Show WORLD HAS HAD A YEAR no terrible catastrophe has marked the twelvemonth DEATH TAKES NOTABLE MEN general success of the democrats and startling developments development south of the rio grande chief eventt events in western hemisphere now new york taken all in all the year 1913 has been a happy and rather fortunate one tor for tho the world in general it was not marked by any great catastrophe ouch euch as tho the san francisco earthquake or the titanic disaster it saw aw the end of tho the ware in the balkans it witnessed tho the inauguration of a democratic president in tho the unita states followed foli owed by genuine tariff reduction actton without financial panic tho the death roll tor for the past year has hit bit tho the financial world rather hard including such notable figures as J P morgan henry M U flagler and james R koeno keene tho the roman catholic church also lost two 0 at its ita most von ven crable cardinals deaz dean of the college and once secretary Boc rotary at tho the vatican and d who would have been pope dope instead of plus ac X had not the emperor ot of austria voted against him in the united states political de da lave ibave been extremely interesting te but not startling every thing seems to have gone the I 1 way of the democrats Democrat lq victories were won last November in now york city the state of new jersey and state of massachusetts congress has passed the currency bill and the banking interests ot at the country aro are ad lusting themselves to it As aa alarmed am 08 high finance may have been when it was learned that president wilson believed in sherman law should be ba clarified business and financial interests have apparently become come convinced that tho the presidents attitude la Is not one cue ot at opposition iono but rathor rather an attitude in which ho he would consult and confer with business bu alnesa and finance to remedy evils generally admitted to exist I 1 doings in mexico south of tho the rio nio grande granda developments have been beeb startling and rapid tho the year 1913 1912 saw in mexico the an assassination sassi nation of president francisco ma ala derd alce V ace pino suarez and gustavo AIa Ala derd brother of the dent the usurpation oc the presidency gaeu hy gen vitoriano Vc toriano Ilu huerta erta boosted by general felix diaz then canie came tho the rupture between iida olaz and Ilu aluerta erta with the practical banishment of diaz dial later in 1913 came caine thorine tho ale of venustiano Venust lano carranza loade tho the constitutionalism constitution allsto in the north of mexico with the result that the powerful northern states of mex alex ica are no wunder his control Ef scarcely earce had carranza Car ronica bacome famous than pancho villa former bandit bandic with a price on his head leaped into the limelight as a rebel leader diug carranza and it Is now ques 1 tinned whether carranza or villa to Is jtb Bt stronger ronger in tho leadership ot at the constitutionalist foicey forces lari 16 its relations with mexico the united states hafi haa stood firm varly harly in his administration president wilson announced hla his determination to withhold recognition from the aluerta administration and although much pressure ilan haa beta been brought to bear the president has ban refused to chanie change hla his attitude efforts have been mado made to induce huarta cuarta to retire and allow a fair and honest election without ro re bull today the united states has a heavy armed force at the border and an impressive array or of battleships oft tho the coast I 1 there have been marriages ot of Jm in the past year and a number of at engagements of kroml bent persona announced foremost in the minds of americans americana of course Is the wei wedding iding ot of miss jessie woodrow 1 wilson daughter of 0 the president of the year barring medicos cos barbarous achieve f mants there havo been few blons in coun countries trien generally recognized as aa being george 1 I king of greece was by a mad atar chist in Saloni Balon lka kao march IS 18 in turkey the commander ln in ahlet of the i Ot ottoman tatuan forces in tho the balkan wars ener anier aboy YAP wap AMID alalu on february 17 thia was waa followed soon boon utter aate r by tho the ms of nazim pasha premier turkey and menico appear to have been contending with each other for honors in tbt line of at assassination si with mexico slightly in the leid lead european affairs havo have gone along rather as usual barring at a few extra sti klIns outbursts by suffragists in england ouch euch an aa the bon lonal sul clde CIO of tho the young suffragette who threw chereek before the kings horse to in i the derby and V vaa 48 killed pollyl eally cally england haa bus beail betil in a furor which however la Is nothing out olit of the ordinary the tha year has seen been the very bory rom remarkable likable ii kable rebel rebellion llon nt ulster ster under det the direction of sit sir edward edilard car son ou and aad the organization of an array army to resist enforcement or of the hom rule all hl should it pass par ItsU tiamen nent t england and hea RO 1112 0 tad ad its ita thare share of trouble there hivo beon been large strikes at iama end and in ia ireland not ably my the tha dublin riots bigby jim lar kin all of 0 tho the Vur european powers have hava concon canoa BS as la the cor construe batta ships and tho the armed bmw WP ct gennady Genn aay england Z r f st siv A franco franc and d russia are stronger Bt ronger than ever possibly made so BO by the balkan warm wara there have been some few spats between prance france and germany but nothing in any way approaching a breach of diplomatic relations the falling of a couple of german war balloons on french drench territory created some little excitement as did the mobbing of some german subjects by french citizens in border towns france as well as tho the united states underwent a presidential election in 1913 placing a very democratic and a very diplomatic person in tho the office of chief executive president prisident poincare in tho tha far east in the far east several things of moment occurred in 1913 among them tho the chinese reb rebellion alliod and establishment of a republic and in japan the death of the mikado and the succession of his son and the tha anti american demonstrations and riots as a result of the adoption of tho the antl allen landowning law in california in the realm of science ind and explore tion thero there have been but few developments that could positively be designated sua no history creating the discovery pf af the south mouth polo pole and the disaster to the scott expedition both occurred in 1912 although tho the tato fato ot of captain scott was not made known to the world until 1913 dr fredrich franz n leamann discoverer of a cure for tuberculosis made his appearance in but the balue of ur dr r ried manns cure and other cures for that dread disease announced at about the samo same time are very much open to doubt great strides have ur undoubtedly been made in the treatment of C aneer but no positive cure has yet been discovered although much has been learned about the value of radium aviation la Is progressing rapidly much attention to aeronautics lias has baen paid by tho the various european governments from a military standpoint but no means of making aero anywhere near safe have yet been discovered france fianco haa ban organized and trained a military aviation corps that would unquestionably be of great value in case of war and germany has devoted much time and money to dirigible ballooning the united states has spent some during the year in military experiments lii in aviation the number ot at deaths resulting from aviation has not boen been especially large aviators have died just an aa aviators died in 1912 and germany suffered a number of disastrous accidents to zeppelin dirigible balloons many of the accidents of aeroplanes aero planes resulted from fancy exhibition fl ving flying and military experiments the year 1913 saw the first nero aeroplane plane flight over tho the panama canal on the panama canal in panama great developments have taken place pla co october 10 last saw the dynamiting of gamboa dike being the removal of practically the last serious obstruction in the big ditch the canal Is now almost completed so far as aa a transcontinental trans continental waterway to is con can corned although not yet prepared for the passa passage ge of ste ampre from ocean to ocean work has also been begun on tho the buildings and grounds for the great mannina international exposition to bo be held in san francisco in 1915 as aa a celebration of tho the formal opening of the panama canal in this connection it may be mentioned some slight blight international ill feeling may have been caused by the refusal of the british and german government to in tho the san F francisco exposition german and english merchants however will take part on their own at accounts counts the tha united states may congratulate itself that barring the case ot of liana hans schmidt the new afa ym k priest there have been few gruesome grue somo and startling murders during the year now york state furnished tho the most sensational hit bit of 0 local politics of the year in the impeachment and removal of at gov william sulzer followed by bullers Sul zera nomination by progressives Progress ives and election to the tha state assembly in tho the world of sports the united states still stands supreme in addition to humbling the british polo cup challengers the united states further shocked johnny dull bull when francis tho the youthful golf wonder walked away from the english experts in n tho the national open golf championship at brookline mass and by the winning of tho the international davis teunis tennis cup americas supremacy in sports was further recognized durins during the year when king gustave ot of sweden presented the tha american ath athletes lotes with tho the medals and tto dophles phles won at the olympic tames in stockholm in 1013 1912 the sporting world suffered a shock however when it was learned that 7 jim tra thorpe tho the famous carlisle indian athlete really belonged in the blasel fi cation ot of professional ile ho volun tartly renounced the trophies trop blea he ha had won as an an amateur in tho the olympic games hero tire are tho the leading eventa of 0 the tha year disasters fires floods floods in ohio abany killed much suffering orinK and great damage done flocos in tho mississippi valley as aa a result ot of ohio floods tornado destroys part of omaha neb zepolla Zepp lla 12 12 2 exploded october 7 twenty killed gas explosion abar pittsburgh kills miners long reach beach cal calr r pier cives bea way killing 38 35 persons Misa disastrous floods in texas early part or of october firedamp in toino mine entombs anve hundred rescued allva two hundred and eighty miners entombed following mine explosion at dawson N M twenty abreo rescued illy adv steamship nevada strikes a inano ia gulf of smyrna one hundred and twenty drowned steamer volturno burned at sea october 19 15 one hundred and thirty six drown rescued fifty girls dle in factory fire at binis harn haraton ha roton tono N Y july 22 storm at nomo nome alaska kills 11 destroys COO houses loss the death roll holl enver bey chief of staff turkish army assassinated february 17 henry N flagler ono one of at founders of standard oil company and financial magnate roa gnato dies george L I 1 king icing of at greece assassinated by mad anarchist at Salon kalonika Sal lka march 18 james jamea R keene financier dies january jannary 2 deaths of cardinals Oreg lla dean ot of the sacred college and within a few days of each other at the vatican luther mccarthy pugilist died at alberta may 24 death of emperor of japan nazim pacha turkish premier assassinated sa s 5 in a t e d king menelik of 0 Abbyss lnla inta reported dead ills ilia death confirmed on december 23 whitelaw reid american ambassador to great areat britain burled at sleepy hollow cemetery N Y adolphus dusch busch millionaire brewer of st louis died october 10 charles 0 gates son of the late john W gates died october 28 ralph rose famous athlete and shot ahot putter died october 16 timothy woodruff now new york politician died october 12 anthony N brady died in london july 22 col S F cody american aviator killed in england by fall from sera aero august 7 mayor gaynor of now york died on way to E england timothy D sullivan new york politician found dead on railroad track after escaping from an asylum alfred austin poet laureate of england died june 2 crimes and executions mrs fannie may eaton baton wife of rear admiral katon eaton acquitted october 31 of murdering her husband rev huns hans schmidt dis discredited credited catholic priest arrested in now york for the murder of anna aumuller his sweetheart ployd floyd and claude S allen alien e executed x at richmond va march 28 for participation in the famous allen alien court house shooting affray henry spencer confessed murderer of 0 many persons to la convicted of killing mildred allison rexroat a dancing teacher in chicago appeal pending mrs mra dessle bessie wakefield Is convicted 0 os murdering her husband and sento mento cod to hang in connecticut on ich 1 4 l leo F rank frank wealthy manufacturer evicted in atlanta ga of murdering g girl in n hla his office appeal bonding pon ding dr frank craig acquitted in indianapolis a of murder of dr helen knabe political development at home 1 inauguration of president woodrow wilson on march 4 united states judge robert wo archbald removed from office by united states senate atter after impeachment trial john purroy mitchel elected mayor of now new york on the fusion ticket destroying Tamm anys power david 1 I walsh democrat elected governor of massachusetts a victory for the wilson administration acting governor fielder elected governor of now new jersey fielder to la a democrat and was tho the wilson administration candidate minnesota legislature adopted equal suffrage measure february 11 bosage of wilson tariff bill passage of 0 the currency bill inauguration of 0 vice president marshall bis address to the senate and administration of at oaths to the now new senators march 4 california legislature adopts equal suffrage measure illinois aasta equal suffrage bill japanese land law ta in california ap proved by governor johnson february 3 william sulzer of new york impeached and removed from and succeeded eded byLle byL teut ut gov GOT martin 11 IL glynn political developments abroad sing king otto known as the mad king of bavaria removed from throne and succeeded by his bla son sir rufus isaacs made lord chief justice of 0 great britain being tho the first jew to hold that office elec election tion of president in france january 17 inauguration february IS 18 election and installation of sir van vaa dewater as lord mayor of london Vi huerta proclaimed provisional president ot of mexico february IS 18 yuan ahl kal ka elected president of at china october 6 inaugurated october 10 sir edward carson gathers toge together thur an aa army of orangeman orangemen Oran gemen f in ulster to resist enforcement of at the homo home rule rula bill should it pass pasa parliament japanese mobs in tokyo demand war on the united states over the california land question united states forces groat great britain i to give UP attempt to gain oil moni in colombia i united states w warns ar as santo dom domingo in no moro mori revolutions rebellion and overthrow ot of the chinese empire and establishment ot of a republic krupp scandal in germany lern may discalo made april 18 sports sport american successfully defends defenda the international polo cup against groat ghent britain i i syracuse Syr acue wins the re yatta junu 1 1 harvard ot esget h camrod crew bouts yale june 20 francis wins the national open golf |