Eureka Reporter | 1915-12-31 | Page 6 | Chief Events of 1915 Topically Arranged in the Form of a Diary

1 4 A 06 ac I 1 I 1 t nil IM to VILY I 1 4 t t CHIEF BENTS OF sij I 1 t IN THE F ha OF A I 1 I 1 t t t record of shipwrecks fires affairs of interest in the f I 1 storms and accidents political and social world ta t and the yearb vears sports and miscellaneous t 1 6 t necrology items 1 k I v JANUARY I 1 lapos t on I 1 inama ca cal torn forn a 6 t on opened at ban D ego v 01 I 1 obituary J M draht chiv I 1 t ar vetera and mil mill ta y arnal st at in was iva a gt n 1 4 il 1 a 0 al at lo 10 don stock exchange 1 aco end 6 5 sui sul e e 4 ourt ul cited stalest su art e cou t aled that the danbury I 1 a tors n pay tz 23 fine to fo a I 1 bo be cott rt et up in tv 0 ben uen J I 1 11 aker veteran ex chondr congress essa ae acel I 1 u P pe 0 aa 1 pres de t W ison isom a s daughter mrs ba e gave b arti to a son in th 1 I h te to iio ito se 6 ob tuai P W V sl Slur urt eff chiv I 1 war veteran a d i 1 doted artist I 1 lew ew bork IL aed a mex co airan zas fo ces detected V I 1 la a t ool a at I 1 beblo N lla ila lost 00 I 1 lied tied 10 01 than ma ala shall P ft ilder I 1 u N moi stand st and author abst at st paul min aged 55 mrs airs john wood ed actress on tl ti e english A her ner can stage in E gland aged 82 4 13 barth quaite la e in italy italy I 1 ar atles ties and toa ns destro destroy e I 1 elzano es zano be ng the prime pal sufferer suf about 30 deaths t 4 soc all ails n boc see al at ats ot of european Lur 1 i eu tr I 1 states met a london for a pace p ace conference ob auary gen A al stoessel Sto esset noted in the defense of port arthur n 1 am 04 5 at I 1 etro grad aged 67 alex co gen roque gonzales garza chestn brov sio id at pres dent of alex ico by the convent on at mexico c ty 18 ob auary gen C H ns U b A retired in wasl agton aged 84 shipwreck br dr tish steamer penarth benarth wrecked on the norfolk coast ai 1 sa 1 ors ore drowned I 1 19 obituary col cot J A joyce federal veteran auti anti or and P poet bet in wash ington aged 7 G D frob engham noted I 1 opera star at burlington I 1 t aged 78 mexico provisional president garza and his cab net abandoned alex ca C ty as a cap tal tat t pa 28 storm storm ravaged the pac fie tie coast caus ng v de spread damage mexico mexican r rat ch et ef ca ranza deoc up aped ed mexico city I 1 t pol t cal president wilson vetoed the im arat on bill t 9 alex co general garza renounced tl e oace of provisional president of alex AV ico FEBRUARY 3 mexico general vila V lla procia med I 1 maela pres dent of alex co 4 ob auary alban J conant veteran art st d ed in new york city aes aed 93 6 lus tania br dr tish ocean I 1 ner lus tan a reached port in england flying the U cited states flag 10 alex co carranza I 1 eadom the con onal st at party in mex co expelled the i n n ster 11 un ted states notes tte tie united states addressed notes to tl e ge n an govern bent nent and also to great br dr tain stat ng ls its position regarding nev ne v berman war zone and the use of the un ted states flag by great britain 12 ob auntry james creelman noted bourna st at died in bert berl n god aged 63 0 e 1 lanny army crosbi crosb blind linn inn writer d ed in br conn 13 obituary ellen mary mcclellan v m d 0 v of gen george D mcclellan not ed leader in the chiv I 1 war at nee N ce france 18 obituary frank james last of ja hes brothers noted i 11 u the c 11 V I 1 war a LI d later as desperate men died near et ex melsior springs cpr mo aged 74 71 20 obituary i t F ank ful er v n ar go er nor of 0 utah under lincoln in new york c ty aged 88 epos t on pana na pacific Inter natio al at expos t on at san franc for rma all ly opened I 1 MARCH 2 mining accident mine aline explosion at H nto i 1 W va killed over in nors ob chester W F r rl I 1 I 1 ins n poet e t and story writer in new york city stares figee ged 33 3 war ivar embargo un ted states con gress u passed a on aroh b ting the sail ng of sh ps carrying fuel arms amm men or supplies to an marsh p tender or supply ship of a belligerent nation 4 political tl TI e sixty third congles con gres closed 8 thaw trial harry kendall blau tl aw placed on trial in new york for con to escape from the asylum at Matte avian avan 13 thaw acau atal thaw and tour four al at lebed conspirators acau tied on charge of consa racy 14 aviation disaster lincoln beached the american aviator k lied tied in flicht at the panama pacific expos tion n san I 1 ran fancisco cisco ob auary samuel bowles ed tor ter and pub sher of the c an at springfield mass aed 54 10 0 obituary charles francis adams I 1 and publicist in washing ton aged 80 24 ob auary Mary maryanna lAnna jackson wid ow of gen T J Sto newa 1 jackson at cl arlotte N C aged 84 5 sh sit 1 p D un ted states subhi ri e P F 4 sank off honolulu wh ie le mak ing a submerged run all on board drowned 29 fire F re in the bus ness district bt bf spokane caused loss of nearly 4 00 30 neutral protest the united states protested against the british order in council barring neutral trade with germany APRIL 4 sl st dutch liner maurita lost in storm off tb e atlantic coast 49 peo pie drowned 5 ism jess willard defeated jack johnson at havana cuba 6 Neilt neutral ral protest anted un ted stites states chal chat F ie le ged great britain a right to bar in 1 docent neutral sh ps from bel gerent ports obituary curtis guild statesman and d in boston aged 55 7 cru ser interned german cruiser prince I 1 tel friedrich interned it t new nem port news va till the end of tl it e war obituary ob auary F hopkinson sm th author an and dartist artist 11 new york city aged ac 9 mexico V lla ila a forces defeated at irapuato by gen obregon a army 10 obituary ObIt Vary donald N ackerson journal tat 1st former editor new york tribune in new york city aged 84 11 german lea sea raider wilhelm which had captured and surk it vessels arrived at newport news va t 44 I 1 r 4 n r W V i 2 mexico gen FV V ct orlano oriano huerta ar or r cd ne v york from rom span spa n jbf aar eben PI mp on 0 d t ne ao ac to new yok to it cov tv agel 62 13 0 V R kelson nelson ed tor ter nan sas etca ti t rp t tar ar in t that bat icat v a abil cd 1 4 stock boo n deable en steel auml jumi ed to I 1 j in t e new york sto k ex cl ange mice 1 e 3 00 shares eie d at a t n it opo po ti g B s g league baseball season ope ed lo 10 obituary ex gov U A vi woodbur df of emio ermo tat teat bu I 1 agton ased aged 7 ib in mexico lias ilas seny arny defeated lefea ted by obre on a S forces at cel ja a ob autry nelson W A adrich former sen tor f om orn PI ode island inand in new yo it c t aed 3 ZI eunit ons I 1 aport P es dent wi son afre kofl c hi gotfed not fed germany that this countr ou d 1 I i ot stop the ei exi orta to t a 3 of arms i d ian an aunton nun t on 36 6 ob taah frederick W senard semard son of be se detary of 0 state W 11 seward a ad d lo 10 1 was wounded in defending defend ng hib bib fatter fat er len attacked on aaril A ril 14 IS 18 a at Alon montrose trose N Y aed 8 6 heat reco d ap I 1 heat ichord of 91 degrees in aen lork city cru ser inte ned ger an i la a d ng cruls cruis er I 1 0 1 r anz W ibholm as I 1 te ned at newport news na a till the e d of the N ar SS 28 F re c librae y of st paul de st at 0 ocd bcd ed bv f fre re loss 3 5 I 1 lea bace cong esa Int ernat onal peace congress met at tl TI e hague pana pans a canal name of culebra at in the panama canal c abed to ga I 1 lard cut 30 r e colon panama swept by fire 10 lo 9 5 00 in tl e business dietr ct where build v m ere destroyed MAY 2 obituary orin dihe e harper author ana and translator slator in ph la aed 73 west er es frost snow and ra n in the central west from texas to montana Alon tana 4 pol po i tl ti al at italy denounced the triple all ance of she was a member w th german and a 7 japa apina japan delivered an ul t n adum to ch na den and ng conces sons a ons 8 japan cl na china accepted japan a demands without a s 11 naval wars ip fleet arrived at new I 1 lorl orl 13 neut al at protest president R 11 1 on sent bent a note to germany protest ng against submarine warfare m on ne brals c ting tl e lus tania case 14 portugal on at L abort 16 po tu al new govern me t procia in ed by on ats in portugal Port Ueal tl TI e 1 cw ow pre nier joao chagas shot by a se aitor 17 naval president W ison rev ew er ed the warship fleet on hudson r ver IS 18 naval parade at new york 21 2 volcano lassen peak cal burst out in erupt on P pe son il roosevelt Pao sevelt wo I 1 Is defense su an t against cl c arge of I 1 bel n adt by V liam barns a 25 japan ch na japan and ch na signed treat es to carry out japan a den a ds neutral ti t pres dent W ison L m ed un ted states neutral ty in the war between italy and austria hungala JUNE 1 convention un ted confederate vet e a S a met it R cl mond 2 alex co pres pre dent W ison warned the th alex can on ats to mal e peace baggage law new ew united states has bag gage lan lac went into effect 3 personal gen bennett 11 loung re elecie I 1 commander in ch eh ef united confederate veterans trust N atory un ted states petition to d the un ted states steel corporation den ed by court of appeals 5 6 ting walter J travis won mon I 1 a courtl tan golf champon chan p on sh p defeating J G anderson 2 up I 1 tl e final at pie r e N I 1 8 personal will ny III am jennings bryan re signed the 0 of state in vi I 1 11 son a aib net 9 personal robert lansing appointed secretary tary of state ad inter m leo P F a k casa case geo g a prison corn com miss on reported against commuting ce of frank alleged murderer 10 frye case gem gern any anjou ced that the case ot of tl e sink ng of the united states sh p W I 1 rr e by a german cru ser be referred to a pr ze court and not settled under the treaty of ot 18 8 as th a country had demanded neutral P otest second note of the ln ted states to germany on the lu sidania case was shed in the un ted states and also del vered to th german goern government ment in bert berl n it reiterated tl it e note of may 13 ob auary gen E L mol beux noted civil war officer in ne v york city age 1 82 12 sporting holla melia bjerstedt Bjur won the woman a national tennis champ olisa ip at phi adelph a score 4 6 62 6 2 60 storm D 13 persons k lied tied and 60 I 1 urt in a storm wh wit c i swept over WIs coasin iowa and at 13 obituary col C E D woodruff U S A noted surgeon and anthropologist in new rochelle N T aged C co 17 peace league new peace league or in PI ladelphia ind an troubles yaqui indians beclar ed war on the un ted states fleet ordered to sa I 1 tor for lower california to protect amer cans 18 sporting jerome D travers noted amateur wo we i t tie of open golf cham chain plo sh p of the united states defeat ing ara at baltusrol Baltus rol N J thaw case harry R tl an am granted grant fed a 3 ry trial to test his sanity 19 naval the arizona battled battles ip big gest un ted states launched at brooklyn navy aard ard 13 23 Earth e earthquake in southern california caused loss of 1 24 rr e case un ted states sent a note to germany ask ng for a reconsider at on of the prye frye case retus refus ng to ac capt germany 9 contention that it waa was a case tor for a prize court br dr tish blockade great brition an bounced to the un ted states that its blockade against neutra neutral ii trade with germany would cont nue ac mex co carranza troops occupied mexico C tv ty obituary ratael rafael joseff celebrated p anist in new nent york city aged 63 sporting yale I 1 ale defeated harvard in the vars ty races at new haven n m inning all varsity freshman and second var sity events 27 mexico gen huerta arrested at new man N AT by united states mar chals on charge of conspiracy 28 sport ng cornell w mon on the varsity race at po N Y w th le land stanford second T me 20 ag 3 5 also junior race in 10 1 5 u with ith penn second won the I 1 kl 40 fres man rac race a in 9 9 a S 0 w th cornell seco d 29 2 obituary do ovan fossa jere in a ah h 0 odonna don N a I 1 ish pati lot 1 leader ii it new e yo yon c ti aged 84 to 0 personal persona enevieve eve cla it da daughter uliter of beeaker 1 amp clarl i arr ed at bowl bol ng 0 green ee n mo ale to james im 11 thomson a N ne e v orl orleans ea na j journalist 0 urn alist i JULY 2 obituary den porfirio Por firlo D az io a er r pres dent O 0 of aex co after i several terms and j d deposed by madero in pi s aged 6 so 3 attempted assassination J P ater gan tl it e banker shot at glen cove N Y by fr frank ank holt a ger gernin win col lege professor obituary st clair mels mckelway elway es ed tor ter of the brooka n ea eale le in brool lyn N Y aeed abed 0 7 storm tornado wrought havoc in the middle west C net ati at suffered most dead reported at upward of 40 with mith many h iss g 8 neutral nights rights germany rep ed to the second fiote pote of the L ted states pro is g 19 Q safeguard ame leans under tl ti air own flag 14 neutral rights tie tl e united states govera ment po no idled great L ta tl at th a country would not ze 1 I ro aeed gs under br dr tish orders in coun c I 1 as val d thaw case harry R thaw declared ired sane by an art advisory jury in new borc or c acty ty field i 16 15 flood florid i ohio caused loss of 5 persons dro aued 16 t ng norn an S tiber taber of boston n ade t ne me wo we id a 1 in ie le run record at dge T me 4 19 3 5 21 an Sou N Y began the 2 anniversary celebration of its set lement lenient 16 0 24 neutral P otest tl TI rd american note to gern any on the torpedo ng of neu brals received in beri berl n it refuses to con promise th gern any on neutral rights a d declares t at further en ep croach ments w m I 1 11 I 1 be considered de I 1 I 1 beritely bera tely steamer disaster lake on steamer eastland went ment do at her dock in ch cago out of i 2 gers and SO 80 crew were drow drom ned or n issing V 27 ha ila t pol revolt against dent gu illume ao to avenge the execution of IGO pol pr boners gu illume took refuge in tl e frer ch legation 8 haiti haytian revolutionists invaded the french legation dragged out the deposed pres dent guillaume and shot him to death i 19 9 haiti ha ila tian sn an pers killed 2 united states marines who landed in port au prince to aid in protecting foreigners from tl it e mob sl 31 obituary dr W A croffut jour al at tat 1st traveler and author in wasi waal ing ton aged 80 AUGUST 2 neutral bights rights germany refused to con cons der the W P frye damage case a matter for negotiations w th the un ted red states great britain insisted upon I 1 er policy of restricting neutral trade w th Ct germany ermany 3 2 sto m cloudburst at er e pa caus cans ed a loss of 6 5 deaths 4 br tish blockade great britain se t three notes to the un ted states ui ul hold holding flig her blockade of neu neutral artl ports 5 6 haiti united states naval force oc aupied port au prince haiti to pro hect american rights Obit obituary uarl maarten maartens dutch novel st at in zest ze st holland aged 7 mexico conference of A B C powers and tie tl e un ted states over mex co met in W washington 6 haiti un ted states forces took for cible possess on of port au prince resisting ha ila t a a fired upon obituary gen B F tracy lan lawyer yer and soldier former secre secretary tiry of navy in new I 1 lork ork city aged st sa 10 mexico united states battleships louis ana and new hampshire sa led for vera cruz mex to quell ant anti foreign de demonstrations the war un ted states declined to put an embargo on the sale of mun lions to bel belligerents ige rents and agreed to accept pay from germany tor for the sinking of the sl at ip p fr frie e 11 alex co gen carra za resented pros pres ident wilson a attempt to restore peace in mex co general carranza was notified that arm ed interment Int ervent on in alex co by the united states would not be approved by the A B C powers inar ar treasure heavy shipment of brit sl at treasure including 19 in gold arrived at new aorl 12 volcanoes vesuvius Strom bol and utia et la the ital an volcanoes becan becane e aati active e haiti haiti elected 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