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ChroooSagical Classified by Affairs the World Over, With Obituary and Accident Record of the .Year. g4M444"Mr t f -t t-t-t-t-t-f -O j: MEXICAN AFFAIRS. JAN U ART. Carranza's forces defeated Villa's troons at Pueblo; Villa lost 700 killed. Qen. Roque Gonzales Garza chosen provisional president of Mexico by the convention at Mexico City. Provisional President Garza and his cabinet abandoned Mexico City as a capital. Mexican First Chief Carranza reo cou pled Mexico City. Gen. Garza renounced the office of provisional president of Mexico. FEBRUARY. Gen. Villa proclaimed himself presi dent. Carranza, head of the Constitutional ist party In Mexico, expelled the Spanish minister. APRIL, Villa's forces defeated at Irapuato by Gen. Obregon's army. Villa's army defeated by Obregon's forces at Celaya. JUNK. President 'Wilson warned the Mexi can revolutionists to make peace. Carranza troops occupied Mexico City. Former President Huerta arrested at Newman, N. M., by United States marshals on charge of conspiracy. JUtsT, Gen. Orozco, colleague of Gen. Huerta and with him under bail to the United States, Jumped his ball and escaped from El Paso to Mexican solL AUGUST. Conference of A. B. C. powers and the United States over Mexico, met In Washington. Gen. Carranza resented President Wil son's attempt to restore peace In Mexico and was officially notified that armed intervention in Mexico by the United States would not be approved by the A. B. C. powers. The United States and Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala, Jointly, appealed to Mex ican parties to make peace. Carranza's generals announced that they would support his objection to engage in ft peace conference. BBPTEMBKR. Pan-American conferees on Mexican affairs postponed decision three weeks. OCTOBER. Pan - American conferees voted to recommend the Carranza party in Mexico as the de facto government. The United Btates. Brazil, Chile, Argenti na, Guatemala, Bolivia. Uru guay, Colombia and Nicaragua formally recog nized Gen. Car Carranza. ranza A'wd of the de facto govern ment W Mexico. o SfULIIIUAL AND rtribUNAL JANUARY. ; President Wilson's daughter, Mrs. VVA Sayre. gave birth to a son in the . ' ixi White House. r2M President Wilson vetoed the immigra tion bilL MARCH. The Sixty-third congress closed. ' APRIL. General Vlctortano Huerta arrived In New York from Spain. 6. Mrs. William Cummlng Story re-elected president of the Daughters of the American Revolution. MAY. 4. Italy denounced the triple alliance, of which she was a member, with Ger many and Austria. 7. Japan delivered an ultimatum to Chi na demanding concessions. 5. China accepted Japan's demand with out qualifications. 17 President Wilson reviewed the fleet on Hudson river. Y President Wilson proclaimed United States neutrality in the war between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Japan and China signed treaties to car ry out Japan's demands. JUNB. ft. British Field Marshal Kitchener dec orated with the Garter. Gilbert Par ker, the novelist. . - : ;.s... - U !1 J created a baron. I General Bennett H. Young re-elected commander in chief United Con federate Veter ans. United States peti tion to dissolve the United States fit eel corporation denied by court of appeala I William Jennings Bryan resigned . by American 48 Association. the portfolio of tort Lansing. tat in Wilson' cabinet. ofcert Lansing appointed secretary of .-eVte ad Interim. JtJLY. 'nHtlcal revolt asr&Inat President jJPuaillaurae of Haiti to avenge the exe cution ok tv puuucii pnwnfin, vjuii taume took refuge la tbe French le- x gat Ion. - AUOUM. Germany refused to consider the W. S P. Frye damage ease a matter for neaetlatlon with the United Statea Great Britain Insisted upon her pol- Icy of restricting neutral trad with Germany. C Untied States forces took forcible po sesfrion.ef Port au Prlao; resisting HmjtVn ffrM upon. H Unc4 Otate declined to pat aa an banco on the al of munitions to " belligereWs a ad agreed to accept pay from Gmiany for tbe sinking of the ship FrYe" ' . U. Bam itd DaruraenT preMdent. . " SpYIMBm. n. Navaldv1m-r board appointed, wtti T&osAsn A. Kdlsoa chairman. It The United State rrcogaisHi tj aew THE POLS COUNTY OBSERVER 0 IVES THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY Review of 1915 Chief Subjects Conventions, Sporting, Fires, Weather, Va garies and Miscel laneous Events. Haitian government of President Dar tlguenave and concluded a treaty, es tablishing a protectorate for ten years. a. President Wilson welcomed the G. A. R. veterans In Camp Emery, Wash ington. OCTOBER. 1. Captain E. Ri Monfort of Ohio elect ed commander In chief of the G. A. R. NOVEMBER. 7. United States declared the British blockade of neutral porta Illegal. 10, Yoshlhito crowned emperor of Japan. DSCEMBEB. 1 United States declared that German attaches at Washington, Boy-Ed and Von Papen, were objectionable. , Sixty-fourth congress met. ft. The United States demanded of Aus tria a disavowal of the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona Nov. 7. UX Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen re called by the German governments. LL 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 Shin Kal. A Wedding" of President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait. .9. Election of deputies in Greecef 8. Admiral Dewey's 78th birthday. &4&$44 t-t-t- t-t-t-t t-t-t-t SHIPWRECKS. . JANUARY. 18. British steamer Penarth wrecked on the Norfolk coast; 21 sailors drowned. MARCH. 26. United States submarine F-4 sunk off Honolulu while making a submerged run. All 1m board drowned. APRIL. 4. Dutch liner Maurita lost In storm off the Atlantic coast; 49 people drowned. JULY. 24. Lake excursion steamer Eastland went down in Chicago river. Out of 2,400 (about) on board 981 passengers and sailors were drowned. 044M THE YEAR'S DEATH ROLL JANUARY. 2. J. M. Wright, civil war veteran and military annalist, in Washington. t, R. W. Shurtleff, civil war veteran and noted artist, in New York; aged 75. 10. Marshall P. Wilder, humorist and au thor, at St. Paul, Minn.; aged 66. 12. Mrs. John Wood, once noted actress on the English-American stage, In England; aged 82. 17. Gen. A. M. Stoessel, noted in the de fense of Port Arthur in 1904-5, at Pet rograd; aged 67. 18. Gen. C. H. Tompkins, U. 8. A., re tired. In Washington; aged 84. 19. Col. J. A. Joyce, Federal veteran, au thor and poet, in Washington; aged 75. G. B. Frothingham, noted light opera star, at Burlington, Vt.; aged 78. FEBRUARY. 4. Atban J. Conant, veteran artist, In New York city; aged 93. 12. James Creel man, noted Journalist In Berlin; aged 63. Fanny Crosby, blind hymn writer, In Bridgeport, Conn. 15. Simon Brentano, head of noted New York firm of bookseller, In New York city; aged 55. 20. Frank Fuller, war governor of Utah under Lincoln, in New York city; aged 88. MARCH. 14. Samuel Bowles, editor and publisher of the Springfield Republican, at Springfield, Mass.; aged 64. 20. Charles Francis Adams, historian and publicist, In Washington; aged 80, 24. Mary Ann Jackson, widow of Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, at Charlotte, N. C; aged 84. APRIL. 4 Curtis Guild, statesman and diplomat, in Boston; aged 55. 7. F. Hopkinson Smith, author and ar tist. In New York city; aged 76. 12. W. R. Nelson, editor Kansas City Star, in that city; aged 74. 16. Ex-Gov. U. A. Woodbury of Vermont, at Burlington; aged 77. 11 Nelson W. Aldrlch, former senator from Rhode Island, in New York city; 1 aged 73, 26. h rederick W. Seward, son of Secre tary of State W. H. Seward and who was Grounded in defending his father when attacked April 14, is, at Mon trose, N. Y.; aged 83. MAY. t Olive Harper, author and translator. In Philadelphia; aged 73. SL John W. Alexander, portrait artist former president of the National Academy of Design, In New York city; aged 59. JUNBL 10. Gen. E. L. Mollneux, noted civil war officer, In New York city; aged 82. 13. Col. C. E. Woodruff. U. S. A., noted surgeon and anthropologist. In New Rochelle, N. Y.; aged 66. 26. Rafael Joseffy, celebrated pianist, la New York city; aged 63. 27. Ellen Hardin Walworth, historical writer, prominent in the D. A. R. in Washington; aged 84. 21. O' Donovan Rossa (Jeremiah O' Dono van), Irish patriot leader. In New York city; aged 84. JULY. 1 Gen. Porflrlo Dtaa, former president of Mexico, arter several term and deposed by Madera, In Par Is; aged 86. H. St. Clair McK el way, editor of t h Brooklyn Eagle, In Brook lyn. N. Y.i aged TO. SL Dr. W. A Crof fut. Journal let, traveler and au thor, la Wash ington; aged 99. A INJUR. ft, Kaarteu Maar tena Dutch nov Porflrlo tMaa elist. In ZeUrt. Holland: aged 17. ft. General B. F. Tracy, lawyer and sol dier, former secretary of navy, la New , Tor city; aged 86. It Joan W. Harper, notes publisher, to New York: a M. IT. General J. C. Black, noted lawyer and civil war veteran. In Chicago: aged 78. 28. John V. Long, former secretary of navy, at Hlngham, Mass. ; aged 77. Paul Armstrong, playwright, In New York; aged 46. SEPTEMBER. 9. Albert G. Spalding, baseball veteran and sporting goods manufacturer, at Point Loma, Cal.; aged 14. Gen. E. H. Ripley, who led the Fed eral advance into Richmond In 1865, at Rut and. Vt.: seed 76. 2L Anthony Comstock, New York's moral censor, at Summit, N. J.; agea a. 22. Dr. Austin Flint, noted physician and alienist in New York city; aged 80. 28. J. Kelr Hardle. noted English Social ist, M. P. and lecturer, in Glasgow, Scotland. OCTOBER, 30. Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian states man, former premier. In England, aired 94. XL Blanche Walsh, actress, In Cleveland, O.; aged 42. NOVEMBER. L Herman Kid der. German- American edi tor, In New York: aged 64. Booker T. Washington negro leader and educator, at Tuskeegee, Ala: aged 67. Susan E. Dick lnson, journal' 1st, at Scran ton, Pa; aged 84, Dr. Solomon Schechter, not ed authority on the Hebrew Photo by American Press Association, Scriptures, in New York aged 68. . Herman Bidder. rtfti.t4tttW-t-fttt-t-t-T-t-to NATURE FREAKS. 0f44'HW4-4444-r4T-r4O JANUARY. Earthquake In Italy; many cities and towns destroyed, Avezzano being the principal sufferer; death list 29,978; shock recorded by seismograph in Washington. APRIL. Snowstorm and 70 mile gal raged on the Atlantic coast. 22. Texas swept by a rain and electrical storm; 25 dead. 26. April heat record of 91 degree In New York city. MAT. 7. Frost, snow and rain In the central west from Texas to Montana. Lassen peak, California, burst out in eruption. , : JUNE. Earthquake In southern California caused loss of $1,000,000. : JULT. Tornado In the middle west. Cincin nati suffered most; dead upward of 40, with many missing. 16. Flood In Ohio caused loss of 82,000,- 000; 6 persons drowned. AUOUST. Cloudburst at Erie, Pa., caused a loss Of 86,000,000: 75 deaths. Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboli, the Italian volcanoes, became active. Tropical hurricane flooded Galveston with waters. of the gulf; other points on the coast Invaded. Los estimated at 330.000,000 and deaths upward of 300. with many missing. Frost In the middle west SEPTEMBER. 15. Temperature 88 in New York; hottest Sept. 16 on record. Gulf hurricane struck Louisiana coaat: deaths estimated about 650. NOVEMBER, 42 persons killed and Injured by wind storm at Hot Springs, Ark, FIELD OF SPORTS. APRII 8. Jess Willard defeated Jack Johnson In 26 rounds at Ha vana, Cuba 14. League baseball season opened. JUNB. S. Walter J. Travis won his fourth Metropolitan golf championship, defeating J. G. Anderson 2 up in the final, at Hye, N. Y. IX. Women' nation al tennis cham pionship won by Molla BjurBtedt Photo by American Press Association. at Philadelphia Score, 46, 62, 60. Jess Willard. 18. Jerome D. Travers, noted amateur, won title of open golf championship of the United Statea defeating Mc Namara, at Baltusrol, N. J. 28. Yale defeated Harvard in the varsity races at New Haven, winning all var sity, freshman and second varsity eventa 28. Cornell won the varsity race at Poughkeepsie, with Leland Stanford second; time, 20:36 8-6; also junior race. In 10:001-6, with Pennsylvania second. Syracuse won the freshman race In 9:29 3-6, with Cornell second. JULT. 18. Norman S. Taber of Boston made a new world's one mile run record at Cambridge; time 4 minute 12 8-5 sec ond SPTEMBBR, 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 8 np and 4 to plav, at Detroit t. William M. Johnston won the national tennis singles championship at Forest Hills, N. Y., defeating Maurice B. Mc Loughlln with a score of 14, 80, T 6, 10-4. IL Women' golf championship won by Mra C H. Vanderbeck of Philadel phia at Chicago, S up and t to play; Mrs. W. A Gavin runner up. V Directum L mad new world's pacing record of 1:56 for a mile without wind shield at Syracuse, N. Y. I- The Philadelphia club clinched the Na tional league pennant at Boston by defeating Boston 6 to 0. Boston became American league cham pion through the defeat of Detroit by 8t Louis. 8 to X at Detroit GO Anderson woo 950 mile auto race for the Astor Cup at SheepsheadL Bay. XL Boston American defeated the Phila delphia National In the fifth and de ckling game of tho world's series 8 to 4, at Philadelphia. S. Cornell defeated Harvard It to at Cambridge, Maaa. Prtncetoa defeated Dartmouth to T at Princeton. KOTaanaa. C Harvard defeated Prtncetoa W to at football. It. Yale defeated PiUioetow U to T. 99. Harvard beat Yai 41 to t at footbalL 9. Army vanquished Navy 14 to at foot- WAKT TO READ, AKD COXSEQU I MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. nMrtiRT. L Panama-California exposition opened at San Diego. a t i mnir i.r.hanD'B reoDenea. 6. United State. Bupremo court ruled that the Danbury hatters must pay IK fine for a Doycott aei ui a. Fire In Roebling'a wire plant at Tren ton caused a losa of $1,500,000. 18. Frank James, last of James brothers noted In the civil wr and later as desperate men, died near Excelsior Springs, HO.; agea i. 20. Panama-Pacific International exposi tion at San Francisco ionium MARCH. I Anarchists caught In an attempt to explode bombs In cn. fai. J I Mao, Vwk J. Harry Kendall Thaw placed on trial in New York for conspiracy to escape the asylum at Matteawan. 18. Thaw and four alleged conspirators acquitted on charge of conspiracy. u. Lincoln Beachey. the American avi ator, killed In flight at the Panama. Paclflo exposition, in Saa Francisco. APRIL. 13. Bethlehem Steel Jumped to 155 In the New York Stock Exchange, wuer QUA -han. war. dflfllt In. 3. Public library of St. Paul destroyed by Are; loss 3W,000. International peace .nurrni met at The Hague. Name of Culebra cut, In the Panama, canal, ni..nff.H tn DAlHard cut. 90. Colon, Panama, swept by Are; loss $3,500,000 In the business district, where 405 buildings were aesiruynu. , MAT. 11. Naval fleet arrived at New York. It. New government proclaimed by revo lutionists In Portugal, ine new pre mier, Joao Chagas. shot by a senator. 18. President Wilson protested to Ger many In the Lusltanla case. Naval parade at New York. JUNE. t United Confederate veterans met at Richmond. 1 Georgia prison commission reported against commuting sentence of Frank, alleged murderer. 10. Second United States note to Ger many sent to Ambassador J. W. Ge rard in Berlin, pro testing against sub marining o o e a n liners. 17. Yaqul Indians de clared war on the United Btates. Fleet ordered to sail for Lower Cal ifornia to protect Americans. 18. Harry K. Thaw granted a Jury trial to teat his sanity. 19. The Arizona battle. ship, biggest United j. w. Gerard. States super-dread- naught, launched at Brooklyn navy yard. ' JULT. J. P. Morgan, the banker, shot at Glen Cove, N. Y., by Frank Holt, a German college professor. 14. Harry K. Thaw declared sane by an advisory Jurv in New York city. 14. The state department notified Great Britain, through Ambassador W. H. Page, that this country would not recognise British orders In council as valid. Southold, N. Y began the 2T5th an niversary of its settlement (1640). . 28, Haitian revolutions Invaded the French legation, dragged out the de posed president. Gutllaume, and shot him to death. Haitian snipers killed 2 United States marines who were In Port au Prince protecting foreigners. SO. Former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker executed at Sing Sing for complicity in the murder of Hermann Rosenthal. AUGUST. United States battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire sailed for Vera Crux, Mexico, to quell anti-foreign demonstrations. 11. Heavy shipment of British treasure. Including $19,000,000 In gold, arrived at New York. . Riot In Boston; Italian reservists as saulted policemen who protected Ger mans from the mob. 18. National Educational association met at Oakland, Cal. Leo Frank, Georgia life convict, forcibly taken from prison at Mllledgevtlle and hanged near Marietta, home of his al leged victim, Mary Phagan. - Great Britain declared cotton contra band. 24. Conference of governors met in Bos ton. 30. Spanish American War Veterans met at Scranton. Pa. United States F-4, which sank off Honolulu March 25, was raised. SEPTEMBER. 82.000,000 fire on the grain pier In New port News. Va. t. 868,000,000 in British gold reached New York via the American Kinr.. Semicentennial anniversary of the Wash ington grana review of 18S by 20,000 G. A. R. veterans. Sons of Veterans' annual encampment In Washington. 17. Vllhjalmur Stefansson. the nnlor.r heard from after a silence of 17 months. He was In Banks Land. In an action near Cape Haltlen, Haiti, 10 Americans were wounded and 40 Haitian rebels killed 87. Gasoline and dynamite exnlonlon In the business district of Ardmore, Okla., killed 55 people and Injured over 100 property loss 8500.000. fflth annual encampment of the Grand my ui me nepuoiic opened In Wash ington. Farmers' National Congress opened at Omaha Wireless phone talk was accomplished between Arlington, Vs.. and Ban Fran cisco, 8.000 miles. Speech transmitted by wireless phone from Arlington, Va, to Honolulu, 4.800 miles. OCTOBER. International farm congress opened at Denver. National Womas's Christian Temper ance union met at Seattle. Wash. ' Wireless telephoning accomplished be tween Arlington, Va, and Paris. Steamer Hocking sailing under United States flag seized by a British cruiser off too port of New York. MOVEHBER. Great Britain seized st Saint Lucia the United States steamer Tennessee. DECEMBER. Worlo-s Fair: Panama-Pacific exnost- tlon closed iienaance over 17.000.000; Profits 82.0u0.00g. Ford's peace mlsstoa set out from York. Nee L Sixty-fourth congress convened. ?,"IT X'M ' disavow the act of sinking the ocean User Ancona. . Immigration statistics for lSli showed '"" oft of arrivals of .early 800 o?lM. " D-o- 1 against tbe arrivals . Convention: National American Wo 'w"hlg! Ctt"- J.V "d "" AraerlcaD JkHentiae caxngres Beet la Washing- . Convention: Americas Historical seen etatlem sneeta m Washington. EHTLY IT IS THE PAPER THAT World War Campaigns Movements on Land and Sea With New Nations In Line. WAR ON THE WATER. JANUART. . British battleship Formidable sunk In the English channel by German sub marine or a mine; over 600 drowned. . In a Gorman naval attack on the Eng lish coast the Oerman cruiser Bluecher was sunk, with about 700 of her orew. British cruiser Lion disabled. FEBRUART. , 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 nurine- a naval attack In the German submarine U-J8, torpedoed British ships Falaba and Agullla In St. George's channel; 68 passengers and 70 sailors lost. APRIL, w.nph Mtedmer Leon Gambetta tor pedoed by an Austrian submarine In the strait or uiraiuo; wj drowned. MAT. The Lusltnnla was torpedoed and anir nff Kinsale. 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 lives. British battleship Triumph torpedoed In the Dardanelles. British battleship Majestlo sunk by torpedo in the Dardanelles. JUNE. Italian submarine Meduso torpedoed bv an Austrian submarine. British admiralty steamer Armenian, with Americans In her crew, torpe doed off the British coast. 22 Ameri. cans lost. JULT. Italian cruiser Amalfi sunk by Aus trian submarine In the. Adriatic sea AUGUST. British submarine sank the Turkish battleship Barbarossa In the sea of Marmora. British transport Royal Edward sunk by an enemy submarine In the Aegean sea; loss of nearly 1,000 lives. A German submarine torpedoed the White Star liner Arablo off Cape Clear, Ireland; 29 Americans on board. OCTOBER. German cruiser Prinz Adalbert sunk by British submarine; crew of 557 nearly all lost. NOVEMBER. Italian liner Ancona sunk by Austrian submarine In the Mediterranean: 208 lives lost. Including some Americans. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. IMnfrfrM- '44-4 4- 4 4 4"H6 JANUART. The allies began to retreat south of 13. the Aisne at Soissons, abandoning 8 miles of trenches. Allies withdrew south of the Alsne, losing 6,000 prisoners and many guna MARCH. Beginning of British attacks at Neuve 14. 10. Chapelle, France. 12-13. French attacks and German counter attacks continued at Neuve Chapelle, with heavy losses. APRIL. 22. Germans recaptured Hartmannswel lerkopf, In the Vosgea mountains. They repulsed an attack by allies along the Ypres canal with asphyx iating gas and crossed that harrier to the west side. German artillery at Nieuport, Belgium, bombarded Dunkirk. France, at 22 miles range. SEPTEMBER. Great drive of the allies from the French seacoast to Verdun. Heavy capture of guns reported and 20,000 un wounded prieonera German front bro ken 6 miles In length at Loos, La Bas ses and Souchez, and 25 miles in the Champagne. Allies continued western drive. NOVEMBER. 80. 18. Allies held Joint war council In Paris. O-t-t-t- t-t tit MM--t-t-t t US SOUTHERN WAR ZONE. I FEBRUARY. 8. Turks estimated at 12,000 attacked British guards along Sues canal south of Ismailia, Egypt. 81 Allied fleet bombarded Turkish forts guarding the sea entrance to Constan tinople. t APRIL. X. Allied troops landed on the shore of the Dardanelles under fire from the Turkish guna MAT. tt Italy made formal proclamation of war. . Austrian navy and airships attacked Italy's coast. Italian troops seised Austrian territory. JrME. I. Italian troops, led by General Cador na, forced the im portant river Isonso in advance toward Trieste. Austria. 8 Julian, captured Monf alcone, a n important strate gic town north west of Trieste ADOUST. I Italy sent an ul timatum to Tur key. I Austrtana launch ed counterattacks on the Italian Una at Qorlu. Photo by Amerlcu Press AssociaUon, eral Cadorna. 1 - nrtlllery drove the allied fro-e.elrwort.onSriCl! a Bulgaria BobUlaea her anny. Bt mm TBtwieeue-. . And Various Minor Events Battle Front In Poland, France, Belgium, Aus tria, Gallipoli, Ser via and Egypt ..sHAAAfr' Greece protested against the J of troops at Salonlki tn defeat w Austro-German forces under Q.F von Mackensen Invaded Serni e garla sent 24 hour ultimatum to&T Germans recaptured Belgrid. J. of Servla. T Bulgaria declared war on Bentil A general attack by Italian! itth failed after an all day stnjir l NOVEMBER. fj Bulgarian captured Nlsh, tr! , way center In Servla. -Germans and Austrians MDhirj- irovusu iu t-iuBiiiia, nerve. DECEMBER. British defeated by Turks i dad, Mesopotamia. t n-.man. .nil Au.trlan. us, " uapmiifk aetir. Servia. Balkans: Allied troops In Or! oacK on o&ioniKii a 1 1 1 1 1- www t atmt RUSSIAN FRONTIER, fc, t J JANUART. fj?' ft. Russian fore were south of ttyjf pathian mountains Invading HbJ 28. A lame Ru--fn army u adnj w on tho Russian border agaJiwpa nlgsberg, a German fortltied d East Prussia. FEBRUARY. ' 1 Germans checked In a dMpmb tack on Russian lines at Bolimci fore Warsaw. (jttf T. Germans, by a forced march, the Russian flank at Johauieitai East Prussia, fore inn the nemjif,'1 treat back to Russian territory " 9, Germans in RusBia cut tbe rRv behind the retreating; Kuuiuijli North of Augustowo the Rusmn x sorted their positions east o( U' surian lakes. it A 24. Germans stormed and capturtdfrei nysz, Poland, an important BiTa post north of Warsaw. I MARCH. rfa 22. The Austrian fortress of Prttor ( Galicia, surrendered to the Ba army after a gallant and pnift i defense. About 50,000 armed An pi were among; the trophies. Lr 26. Russians recaptured Prsasnya. land, north of Warsaw. APniu S I. Russians advanced through Bt A pass, piercing the Austrian a . the Carpathian jr MAT. jf 14. Austro-Germana recaptured Jw on the west bank of San tent,1' cla. forcing the Russians to itf the Carpathian roountaina. t v 1 1' JUNS. t Germans, led by General von Mackensen, re captured Przem yal, Gallcla, which the Rus sians had occu pied March 22, after a siege of 20 days. B. Lem berg, Gall cia, recaptured by Austrlanaaf t er ten months' occupation by Russians. fir General TOtiL JULT. Germans again captured te post of Pm" miles north of Warsaw. E Austrians captured Badom, Hp south of Warsaw. AUOUST. t' German army" captured Wars' campaign which lasted wl months. The Russian grrl treated east of the Vistula. fi General von Mackenaen'i troope captured Sletll' Warsaw-Moscow railway. . Novo Georglvak, the tctm Russian fortress In Polund, n garrison, estimated at from 85,000 men, captured by Gew Beseler German army. BEPTBMBFIR. ? . Germans captured GrodDB vanced on Riga. F i NOVBMBBB. ' it V Germans abandoned Import J()0 tions In front of Riga - guii; . WWiTat I. I MINOR WAR EVEl, Ot 4.Mrin84 A-4- 4 H,1 JANUART. The German government orit - ' seizure of private storn wheat and flour. mnnuT, '1 .1 mi Germany Informed the rj ! h that she would Insist on the war none in the Eds1W" MARCH. . v.. faitt! England announceo "-u top all ships to and fres im ports of Germany. v The German cruiser "res, survived the battle of 'w, lands, sunk In battle '' fleet near San Juan Ferns" off Chill. J Great Britain Issued a sweep g In council cutting off , with Germany and refusal K the war son blockade. t' nut. " Germany replied to note of Bf States (June 10), prom" cnard Americana under tw - , -Anaorr. Great Britain sent notes Statea upholding her bo Berlin Informed washlnlt" killing of Americans "p waa not intentional. U. oeftembs L German ambaasador SMS.. liners would not be son! tines without warning J Hated or attempted German airships rawea Jurtng a, persona and WW 0 OCTOBM. j Germany disavowed the Arable and agreed to pW "T EHrtw.a biiiHl and ' i by Zeppena , J n. London recruiting a&rLc Tolnnteera ender tbe U vhica waa to end Dee. KA1C OTHE)SrniST B IS HEAD. JT C0ST8 KO MOEE T