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SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERyER PAGE THREE Chronological Review Classified bv . ....... 1 -trains the World Over. With Obituary and Accident Record of the Year, r w. pi 11 MEXICAN AFFAIRS. I' : - , JANUARY. T. Carraoxa'B forces defeated Villa's troons at Pueblo; Villa loat 700 killed. 17. Gen. Roque Gonzales Garza chosen provisional president of Mexico by tbs convention at Mexico City. 27. Provisional President Garza and his ' cabinet abandoned Mexico City as a , capital. X. Mexican First Chief Qarranza reoccu- pled Mexico City. 9. Gen. Garza renounced the office of provisional president of Mexico. . FEBRUARY. - - '.V 4. Gen. yilla proclaimed himself presi dent , Carranza, head of the Constitutional ist party in Mexico, expelled the ,Lsh minister. ... APRIL. s forces defeated at Irapuato by Obregon's army. Ilia's army defeated by Obregon's forces at Celaya. JUNE. 2. President Wilson warned the Mexi can revolutionists to make peace. B. Carranza troops occupied Mexico City. 27. Former President Huerta arrested at Newman, N. M., by United States marshals on charge of conspiracy. -" july. I Gen. Orozco, colleague of Gen. Huerta and with him under ball to the United States, jumped his ball and escaped : ' from 131 Paso to Mexican soil. . ' AUGUST. , 1 Conference of A. B. C. powers and the United States over Mexico, met in Washington.' Q. Gen. Carranza resented President Wll- I son's attempt to restore peace In a, Mexico and was officially notified that a . armed intervention In Mexico by the United States- would not be approved a by the A. B. C. powers. 3 . The United States and Argentina, Brrzll, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay and GiJL'emala, Jointly, appealed to Mex lcifTpartles to make peace. Ce th cr J ye In peace conference. S SEPTEMBER. Pan-American -conferees on Mexican affairs postponed decision three weeks. :e t.nza's generals . announced that hJ Iwo'ild support his -objection to OCTOBER. Pan American conferees voted to recommend t he Carranza party in Mexico as the de facto governments Vhe United States, Brazil, Chile, Argenti na, -Guatemala, Bolivia, Urw ' guay, Colombia and Nicaragua formally recog- , nlzed -Gen. Car- Carranza, ranza head of the de facto govern' -inert at Mexico. tt-:-t4tt-t-t-t-t-t-t-WO I POLITICAL AND PERSONAL a JANUARX. . President Wilson's daughter, Mrs. Sayre, gave birth to a son in the White House. - President Wilson vetoed the immigra tion bill. MAhUH. The Sixty-third congress closed. APRIL. General Victoriano Huerta arrived In New York from Spain. D, Mrs. William Cummin it Story re-elected president of the Daughters of the American Revolution. "' MAT. 4. Italy denounced the triple alliance, of .V, which she was a member, with Ger- . -' m an., null A 1 1 o, I-f n Japan delivered an ultimatum to Chi na demanding concessions. China accepted Japan's demands with out qualifications. PresiiUnt Wilson reviewed the fleet on Hudt river. Presllent Wilson proclaimed United States neutrality In the war between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Japoryjnd China signed treaties to car- It japan's demands. 7. 17. Photo by American Press Association. Robert Lansing. J1NB. X, British Field Marshal Kitchener dec orated with the Garter. Gilbert Par ker, the novelist, created a baron. 3. General Bennett H. l'oung re-elected commander In chief United Con federate Veter ans. United States peti tion to dissolve the United States Steel corporation denied by court of appeals. 8. William Jennings Bryan resigned the portfolio of state In Wilson's cabinet. 9. Robert Lansing appointed secretary of state ad interim. JULY. 7" """"Jltical revolt against President ft HUaume of Haiti to avenge the exe 1 1 c.aon of ICO political prisoners. Gull ' A laume took refuge In the French le ration. v AUGUST. 1 Germany refused to consider the W. . P. Frye damage case a matter for 1 , ;jtotiatlons with the United States. y i , treat Britain insisted upon her POl- ir,.- r i wk ra.irH.iiua unuirai iraua Wlia : 'vnnnanr. ",J Ited States forces took forcible pos session or Port au Prince: resisting Haitians fired upon. H United States declined to put an am bargo on the sale of munitions to belligerents and agreed to accept pay from Germany for the sinking of th ship Fry. tl Haiti elected Dartlguenav president. asPTKMssn. 11 Naval advisory board appoint, wit . Thomas A. Edison chairman. M. Th Uattsd ttau nmrslsil ts r rn ofl915 Chief Subjects Conventions, Sporting, Fires, Weather, Va garies and Miscel laneous Events. Haltlqn government of President Dar tiguenava and concluded a treaty, es tablishing a protectorate for ten years. . -President Wilson welcomed the G. A. R. veterans in Camp Emery, Wash ington. - ; . ' OCTOBER. 'Captain E. R. Monfort of Ohio elect ed commander in chief of the G. A. R. NOVEMBER. United States declared the British blockade of neutral ports illegal. Yoshihlto crowned emperor of Japan. 17. General J. C. Black, noted lawyer and civil war veteran. In Chicago; aged 76. S. John D. Long, former secretary of navy, at Hlngham, Mass. : aged 77. . Paul Armstrong, playwright, -, in New York: aged 48. . : " SEPTEMBER. '" ' ' 9. Albert G; Spalding, baseball veteran and sporting goods manufacturer, at Point Lorno, Cal.; aged 66. H. Gen. B. H. Ripley, who led th Fed eral advance into Richmond In 1866, at Rutland, Vt.: aged 74. tl Anthony Comstock, New York's moral censor, at Summit, N. J. i aged 71. Jl. Dr. Austin Flint, noted physician and - alienist, in New York city; aged 80. 21 J. Kelr Hardle, noted English Social . 1st, M. P. and lecturer. In Glasgow, Scotland. '. .- ' OCTOBER. -' .' Mi Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian states man, former premier, in England: aired 94. ' Blanche Walsh, actress, in Cleveland, DECEMBER. United States declared that German attaches at Washington, Boy-Ed and Von Fapen, were objectionable. Sixty-fourth congress met. . The United States demanded of Aus tria a disavowal of the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona Nov. .7. Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen re called by the German governments. The council of . state In China de clared that the republic at a recent election had voted to change the form of government to a monarchy. The crown was tendered to President Yuan Shih Kai. Wedding of President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait. Election of deputies in Greece. Admiral Dewey's 78th birthday. SHIPWRECKS. f JANUARY. 18. British steamer Fenarth wrecked on the Norfolk coast; 21 sailors drowned. MARCH. : 1 S. United States submarine F-4 sunk off Honolulu while making a submerged ' run. All on board drowned. APRIL. 4, Dutch liner Maurlta lost in storm off the Atlantlo coast; 49 people drowned. JULY. N. Lake excursion steamer Eastland went down in Chicago river. Out of 2,400 (about) on board 981 passengers and sailors were drowned. I THE YEAR'S DEATH ROLL JANUARY. 1 J. M. Wright, civil war veteran anc military annalist, in Washington. & R. W. Shurtleff, civil war veteran and noted artist. In New York; aged 7ft. 10. Marshall P. Wider, humorist and au thor, at St Paul. Minn.; aged 66. - IX Mrs.' John Wood, once noted actress on the . English-American stage,' In England: aged 82. 17. Gen. A. M. Stoessel, noted in the de- fens of Port Arthur In at ret rograd: aged 67. It. Gen. C. H. Tompkins, U. S. A., re tired, in Washington; aged 84. 19. Col. J. A. Joyce. Federal veteran, au thor and poet, In Washington; aged 75. G. B. Frothlngham, noted light opera star, at Burlington, Vt; aged 78. FEBRUARY. 4. ;Alban J. Conant : veteran, artist,, 1 New York city: aged 93. 11 James Creelman. noted journalist hi ' Fanny Crosby, blind hymn writer, In Brideenort Conn. IS. Simon Brentano, head of noted New York Arm of booksellers, In New York citv: asred b&. 10. Frank Fuller, war governor of Utah under Lincoln, In New York orty; aged 88. MARCH. 14. Samuel Bowles, editor an! publisher of the Springfield Republican, at Snrlnefleld. Mass,: aged 64. 20. Charles Francis Adams, historian and publicist in Washington ; aged 80. 94. Marv Ann Jackson, widow of Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, at Charlotte, N. C; aged 84. APRIL. 8. Curtis Guild, statesman and diplomat - In Boston: aged 65. 1. F. Hopklnson Smith, author and ar tist, in New York city; aged 7B. 19, W. R. Nelson; editor Kansas City Star. In that city: aged 74. II. Ex-Gov. U. A. Woodbury of Vermont at Burlington; aged 77. 1. Nelson W. Aldrlch, former senator from Rhode Island, in New York city; aged 73. 25. Frederick W. Seward, son of Secre . tary of State W. IL Seward and who was wounded In defending his father when attacked April 14, 1865, at Mon trose, N. Y.; aged 83. MAY. 1 Olive Harper, author and translator, in Philadelphia: need 73. i. John W. Alexander, portrait artist. former president of the National Academy of Design, in New York city; aged 59. JUNE. 10. Gen. E. L. Mollneux, noted civil war officer. In New York city: aged TSi. IS, Col. C. B. Woodruff, U. S. A., noted surgeon and anthropologist, In New Roohelle. N. Y. : aged 65, 25. Rafael Joseffy, celebrated pianist in New York city; aged 63. 27. Ellen Hardin Walworth, historical writer, prominent In the D. A. R. In Washington: aged 84. 29. O'Donovan Rossa (Jeremiah O'Dono , van). Irish patriot leader, in New York city; aged 84. ' . JULY. X Gen. Porfirlo Diaz, former president of Mexico, after several terms and deposed by Madero, In Par Is; aged 85. 11. St Clair McKel way, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, In Brook lyn, N. Y.j aged 70. IL Dr. W. A. Crof fut. Journalist traveler and au thor, In Wash ington; aged 8a AUGUST. i. Maarten Maw ten a. Dutch nov elist in Zelst Holland: agd 17. 1 General B. F. Tracy, lawyer and sol dier, former secretary of navy, In New York city; aged to. It, John W. Harper, acted publisher, la New Ysrk; a a. Porfirlo Diss, O.j aged 42. NOVEMBER 1, Herman Rld- der, German American edi tor, in New York; aged 64. Booker T. Washington, negro leader and educator, at Tuskeegee, Ala.; aged 57. Susan E. Dick inson, journal ist at Scran ton. Pa.; aged 84. Dr. Solomon Schechter, not ed authority en the Hebrew Scriptures, in New York; aged tiS. CHWH if t t i t t-f----a ! MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 1 19. 19. Photo by American Press Association. Herman Bidder. NATURE FREAKS. . JANUARY. 12. Earthquake In Italy; many cities and towns destroyed, Avezzano being the ' principal sufferer; death list 23,978; shock . recorded by seismograph.. In Washington. APRIL. ' .:' . 8. Snowstorm and 70 mile gale raged on the Atlantlo coast. B. Texas swept by 'a rain and electrical storm; 25 dead. - 1 28. April heat record of 91 degrees In New York city. ' MAY. 7. Frost snow and rain In the central ' west from Texas to Montana, tZ. Lassen peak, California, burst out in .eruption. , ' . JUNB. '' O. Earthquake in southern California caused loss of 21,000,000. JULY. T. Tornado in the middle west. Cincin nati suffered most; dead upward of 40, with many missing. 15. Flood In Ohio caused loss of 22,000, 000; S persons drowned. - AUGUST. ;. 2, Cloudburst at Erie, Pa., caused a loss of S6.00O.O0O: 75 deaths. 11 Vesuvius. Etna and StrombolL th Italian volcanoes, became active. 11 Tropical hurricane flooded Galveston with waters of the gulf; other points on the coast invaded. Lobs estimated at 130,000,000 and deaths upward of 800, with many missing. , 20. Frost In the middle west ' '. BEETJtMBBH. ' IE. . - Temperature 88 In- New York; hottest 8ept 16 on record. 29. . Gulf hurricane Btruck Louisiana coast: deaths estimated about 5S0. : - y. . NOVEMBER. SL 42 persons killed and Injured by wind storm at Hot Springs, Ark. FIELD OF SPORTS. Photo by American Press Association, Jess Willard. rj(4.AAAA4jf.-A4.A A4iML-4L-4.-j.ja APRIL. (.; Jess Willard defeated Jack Johnson in 25 ' rounds at Ha vana, Cuba. 14. League baseball season opened. JUNB. L Walter 3. Travis won his fourth Metropolitan golf championship, defeating J. O. Anderson 2 up In the final, at Rye, N. Y. 12. Women's nation al tennis cham pionship won by Molla Bjurstedt at Philadelphia. Score, 4 6, 6 2, 6-0. 18. Jerome D. Travers, noted amateur, won title of open golf championship of the United States, defeating Mc- Namara, at BaltuBrol, N. J. 25. Yale defeated Harvard in the varsity races at New Haven, winning all var sity, freshman and second varsity events. 28. Cornell won the varsity race at Poughkeepsie, with Leland .Stanford second; time, 20:30 8-5; also junior race, in 10:001-5, with Pennsylvania second. Syracuse won the freshman race In 9:29 3-6, with Cornell second. JULY. 11 Norman S. Tuber of Boston made a new world's one mile run record at Cambridge; time 4 minutes 12 3-5 sec .. onds. SEPTEMBER. 4. Amateur golf championship of the United States won by Robert A. Gard ner of Chicago, who defeated John G. Anderson of Mount Vernon. N. Y., 6 up and 4 to plav, at Detroit 7. William M. Johnston won the national tennis singles championship at Forest . Hills, N. Y., defeating Maurice E. Mc Loughlin with a score of 16, 60, 7, 10-8. tt Women's golf championship won by Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck of Philadel phia at Chicago, 8 up and 2 to play; Mrs. W. A. Gavin runner up. 16. Directum I. made new world's pacing record of 1:56 for a mile without a wind shield at Syracuse, N. Y. 9. The Philadelphia club clinched the Na tional league pennant at Boston by defeating Boston S to 0. 10. Boston became American league cham pion through the defeat of Detroit by St Louis, 8 to 2, at Detroit OCTOBER. 9. Gil 'Anderson won 250 mile auto race for the Astor Cup at Sheepshead Bay. U. Boston Americana defeated the Phila delphia Nationals In the fifth and de ciding game of the world's series, ( to i at Philadelphia. SS. Cornell defeated Harvard 10 to at Cambridge, Mass. Princeton defeated Dartmouth 80 to 7 at . Princeton. NOVBMBB. ' 1 Harvard defeated Princeton 10 to at football. 12. Yale defeated Princeton 12 to 7. 29. Harvard beat Yale 41 to 0 at football, j 8. Army vanquished Navy 14 to at toot-. J. W. Gerard. '.y ' . JANUARY. . ' 1. Panama-California exposition opened at San Diego. 4. London Stock Exchange reopened. 5. United States supreme court ruled that the Dnnbury hatters must pay .'52,000 fine for a boycott set up in 1902. 18. Fir in Koebllng's wire plant at Tren ton caused a loss of Sl.MW.OoO, FEBRUARY. U, Frank James, last of James brothers ' noted in th civil war and later as desperate men, died near Excelsior J Springs, Mo.; aged 74. . 20. Panama-Pacific International exposi tion at Ban Francisco formally opened. . MARCH. 1 Anarchists caught in an attempt to explode bombs In St Patrick's cathe v dral, New York. I Harry Kendall Thaw placed on trial in New York for conspiracy to escape the asylum at Matteawan. II Thaw and four alleged conspirators acquitted on charge of conspiracy. 14. Lincoln Beachey, the . American avi ator, killed in flight at the Panaina Paclflo exposition, in San Francisco. APRIL. IS. Bethlehem Steel jumped to 155 in th New York Stock Exchange, where (, 800 shares were dealt In. 21 Publto library of St Paul destroyed by fire; loss f3T5,000. International peace congress met at The Hngue. Name of Culebra cut in the Panama canal, changed to Galllaxd cut 90. Colon, Panama, swept by fire; loss 23,500,000 In the business district, where 465 buildings were destroyed. MAY. I 11. Naval fleet arrived at New York. 11 New government proclaimed by revo lutionists In Portugal. The new pre mier, Joao Cbagas, -shot by a senator. 11 President Wilson protested to Ger many In the Lusitanla case. . Naval parade at New York. - JUNB. - United Confederate veterans met at Richmond. Georgia prison commission reported against commuting sentence of Frank, alleged murderor. 10. Second United States note to Ger many sent to Ambassador J. W. Ge rard In Berlin, pro- testing against sub marining ocean liners. It. Yaqul Indians de clared war on the United States. Fleet ordered to sail for Lower Cal ifornia to protect - Americans.-. 18. Harry K. Thaw granted a jury trial to test his sanity. 19. The Arizona battle ship, biggest United States super-dreaa-. naught launched at Brooklyn navy ' . yard. . . ;; -. july. '- ,- 1 J. P. Morgan, th banker, shot at , Glen Cove, N. Y., by Frank Holt German college professor. 14. Harry K. Thaw declared sane by an advisory Jury in New York city. 14. The state department notified Great Britain, through Ambassador w. ri. - Page, that this country would not recognise British orders In council as valid. SL Southold, N. Y., began the 275th an niversary of its settlement (1640). 28. Haitian revolutions Invaded th French legation, dragged out th de posed president, Gulllaume, and shot him to death. 29. Haitian snipers killed 2 United States marines who wer In Port au Prince protecting-foreigners.' 81 Former Police Lieutenant Charles - Becker executed at Sing Sing for complicity In the murder of Hermann .'" Rosenthal. . . AUGUST. ' ' ' 19. : United States battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire sailed for Vera . Cruz,- Mexico, to quell, antt-forelgn -demonstrations.' U. Heavy shipment of British treasure. Including 219.000,000 In gold, arrived at New York. ' -" ' If. Riot in Boston; Italian reservists Baulted policemen who protected Ger mans from the mob. 11 National Educational association met at Oakland. Cat Leo Frank, Georgia life convict, forcibly taken from prison at Milledgevllle and hanged near Marietta, home of his al leged victim, Mary Phagan. 2L Great Britain declared cotton contra, band. 24. Conference of governors met In Bos ton. 30. Spanish American War Veterans met at Scranton, Pa. 31. United States F-4, which sank oft Honolulu March 25, was raised. SEPTEMBER. . 4. 22.000,000 fire on the grain pier In New- port News, Va. 7. 266,000,000 in British gold reached New York via the American Express. Semicentennial anniversary of the Wash Ington grand review of 1865 by 20,000 G. A. R. veterans. Sons of Veterans' annual encampment In Washington. 17. Vllhjalmur Stefansson. the explorer, heard from after a silence of 17 months. He was In Bnnks Lnnd. 21 In an action near Cape Haltlen, Haiti, 10 Americans were wounded and 40 Haitian rebels killed, 27. Gasoline and dynamite explosion In the business district of Ardmore, Okla. killed 55 people and Injured over 100; property loss 1500,000. 49th annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opened In Wash ington. 28. Farmers' National Congress opened at Omaha. 29. Wireless phone talk was accomplished between Arlington, Va., and Snn Fran cisco, 3.000 miles. 80. Speech transmitted by wireless phone from Arlington, Va,, to Honolulu, 4,600 miles. OCTOBER. 4. International farm congress opened at Denver. IL National Woman's Christian Temper ance union met at Beattle, Wash. 2L Wireless telephoning accomplished be tween Arlington, Va,, and Paris. HI Steamer Hocking sailing under United States flag seized by a British cruiser off the port of New York. NOVEMBER. 10. Great Britain seized at Saint Lucia the United States steamer Tennessee. . DECEMBER. 4. World's Fair: Panama-Pacific exposi tion closed: attendance over 17,000,000; profits 92.000.000. Ford's peace mission set out from New York. 1 Sixty-fourth congress convened. 1 Austria RSked to disavow the act of sinking the ocean liner Ancona. IL Immigration statistics for 19u showed - a falling off of arrivals of nearly 600, 000 up to Doc. 1 against th arrivals of 1914. 14 Convention: National American Wo man Suffrage association meets In Washington. 27. Conventions: American Society of In ternational Law and Pan-American Scientific congress meet In Washington. Jl Convention: American Historical statloa mists la WsjsbinsTtasv World War And Various Movements on 1 Land and Sea With New Nations In Line. 4H WAR ON THE WATER. 11 U. 28. 261 30. 14. 19. ' JANUARY. ' British battleship Formidable sunk In the English channel by German sub marine or a mine; over 600 drowned. In a German naval attack on the Eng lish coast the German cruiser Bluecher was sunk, with about 700 of her crew. British cruiser Lion disabled. FEBRUARY. V.' German admiralty declared a war zone In the English channel after Feb, 18. German war zone decree went Into ef fect. : : !, : MARCH. ' -!.-- British battleships Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouvet sunk during a naval, attack in the Dardanelles. German submarine U-28 torpedoed British Bhlps Falaba and Aguilla In St. George's channel; 68 passengers and 70 sailors lost APRIL. i. French steamor Leon Gambetta tor pedoed by an Austrian submarine in the strait of Otrantoi , 500 seamen drowned. , MAY. . The Lusitanla was torpedoed and sunk off Klnsale, Munster coast Ire land. Out of 2,104 persons on board 1,100 were lost British battleship Goliath torpedoed In the Dardanelles, with loss of 500 Uvea British battleship Triumph torpdoed in the Dardanelles. British battleship Majestio sunk by a torpedo in the Dardanelles. t JUNE. Italian submarine Meduso torpedoed by an Austrian submarine. British admiralty steamer Armenian, -with Americans in her crew, torpe doed off th British coast. 22 Ameri cans lost JULY. Italian cruiser Amalfl sunk by Aus trian submarine in ui n - auqust. .' , ;''- British submarine sank th Turkish battleship Barbarossa In th sea of Marmora. British transport Royal Edward sunk by an enemy submarine In the Aegean tea: loss of nearly 1.000 Uvea. A German submarine torpedoed th Whit Star, liner Arabia off Cap Clear, Ireland; 29 Americans on board, . ' . OCTOBER, I ' German cruiser Prins Adalbert sunk bv British submarine; crew of 557 nearly all lost. - NOVEMBER. . Italian liner Ancona sunk by Austrian submarine In th Mediterranean; 20 lives lost, inciuaing some Aminntw tM.H49SlVvSmMS Campaigns Minor Events Battle Front In Poland, France, Belgium, Aus tria, Gallipoli, Ser via and Egypt. Greeoe protested against the landing of troops at SalonlKl to defend uervia. Austro-Qerman forces under General von Mackensen Invaded Bervia. nui-a-aria sent 24 hour ultimatum to Servla Germans recaptured Belgrade, capital of Servla. Bulgaria declared war on Servla. A general attack by Italians at Gorlts failed after an all day struggle. 11 ' , NOVEMBER. Bulgarians captured Nlsh, great rail way center In Servla, . , Germans and Austrian captured Ml trovltza and Pristine, Servla. DECEMBER. British defeated by Turks near Bag dad. MesoDotamla. Germans and Austrlans captured Mon astic Servla. Balkans: Allied troops In Greeoe fell back on Salonika Cfrfc TTTTttTtt- frt-t-t T t T-1 t-tO f RUSSIAN FRONTIER. -r- 'FRANCE-AND BELGIUM. W-AX44A4A-44-rTT4T4-4444-r440 . - ... -' JANUARY. is nllln. h.cnn to retreat south of the' Aisne at Bolssons, abandoning I miles of trenches. 14. Allies withdrew south of the Alme, losing 6,000 prisoners and many guns. MARCH. . ' : 11 Beginning of British attacks at Nuv( Chapelle, France. ' 12-11 French attacks and German counter attacks continued at Neuve Chapelle, with heavy losses. APRIL. 21 Germans recaptured Hartmannswel lerkopf, In the Vosges mountains. They repulsed an attack by allies along the Ypres canal with asphyx iating gas and crossed that barrier to the west side. 90. German artillery at Nleuport Belgium, bombarded Dunkirk, France, at 23 miles range. SEPTEMBER. 26. Great drive of the allies from the French seacoast to Verdun. Heavy capture of guns reported and 20,000 un wounded prisoners. German front bro ken 5 miles In length at Loos, La Bas ses and Souchez, and 25 miles In th Champagne. 29. Allies continued western drive. NOVEMBER. 11 Allies held Joint war council In Paris. -4.-4-4.-4-4-4-4-4.-4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-4-4-4-4 4 JANUARY. ' 6. Russian forces were uouth of the Car : nRthlnn mountains Invading Hungary. 28. A large Russian army waa advancing on th Russian border against n.oe nlssberg. a German fortified city in ' East Prussia. 1 ' FEBRUARY. , . ntnmni checked In a desperate at- tack on Russian lines at Bollraow, be- ' fni-M Wftrnaw. . t. Germans, by a forced march, turned th Russian flank at Johannesburg, In v East Prussia, forcing the enemy to r tm hnk tn nufurian territory. 1 Germans In Russia cut th railroad Kiiinri thn retreating Russian army, North of Augustowo th Russians d- - serted their positions east 01 in na- urlnn Inkns. 24. Germans stormed and captured Prsa- nysz, Poland, an important nuasuvi , post north or Warsaw, - MARCH. 22. Th Austrian fortress of Prsemysl, In . riAllnlB anirrnriAl-A to the Russian avmv aftnr a aallant and prolonged defense, About 50,000 arrod Austrlans wer among the tropnies. . 21 - Russians recaptured Przasnyss, In Po land, north of Warsaw. APRIL. -.- I Russians advanced through Boetok pass, piercing th Austrian lines In th carpatmana. MAT, 11 Austro-Germ&ns recaptured Jaroala-v, h xat hank of Ban river. Gall- ola, forcing the Russians to abandon the tarpatnian nrauswin ' JUNB. V 1 Germans, led by .'General vor. ' Mackensen, -recaptured Prsem y si. Gal tola, which the Rus sians had occu- . pled March 22. after a siege of 20 daya 21., Lemberg, Gall cla, recaptured ' byAustrlansaft er ten months' i occupatlpn by 1 Russians. " General von. MwK- 15. 29. 11 19. en sen., t SOUTHERN WAR ZONE. 04hMN4-4-4-4-44-4 --44- 440 FEBRUARY. 2. Turks estimated at 12,000 attacked British guards along Suez canal south of Ismallla, Egypt. 24. Allied fleet bombarded Turkish forts guarding the sea entrance to Constan tinople. APRIL. 25. Allied troops landed on the shore of the Dardanelles under fire from the Turkish guns. MAY. ' 22. Italy made forma) proclamation of war. 25. Austrian navy and airships attacked Italy s coast. Italian troops seized Austrian territory. JUNE. 7. Italian troops, led by General Cador na, forced the Im portant river Isonzo In advance toward Trieste. AUBtrls, 1 Italians captured . Monfalcone, a n Important strate gic town north west of Trieste AUOUST. 1 Italy sent an ul timatum to Tur key. - 1 Austrlans launch ed counterattacks on the Italian line at Goritz. SEPTEMBER, 11 Turkish artillery drove th allied troops from their wrks on th Darda nelles. 22. Bulgaria mobilized her army. OCTOBER. 1 Russia sent an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding dismissal of Oanmaa offi cers, eta. 1 fvvt. . Germans again captured tb post of Przasnvss, mltpn north nf Warsaw. Austrlans captured Radom, 57 miles I south of Warsaw. , . , AUGUST. German army captured Warsaw, aftes camoalgn which lasted over sight months. The Russian garrison treated east of the Vistula. General von Mackensen's Germani troops captured Slodl'-e, cutting the - Warsaw-Moscow railway. Novo Georglovsk, the second greatest Russlnn fortress In Poland, with aarrlson. estimated at from 40,909 85,000 men, captured by General von Heselor's German army, SEPTEMBER, Germnns captured Grodno and ad vanced on Riga, NOVEMBER. Germans abandoned Important posi tions In front of Riga. Its to 3 if Photo by American Press Association. General Cedorna. I MINOR WAR EVENTS. JANUARY. 2S. The German government ordered the seizure of private stores of corn, wheat and flour. FEBRUARY. 16. Germany Informed the United States that she would insist on maintaining the war zone In the English channel. MARCH. L England announced her Intention to stop all ships to nnd from the ports of Germany. 14, The German cruiser Dresden, which survived the battle of Falkland is lands, sunk in battle with a British fleet near San Juan Fernondnz Island, off Chill. 15. Great Britain issued a weeping order in council cutting off all outside trade with Germany and refused to modify tus war zone blockade. JULY. ,, 1 Germany replied to note of the United States (June 10), promlsli.g to safe guard Americans under ti.elr own flag. . AtlQUST. 1 Great Britain sent notes to the United States upholding her blockade. 24. Berlin Informed Washington that the killing of Americans on the Arabic was not Intentional. SEPTEMBER. L German ambassador announced that liners would not be sunk by subma- , rlnes without warning unless thty re sisted or attempted to escape. I German airships -raided London, In juring 84 persons and killing 20. . ' OCTOBER, . : V Germany disavowed the sinking of th Amblo sod agreed to pay Indemnity. II Fifty-flv killed and 114 injured In London by Zeppelin attack, DECEMBER, . XL London recruiting offices crowded with volunteers under the Lord Derby plan, which was to and Dee, IL
