
fective on January 1 1916 Both Idaho
and Utah adopted prohibition bills
March 5 the North Dakota legisla-
ture passed a hill abolishing capital
punishment South Dakota had taken
similar action January 30 March 10
Rear Admirals Fletcher Howard and
Cowles' were made admirals a new
naval grade established by the last
congress March 18 Governor Spry of
Utah vetoed the state-wide prohibition
bill April 7 the Alaska house passed
a measure submitting prohibition to
the voters A week later it agreed to
the senate hill abolishing capital pun-
ishment June 3 the government plea
to have the United States Steel cor-
poration dissolved was denied by the
United States circuit court for New
Jersey and the defendant was held to
be a lawful enterprise
Resignation of Bryan
June 8 William J Bryan resigned
the office of secretary of state declar-
ing himself out of sympathy with the
president’s policy toward the Euro
pean war On the following day Presi-
dent Wilson appointed Robert Lan-
sing counselor for the state depart-
ment to take charge of the office Mr
Lansing was made secretary of state
June 23 State-wide prohibition be-
came operative in Alabama on July
I On July 22 the interstate com-
merce commission permitted advances
in express rates and on August 11 it
allowed Increases in carload freight
rates on 41 railroads in the middle
West On the following day it ordered
reductions in freight rates on anthra-
cite coal August 24 the Eastman Ko-
dak company was declared to be an il-
legal combination and ordered dis-
solved September 10 the members
of the constitutional convention of
New York state adopted the proposed
constitution but it was overwhelming-
ly defeated at the polls November 2
State-wide prohibition triumphed in
South Carolina September 14 by a de-
cisive majority
President Wilson announced Octo-
ber 6 his intention to vote for woman
suffrage at the special election in New
Jersey on October 19 At that election
the propose constitutional amend-
ment was defeated by a majority of
50000 November elections were held
in eight states Four of these — Ken-
tucky Maryland Massachusetts and
Mississippi — chose governors In three
states — Massachusetts New York and
Pennsylvania — woman suffrage was
rejected by large majorities In Ohio
a state-wide prohibition measure was
defeated by a majority of 35000
Changes in the national house of rep-
resentatives reduced the Democratic
majority to twenty-five The Sixty-
fourth congress opened December 6
Senator Clarke of Arkansas was elect-
ed president pro tern of the Benate and
Champ Clark was re-elected speaker
POLITICS IN OTHER LANDS
t
February 12 the protocol of the anti-
opium convention was signed at The
Hague by representatives of the Unit-
ed States China and Holland March
5 Gen Vilbrun G Sam leader of the
revolution which overthrew Davilmar
Theodor was elected president of
Haiti March 7 the popular minister
of Greece Euletherios Venlzelos re-
signed his policy of active participa-
tion in the war on the side of the al-
lies not meeting the approval of King
ConBtantine A new ministry was
formed with Demetrios Gounarls at
its head but he was soon succeeded
by M Skouloudis
April 23 the Danish diet passed a
constitutional amendment giving the
ballot to women Before it can become
law this measure muBt also pass the
next diet May 4 Italy repudiated her
alliance with Germany and Austria
doclaring that Austria’s invasion of
Serbia constituted a sufficient cause
May 25 the British Liberal ministry
was reorganized on a coalition basis
Ex-Premier" Balfour Bonar Law six
other Unionists and a Labor party
man accepted portfolios May 29
Theophile Braga was elected president
of Portugal June 5 the new Danish
constitution was signed by King Chris-
tian One of its most important fea-
tures is the extension of the suffrage
to women July 21 the voters of Al-
berta western Canada carried pro-
hibition by a large majority In the
latter part of the month a new revolu-
tionary movement broke out in Haiti
and the president General Sam was
killed The United States cruiser
Washington landed marines to stop
further carnage Juan Luis San Fuen-
tes was elected president of Chile on
July 25 and Dr Jose Pardo was In-
augurated as president of Peru on Au-
gust 18
September 16 a treaty between the
United States and Haiti waB signed at
Port au Prince providing for Ameri-
can supervision of the finances and po-
lice regulation of that republic Gen-
eral Dartinguenave was recognized as
president
In November it was announced that
a majority of the Chinese provinces
had voted unanimously for the restor-
ation of the monarchial form of gov-
ernment with President Yuan Shih-kai
as emperor and on December 11 he
announced his acceptance of the
throne The Japanese mikado Yoshi-
hito was crowned at Kioto Novem-
ber 10
INDUSTRIAL AGITATION
Early in the year the meetings of
the industrial relations commission
held in New York city attracted much
attention on account of the promi-
nence of some of those who were
called to testify The chief purpose
of the investigation was to obtain the
opinions of well-known capitalists and
employers on the present relations of
capital and labor January 19 guards
in a factory near Roosevelt N J
fired on a group of striking workmen
killing one man and wounding several
others April 16 in Chicago 1600
carpenters went on strike for an in-
crease in wages June 14 motormen
and conductors on the surface and
elevated railways of Chicago 14000
in all struck for higher wages and
a complete tie-up resulted The dis-
pute however was settled by arbitra-
tion after two days of business paraly-
sis The carpenters’ strike in that
city which had crippled the building
industry for several months waB end-
ed by a compromise wage agreement
July 10 Ten days later a strike of
60000 garment makers in New Tork
city was averted by a wage Increase
of from 12 to 15 per cent
In July the employees of the Stand-
ard Oil plant at Bayonne N J went
on strike and serious rioting followed
During the lawlessness which pre-
vailed two strikers were killed and
many policemen and onlookers were
injured After a week of disorder a
wage increase was obtained and the
strikers resumed work July 22 a
strike for higher wages and shorter
hourB at the Remington Arms works
Bridgeport Conn resulted in a vic-
tory for the employees August 4 a
threatened strike Involving 60000
workers on woman’s garments in
New York city was prevented by an
increase in wages
In September the long and not in-
frequently violent dispute over indus-
trial conditions at the mines of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company was
brought to an end John D Rocke-
feller Jr made an extended visit of
investigation to tbe property and as
an outcome suggested a plan for ad-
justing differences which was accept-
ed by the miners in a formal refer-
endum vote An agreement was
signed to maintain the present wage
scale and tbe eight-hour day until
January 1 1918 The demand for
union recognition made by the miners
was not granted but many conces-
sions were made by the company in
favor of the employees
In July a miners’ strike practically
put a stop to the great Welsh coal in-
dustry After several conferences
between Mr Lloyd George the Brit-
ish minister of munitions the colliery
owners and representatives of the
miners the trouble was settled July
20 and the men went back to work
Further strikes and lockouts were
prohibited by law
As early as June 30 the state of
American foreign trade showed a bal-
ance of exports over Imports of more-
than $1000000000 This was a new
experience for the United States
The yield of wheat for the year ac-
cording to the latest reports exceeds
1000000000 bushels the largest on
record A corn crop of 3090000000
bushels at current prices makeB it
the most valuable ever harvested In
the country The American oats crop
is also one of the most bountiful on
record
LAND AND SEA DISASTERS
A seismic horror which recalled the
Messina earthquake of seven years
ago occurred January 13 A large dis-
trict in central Italy east of Rome
was laid waste and nearly 30000 lives
were lost At Avezzano 96 per cent
of the population was destroyed and
the property loss was more than $100-
000000 February 10 earthquake hurricane
and an accompanying tidal wave vis-
ited the American Samoan group and
caused great destruction on the Manua
islands In the latter part of June
severe earth shocks were felt through
the Imperial valley In southern Cali-
fornia July 7 a violent storm swept
over Missouri Illinois Ohio and In-
diana and left wide destruction in its
wake July 14 southern China floods
destroyed 80000 persons Some parts
of Canton were ten feet under water
August 3 a cloudburst at Erie Pa
flooded a large area of the city
drowned 25 persons and caused great
damage to property August 11 an
earthquake shock was felt in Italy
and Vesuvius Etna and Stromboli be-
came active August 16 a tropical
storm which developed into a hurri-
cane struck the Texas coast and raged
violently for two days Nearly 209
persons were the victims' of its fury
and the property loss was computed
in millions September 29 a hurri-
cane dashed over the lower Mississip-
pi valley and gulf coast destroying
300 persons and a great amount of
property
January 21 a boiler explosion on
the armored cruiser San Diego off
the west coast of Mexico resulted In
the death of six American sailors
March 2 there was an explosion of
gas in a mine at Leyland W Va and
over 100 men were killed outright
March 25 was the date of the shock-
ing submarine accident which resulted
in the sinking of the United States
boat F-4 during maneuvers in Hono-
lulu harbor Her entire crew of 21
was drowned April 3 a Dutch
steamer the Prins Mauritz foundered
off the Virginia coast and 69 persons
lost their lives
On the last day of April a big fire
at Colon Panama destroyed 22 blocks
killed 11 persons and entailed a prop-
erty loss of $3500000 May 22 Eng-
land experienced the most consider-
able wreck in the history of its rail-
way Bystem More than 150 persons
mostly soldiers going into quarters
were killed near Carlisle
Steamer Eastland Horror
The most conspicuous horror of the
year for Americans was the overturn-
ing of the excursion steamer Eastland
at her pier in the Chicago river July
24 In broad daylight a few feet from
the shore 852 persons largely women
and children out for a holiday were
drowned
A tornado of huge proportion®
swept over parts of Nebraska South
Dakota Iowa and Kansas November
10 destroying much property and
causing the death of a dozen persons
October 28 a parochial school at Pea-
body Mass which was unprovided
with fire escapes was burned and 21
girls lost their lives A factory fire
in Brooklyn N Y November 6 re-
sulted in the death of 12 persons On
November 10 the gun plant of the
Bethlehem Steel company burned with
a loss of $3000000 and next day
there was a million-dollar fire in the
war material plant of the Roebling
Sons company at Trenton N J
Flames destroyed much of Avalon
Catalina island on November 29 The ’
same day an explosion in the DuPont
Powder company plant at Wilmington
Del killed 31 On December 9 tha
DuPont powder town of Hopewell
Va was burned down
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Reigner, J. H. Antlers News-Record. (Antlers, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1916, newspaper, January 14, 1916; Antlers, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2324397/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.