Show INE ONE OF REVOLTS marked by unrest involving the entire world REBELS ALWAYS VICTORS chinese and mexican revolutions and strife against graft craft and monopoly great strides mado made in aviation when the tha historian of at the future records the events of the year 1911 ho he will vill lay particular stress strass on the political and social unest throughout tho the world this was not confined to any one country nor to a few countries it was worldwide world wide involving practically every nation both civilized 2 and land uncivilized it included revolutions against longstanding long standing governments battles of labor and capital wars ware between different and in short everything that could be branded aa strife against existing conditions or growing conditions s most significant of all the events of the year was waa the explosion in open rebellion of the hatred that had been accumulating through tho the ages odthe of the chinese against the despotic dynasty passive unresisting yet at the same time loathing and despising the power tb tha held them in subjection the in the far east empire had for centuries submitted to being trodden on by unreasoning overbearing all potent self styled detal deml gods but china was gradually awakening and when the tha first names flames of revolution burst forth it was the signal for the conflagration to become general rebels the winners everywhere but the chinese insurrection was but a larger edition of dozens yea scores of upheavals of at various kinds in other parts of tho the world they broke forth with such suddenness that it was almost impossible to realize what was occurring until the whole thing was over without exception every one of the great disturbances of the year that reached an ultimate wound up in favor of the party or element rebelling agal against rist the condition in not one did the defense win over the tha a off enso thi the Alexi mexican cau revolution near to our own doors was wae a striking example of the overturn of regime nearer still was the successful culmination of t the he battle for statehood of arizona and new mexico other struggles of equal magnitude developed during the year many of them with sensational effect in which the issue Is still being fought among these are the battle between labor and capital the people and monopoly and advocates of popular government as opposed to representative government campaigns on graft have been waged with fierce resolution by city state and federal authorities not only in all corners of the united states but abroad as well the mcnamara dynamiting case the growth of sentiment for popular election ot at all federal officials the progress of the tha woman suffrage movement trust prosecutions the campaign for currency tur rency reform and that tor for lower tariffs all these typify the unrest that exists in our own country years important events aside from the numberless conflicts many noteworthy things have been penned in the diary of 1911 science his haa witnessed vast strides particularly la in the field ot of avla aviation timi the flights of atwood from st loula louis to new york and of rodgers from new york to pasadena cal were the crowning achievements in this line about all that remains to be accomplished in aviation as a feat la Is the crossing of the ocean when all that la Is good and all that la Is bad are considered together it can not be said otherwise than that the year casono in which the good pro A chronological table of the imbor taut tant events of 1911 follows JANUARY I 1 juan estrada Ea inaugurated president a of nicaragua 2 president tatt taft officially recognizes the estrada government 3 W B E corey re resigns algrin presidency of the united states steel corporation first postal savings banks opened 4 senator elkins of west virginia dies 10 tobacco trust dissolution suit started in united states supreme court president taft sends congress special message urging fortification of panama canal 14 arkansas launched at camden N J 19 paul pau morton president of lot equitable life insurance ranco company and former secretary of the treasury dies 2 23 david graham phillips noted itu luthor thor shot in new york by a mad violinist ol died a day later 26 canadian reciprocity agreement presented to congress congre aa by president taft I 1 31 hauae of votes the panama exposition ot of 1915 to san francisco defeating now new orleans efforts rear admiral charles S sperry dies FEU FEB february i UARY PUARy 7 miss vivian gould married to lord of england in new york 11 archbishop ryan ry an ot of philadelphia dies I 1 21 premier asquith introduces lo in to english hause ot of commons bill abolishing yeto veto power of house of lords MIA MICH UH I 1 senator luelmer ot of illinois re bains his seat by senate vote with margin of six sit 4 reciprocity falls in senate six ty first con cresa adjourns president tatt taft makes x akes road on extra 11 session threat setting special session at april 4 8 united states troops trompa ordered to mexican frontier II 11 trial of the begins at viterbo Vl Vit erb italy 18 19 Supe reme court sus sustains austal taina ns conati of corporation tax law in c creasing national income by ar r triangle shirt waist company fire in the asch building now new york resulting in lit deaths APRIL 4 special session of sixty second congress convenes 10 tom L johnson former mayor of Clev cleveland elaud adles 12 canadian reciprocity bill and farmers tree free list bill introduced in house bouse 13 19 approves direct election ot of sem ee acors by to 10 14 david jayne hill resigns as ambassador to germany 21 house passes canadian reciprocity to 89 22 mcnamara mars brothers arrested in chicago and indianapolis rushed by automobile on way to los angeles to face dynamite charges 29 jay gould marries annie anete douglass graham of hawaii in new york 50 30 bangor me devastated by fire MAY AJAY 2 chinese rebellion begins in kwan tune tong province 3 house orders investigation of steel trust bust 8 battle of juarez begins resulting in capture by mexican rebels two days later 12 J AT dickinson resigns as secretary of war succeeded by henry 4 stimson of now new york 15 standard oil company ordered dissolved by supreme court deel decision a ion 17 Por porfillo firlo diaz announces he will resign presidency ot at mexico 23 new and arizona statehood resolution passes in bouse 25 adlaz adlaz resigns presidency of mexico mexica 29 tobacco trust ordered dissolved by supreme court decision JUNE 8 W E M D V stokes shot in new york by lillian graham and ethell ethel conrad 10 american polo team beats B british rit in deciding game of international series 13 resolution for popular election of senators passed by senate 18 european aviation circuit race begir beala fit at three aviators aviator SL cip captain tala prin eteau AT la martin and M lendian killed when machines fall to ground 19 president debt taft celebrates his silver oliver wedding anniversary 21 arrival in now york of olympic largest passenger boat in world 22 coronation of king george georga of england 28 cornell crew wins regatta JULY 2 harry N atwood lies files in bl biplane from boston to new york 8 lieutenant conneau andre beaumont wins 1000 mile aviation circuit race from vincennes over france belgium li holland olland and england 12 american harvard yale athletic team defeated by oxford cam bridge team at london 14 investiture of prince of wales 18 henry clay beattie shoots his bis wife 22 canadian Canadia tt reciprocity passed by senate 27 president taft signs Can canadian adlan reciprocity treaty AUGUST 10 london dock strike begins 15 harry N atwood starts flight for now new york from st louis 19 12 english dock strike settled 23 special session of congress adjourns 22 0 A R special train wrecked near manchester N Y 37 27 civil war veterans yet erana and members of their families being killed 27 atwood arrives at new york finishing his flight from st louls louis SEPTEMBER 9 col john jacob astor marries madeline talmage force 10 cross crosa continent aeroplane flight for hearst prize officially begins 12 11 11 allton of england wins wine american golf championship at agawa mla ala links 35 premier pin of russia shot while attending opera at kiev dying two days later president talt taft starts on an trip through west 17 cal P rodgers leaves new york on cross continent flight rodgers was the only one to complete the trip 21 canadian voters reject reciprocity bill 25 french battleship liberto blown up in harbor of toulon killing thres three hundred 29 italy declares war on oil turkey as result of tripoli controversy and ash troops to tripoli i SO 30 ono one hundred killed by breaking of dam at austin pa OCTOBER 2 rear admiral S schley dies 13 republic of china proclaimed at wu chang 14 Asso associate clate justice john marshall harlan ot of the tb united states supreme court dle dies 19 aviator eufrem kly fly killed at macan oft ga 20 rev C V T RIche sn ar rosted la in boston as slayer of avis linnell 21 rev fraud frand IV sandford Sand tord of 0 the holy Gh arrives in port land me ale aboard the tha coronet on which he starved the fanatical members of the party lie ile Is arrested chinese national assembly convenes 23 winslon churchill is made eng lands first lord ot of the admiralty being succeeded ns as home secretary by reginald mckenna 26 philadelphia athletics w win in worlds baseball championship from new york 29 joseph pulitzer Pu lUzer noted publisher dies names of 18 now new cardinals designate announced NOVEMBER I 1 president taft reviews great battleship fleet at new york I 1 2 kyrlo kyrie bellow bellew famous actor dlos dies 4 Clif chinese fiese rebels capture shanghai controlling mouth ot at klang kiang river 5 cal P rodgers arrives at pasadena cal concluding his epochal flight from now york to pacific coast ambassador guild at st 81 petersburg protests to russia against alleged in suits to american jews 6 persia refuses dussias Rus sias demand to remove W morgan young american in charge 0 of persian finances 7 new medicos Ilex leos cos first election as a state results in democratic governor italian advance in tripoli begins 8 united states circuit court at new york approves tobacco trust diss dissolution plan 16 chinese republic appeals for recognition tion by the world russia starts troops for persian frontier 19 president caceres of santo domingo assassinated 24 henry clay beattle beattie executed 25 aless mildred sherman marries lord camoys ot at england in now york 30 public consistory creating 18 19 cardinals at rome DECEMBER I 1 mcnamara brothers change pleas la in dynamite case to guilty 2 king george arrives in india tor for the Iluf durbar bar 4 first regular session ot of slaty sixty second congress convenes con venea 6 5 J B mcnamara sentenced for life john J to 15 years president Zut taft sends congress ines message sige devoted entirely to trust problems 6 beet trust suit begun at chicago 8 an investigation vest igat ion board reports battleship maine was destroyed by out side explosion 9 miners entombed en at brice v ille tenn by explosion constitution ot of chinese republic framed 12 durbar at india held bold by king george emperor pc at india 4 republican national nAt lonal committee names chicago june jun a 18 for 1012 1912 national ra convention 13 sulzer bill abrogating passport treaty with russia passed by house i 17 alfred G 1 1 vanderbilt weds mrs margaret mckim in london Arribas ambassador curtiss guild at instruction of president tatt taft notifies no titles russia of intention to abrogate treaty of 1832 19 senate approves president tafts abrogation of Russian treaty president sends congress special message on an wool tariff john bigelow gelow Bl americas grand old man 9 dies 21 russian forces open hostilities with persia bombarding the governors palace at tabriz |