The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Collin County Genealogical Society.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
1*
mm
THE PLANO STAR-COURIER
STORY OF YEAR MARKED
BY SENSATIONAL EVENTS
Most Momentous Twelve Months of Modern Times
Reviewed-Great European War, Mexican
Troubles and Other World Happenings.
of pr«alil*nt, although ha aoon .nnnutical I
hiii purponn of turning over the executive I
function to a provisional substitute and
himself becoming a cnndldat*.
On Hepterriber 23 Villa declared war up- *
on the provisional president. The const!- |
tutlonullsts held u mecMng at Mexico
City on October 4 anil refused to aorept
their chief's resignation. At a conven-
tion of the party held at Anas Callentes ;
on October 14, Carranxa again presented |
his resignation and a few days later Villa *
>pl
-tl
rstate
promise)*
ippnrt
commerce commission for permission t
advance freight rates 6 per cem, and th
commission consented to reopen the l’tt*«
The commission granted the lncreaa*
with certain exceptions, on December 1!
A delegation of railroad presidents vis
lted President Wilson at the White Hou*1
and laid before him the unsatisfactory
experiments conducted by Pr
Kennedy of Glasgow. otlarn
a two-wheeled gyroscopic mot)
ated considerable excitement
It Is the Invention of Paul Sch
An Innovation known as "twll
Is announced to have work*
change In obstetrical methods
birth has been robbed almost
Its terrors The new' system d<
the Woman's hospital of
many. Is described as a
Robert 1 r«
In May A
national
invslied Jt
igland cup
[hat
Induced by
cf two dru
chlld-
■ely of
ped at
Krelburg, Ger-
sllght slumber
>t
Itnprt
nen l
nt the murd
♦*n*n, ft]
Information
The reply
trlti. She pi
i. • • T
vta nnd lie
the border.
Tin* Her
tllzation am
l remove
a terrific
-Hungarian
n to Servia
if the per-
il e assassination of
Ferdinand and ln-
f all anti-Austrian
country and giving
a tin ii. The Belgrade
to the Austrian de-
xcaption—that which
od Austrian officials
rt In the punishment
id asked for further
point.
satisfactory to Aus-
ledursd war on Her-
mov« troops toward
is began uctlve niob-
d their capital from
t, In the Interior. lu-
ff all the civilized world
ird Russia.
Austria declared war
on Seiviii. tin' Rut-sluti minister of for-
eign iiffn 1 rm warned the German ambas-
sador tli.it If Serein were Invtnli'il Hus
wlu would not be aide to remain neutral
Great Britain proposed to Germany,
France and Itfily that a council should
be arranged to mediate between the two
disputants. Germany declined to become
party to such an arrangement. The < ■'nr
urged tin' kaiser to use his Influence with
the Austrian emperor. According to the
German account the knitter compiled
with this request to the best of his abil-
ity. When he discovered, however, that
mobilization was going on actively la
Russia, he wired the czar that his course
was making mediation Impossible.
Two days Inter the kaiser proclaimed
martial law throughout the country and
sent a twenty-four hour ultimatum to
British fleet so
gust 4. and i
North sea wt
the waiting o
parent that G
to deal a fatal
safeguard that
own and rend*
ttvu by holdln
later, the por
were notified
unobstructed,
the i'uclflc ill
and Hafe.”
guarded the t
preventeiI the
In ch
tef of the
>1 film t<^
»ci th
capital,
wltht
Irew
merlr
'an for*-*-*
Cruz and
but
the
ds follow-
iort. Villa
t of the
dlati
ituro Is far from
rt lnop)
N*
nd
the Atlantic lines Wore
a few days afterward
wore pronounced "open
tf British wur vessels
of th)> Kiel Cumil iiidI
llrty German battleships
•r 15, 3.000 United States
rit to Nsco to stop continued
lexicon factions Into United
ry. The struggle between
the combatants In northern Mexico con-
tinues unabated
firing by t)
States teri
Longest Congressional Session.
Th
anchored tla-re from
eumlntr
out.
Within
a few days, more tin
ill thirty
of the Kreat
German oeean line
rs were
tut*
rued in
neutral water* and
u numlii'i
r of
German
nteri’hftnt ship* we
stroyed.
re I'flptUi
red
or do-
By tlm middle of
Novemhe
r more than
four hundred war v
chhoU an
d ru
• t chant-
men on all sides tun!
1 ....... i'll]
1‘tUP
ed or ln-
term'd In neutral p
orts. Th
n K
lodni in
the l'uiiri.' and tli
ie KarlHi
ruhe
in tbe
South Athuitir, two flurn
uin
raiders,
preyoi! nucvi'NHfully
upon a III
led /
iml iH'U-
tra! commerce until
11io fori
m»r
WttH pllt
out of action. l)u
irlntf tho
pit
st three
months tho Oormai
ih have
fit'Ht
roved a
number of liritish <
cruisers 1
jy inruns of
torpedoes'. In an u<
turn off
the
co;mt of
•f th
•rman war-
nmoutli and ) lood I topi
d. On October 27 al-
i known to the public
afterward the I’.rtilHh
Audio Ions was sunk
coast of Ireland. Hhort-
ltrltlsh admiralty de-
sen a closed military
the Muscovite
Instant ahum
oration. At
imtturn, Aug
order for mo
the snme ihA
landing an
war prep-
tvernment <b
lonmcnt of all
the expiration of this ultl
isi 1, tin kaiser gave tin
blllzatlon to begin and oi
Count von Pom tub s. tin
Gonnan ntnb *s
started lionii tv*
M: a n\v lil In th
Petersburg,
mobilization of
■ law \sn*
ei'D-;..
1 and. August 4.
the Ger-
1 In the financial world due i
1 man amhn
1 between h
HSftd"!
annum.'i<1 t tin
ntry and Franc
t the war
rjnhrollfiirnt of thr Kurop
| Americans abroad warn
| Rtitfland
had i
liked both Fi\
mce and
i trreat inconvenience ami not
ul.1
tli.
It) 1-
marche
xinihurx
jilntt
1111 in n 111 in ami
a time limit.
Iim would lln-
co of arms If
Great Orltaln Declares War.
At this move of Germany, Groat Brit-
ain began active mobilization of her
forces and all the naval reserves were
'called out nt onov War against Germany
was declared on August 4, a war budget
of $500,000,000 was voted, and within a few
days a British force of 120,000 men had
been landed in France. On August 0 Aus
trla-Hungarv declared war on Russia
and her troops crossed the Russian bor-
der. The Montenegrins joined the Herbs
against Austria and Bosnia was Invaded
On August 10 the French government
proclaimed war against Austria, and two
days later Fngland followed her exam-
ple. Jnpun announced her Intention to
stile with her British ally.
Scandinavia and Holland asserted their
neutrality, but at Once put all their mili-
tary resources Into requisition for de-
fense. Portugal announced her Inten-
tion to fit 1 tilt her treaty obligations with
Great Britain, hut she did not become a
belligerent at onee. Spain professed ab-
solute neutrality, but began Immediate
mobilization of nil her forces. Turkey de-
clared for neutrality, but mobilized her
army and began to advance toward Bul-
garia. It was not until the lust of Octo-
ber that she mailr her Initial demonstra-
tion In the Black sea against Russia.
Greece, as well as the minor Balkan
states, was In a condition of armed ex-
pectancy. As for Italy, sworn ally of
Germany ami Austria In the so-called
Drelbund, she took advantage of the fact
that her partners were not engaged In a
defensive war to remain neutral despite
strong pressure from Berlin and Vienna.
At the outbreak of hostilities, it censor-
ship which Is the most effective over
known was established In all the warring
countries About all that was actually
revealed was that the kaiser's forces
nuitle their way through Belgium with ft
tremendous less of men anil property,
the Belgian defenders of the little king-
dom exhibiting a power of resistance and
a stubbornness which amazed the world.
The forts
legions for a week But the odds were
too great. Ry the end of August the ter-
rible German war machine Imd literally
mowed Its way through Belgium, and by
September 4 had reached a point within
twenty miles of l’arls. which was In ac-
tive preparation for a siege. Ti e seat of
government was removed to Bordeaux
Suddenly, on September I. the German
nrmy of the right turned eastward. Since
that time, tin* kaiser's forces have been
retiring slowly, fighting with a persis-
tency nexer before recorded In tho his-
tory of modern wnr.
Russian mobtlh lilon by the middle of
August . was practically completed and
tli)' czar's armies were In rapid advance
toward the German and Austrian fron-
tiers Great forces opposed the Slavic
advance and many bloody contests fol-
lowed In rapid succession, until late In
the autumn the greatly outnumbered
Teutonic allies began to show signs of
declining offensive abllltv.
ships sank the Mo
with all on boar
though It was no
for a fortnight
super-lire ud naught
by a mine olT the
ly afterward, tho
dared the North
area.
On December 8 the German cruisers
8diarnliorst, Onrlsnu, Leipzig and Nuern-
berg, under Admiral von Spec, were sunk
I * v a British squadron under Vice-Admiral
Sir Frederick Hturdee, off Hu' Falkland
islands. The Gtirman cruiser Dresden es-
caped, badly damaged. December 16 a
<l i man fleet bombarded the English coast
town* of Hartb pool, Whitby and Scar-
borough. killing l.tii and wounding 300 citi-
zens and causing much property damage.
Th roe British met'-liant vessels were sunk
hy mines laid by the bombarding fleet.
At the close of tho year operations In
the west scent practically at a standstill.
December 17 the Germans reported a vic-
tory In Poland.
As a result of the Immediate paralysis
tin' sudden
in nations,
ibjeeted to
llttle a> tual
hardship. Much relief was afforded the
Belgian sufferers and large sums of
money for the purpose were raised all
over thi' country.
The American Red Cross sent the relief
ship ltid Cross to European waters,
with a full equipment of physicians
nurses anil supplies, on September 12.
Chaotic Conditions in Mexico.
Furly Ip tin- year foreign nations began
to he critical of the administration's
"hands off" Mexican policy and to Insist
tluii the Job of pacifying Mexico belonged
logically to the United States. Vlcto-
rlano Huerta hail held tho provisional
presidency for a year and boasted In his
cups that In- would I ii >lil his office longer
than .President Wilson would remain In
thi- White I lousy Meanwhile the bandit
chief l'uncho Villa was steadily gaining
ground In the north. The fiercest battle
of tin revolution, which was fought for
utmost two weeks, ended in victory for
the rc bid forces.
There was an appalling loss of life In
this long continued tight, and more thaw
four thousand fugitives crossed the Rio
Grande anil took refuge In American ter-
ritory. 11 ere they wore cared for by the
Putted States authorities.
On February 3 President Wilson re-
voked an order hy his predecessor In of-
flee to put n stop to the shipment of arms
mill ammunition Into Mexico by citizens
of the Unit' d States. Op April tl, [’resi-
dent Wilson Instructed Secretary Daniels
to assemble an Imposing naval force at
Tampico, on the Mexican coast This
was due to the refusal of the Mexican
president and his military aids to salute
ttie American time as an essential feature
of nn apology for an unwarranted arrest
and Imprisonment of several American
bluejackets who had landed on Mexican
soil to obtain a supply of gasoline.
Although the episode was the result of
a misunderstanding In which all the par-
ties concerned shared about equally, ■
was manifest that Huerta was In no mood
to comply with any request of the Wash-
ington authorities, however politely and
even delicately made. He refused to or-
der the salute, and tho naval demonstra-
tion followed.
Gotigross passed a resolution sustaining
the president In the position which ha
bad taken. On April 21 Admiral Fletcher
seized the custom house at Vera Cruz.
The Mexicans resisted the occupation of
the custom house and the result was a
tight lit which IB Americans were killed
and 71 wounded General Maas, In com-
mand of thr- garrison, withdrew and left
the \merleans In possession.
Nelson O'Shaugnessy, the American rep-
resi ntatlve. was given his passports and
requested to lea*— the country. Brig.
Oett. Frederick b'unston, commander of
The first regular session of the Hlxty-
thlrd congress wag the longest since that
great law-making body came Into cxlst-
encf—from December 1, 1313, to October
24. 1314. After the holiday recess both
branches were addressed by President
Wilson upon the regulation of corpora-
tions. In Ids address the pres).lent recom-
mended the formation of a trade commis-
sion. the doing awav with interlocking di-
rectorates anil holding companies, and an
antitrust law. On January 24 the senate
P r.s.al a Mil authorizing the government
to construct a railroad in Alaska On
February P> tlie house passed tho hill.
During lids month, also, the adminis-
tration Introduced a measure Into both
houses to establish n rural credit system
>* means of co-operative hunks. On Feb-
ruary 3 a bill was Introduced Into both
branch) s which provided that the govern-
ment might mine or lease on a royalty
itlon which confronted American | twe
Is. The president was sympathetic,
expressed his confidence In the Inter-
i* commerce commission to fcgu-alo
matter satisfactorily.
On 'September 23 Secretary McAdoo
aroused great Interest In banking circles
hy announcing his Intention to withdraw
government patronage and assistance
from national banks known to be hoard-
ing currency or demanding excessive In-
terest.
In October the court dismissed all but
one of the government’s charges In Its
suit to dissolve the Atlantic steamship
trust. Final argument In the suit to dis-
solve the Steel truNt was made at Phila-
delphia, and the discussion of Increased
railroad freight rates was resumed before
the Interstate commerce commission.
At the elections held on November 3 tho
Democratic majority In the house oi rep-
resentatives was reduced from 147 to 25,
although the Democratic majority In the
senate was Increased from 10 to 16. Con-
stitutional amendments giving the suf2
frage to women were carried In Nevada
and Montana and prohibition triumphed
In Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and
Colorado. In Missouri the so-called "full
crew" law passed by the legislature was
rejected.
Politics In Other I ands.
Injection of a combination
seopolumln and morphlum.
28 the first wireless mu-
ll relaying, transmitted ba-
rer, Germany, anil Tuekcrton.
In
id
January
sage without
n Ilum
on the lower New Jersey const, came
one leap a distance of 4.062 miles. On
I ebruary 17 the expedition led by Cnpt.
J, Campbell Besley returned to Now York
after six months' exploration In a hither-
to unknown Andean region. The party
discovered a lost Inca city and brought
hack a valuable collection. Later In the
same month the antarctic expedition led
by I)r. Douglus Mewsott arrived at Ade-
laide, Australia, after two years spent In
scientific exploration. On April 10, Dr.
Alexia Carrel, Nobel prize winner and
eminent for Ms contributions to exact sci-
ence, announced that he had operated
successfully on the heart of an animal by
suspending the circulation of blood sev-
eral minutes. On May 19, sx-Prestdent
Roosevelt returned home after an explor-
ing trip cf eight months through the Bra-
zilian wilderness, lie announced the dis-
covery of a river, which was christened
Rio Roosevelt, and afterward rechristened
Rio Toodoro. On November 4. at the Brit-
ish embassy. In Rome, Prof. Domenico
Argentlerl, fin Italian priest of the Abrui-
zl, made good his claim to have devised
a small portable wireless telegraphy ap-
paratus capable of receiving messages
from hlgh-power stations at a distance of
1.250 miles. On January 2, at Dayton,
was th
ed Kiel
man kt
fistic
France
On September 3 Cardinal
della Chlesa, archbishop of
was elected pope to succeed
Piux X.
title of Benedict X
pm®
Giacomo
Bologna,
the late
The new pontiff assumed the
government
SHRUB SHOULD PROVE BOON
crop report, made public October X. an-
! nounceil a record wheat harvest of
! 892.000.000 and a normal corn crop of
! 2.676,000.000. The world's championship
; series was won October 13 by the Bos-
j ton National league baseball team.
On October 14 one of the most cora-
i prehenslve flrnntial schemes on record
i formulated by bankers at New York
I city Involved the raising by the banks
of a fund of $150,009,000 which was to
be loaned upca wareli&tjse receipts for
cotton. On the last dry i£ October the
Panama canal was closed for traffic a
second time on uccount Ot an earth
slide Into Culebra cut.
On November 6 the Chlcujw stock-
yards were closed on account uf an
epidemic of foot-and-mouth dtpease
which had already led the federal au-
thorities to establish .quarantine <n
eight states against the shipment of
cattle. Later this prohibition was ex-
tended to several othet states. The so-
called “house of governors” met in Its
seventh annual session at Madison.
Wls., November 10.
After a period of suspension covering
Possibility That Plant Long Sought
For Has Been Discovered In
Western Texas.
h at
[ire)
Jl,Sl
basis certain coal lands In Alaska.
On Mar< h 5 the president delivered an-
other address to congress In the house
chamber, In which he urged the repeal
of the provision In the Panama Canal act
of August, 1912. exempting vessels en-
gaged In coastwise trade from the pay-
ment of tolls. With a senate amendment
to the effect that the United States re-
linquished no rights under treaties with
Great Britain and with Panama, the tolls
repeal bill became law.
On April 20 the president again ad-
dressed congres) giving tho facts In the
Tampico affair and asking authority to
use force In compelling a settlement. Both
houses passed tho necessary measures
without, delay. On June 5 the three
measures prominent In the president’s an-
titrust legislation—the creation of a trade
commission, the Clayton bill, and the rail-
road ca pi tallz.itIon'bill—were passed, but
It was not until August that the senato
adopt'd the measure creating a federal
trade commission. The Clayton antitrust
bill did not become law until October.
August 4 both houses unanimously
adopted an amendment to the federal re-
serve act. bv which the secretary of the
treasury was given power to Issue addi-
tional bank currency In such amount ns
would be necessary to protect the busi-
ness situation and avoid financial panic.
On September 4 the president once more
, P'M
it re
of raising additional revenue to meet the
deficit cm usd hy the decline In imports
due to the Kuropean war.
The closing days of the congress passed
In an active effort conducted by members
front the cotton-growing states to obtain
legislation for tho retail of the growers
of tho staple. •
On October 24 the first regular session
of the Sixty-third congress came to an
end.
American Government and Politics.
the American forces at Vera Ouz. was
Liege halted the Gut-man I ready to enter on a vigorous campaign.
The
ltlr
medial)
lv proceed,
f>rts
it Klauchf
taken 1
'V assault n
Russ
i and Turk!
gaged
In the TUac
fight Inv
: on a sm:
the IVi
•tugnepe In
oral nt
lark* upon
6tan tt
• ps have l
Kish fi'
n es in an
C«na!
( pen.
confined their military
ly to Asia. They tai-
led against the German
China, which were
Before hostilities were carried further
the diplomatic representative* at Wash-
ington of Argentina, Brazil and Chile sent
In to the office- of the department of state
a formal tender Af their services as medi-
ator:1. President Wilson necepted the of-
fer and both Huerta and Carranza ac-
cepted the proffered mediation.
The mediatory conferee ■> was held nt
Niagara Falls. Canada, and open*.I on
May 20. tin June 12 the conference had
agteed upon a plan necepted both by
President Wilson and lluerta. Then a
deadlock nr. so over the choice ($t presi-
dent—the American delegates declined to
accept tlie name of any nonconsti'.utlonal-
ist.
Meanwhile, the constitutionalists were
in iking unn atokaHe advance toward Cio
i ipltal. Their success was so pronounced
that it was evident they would soon be In
control of the government
On July 1 the conference came to an
end without definite result, and four days
Inter Huerta was re-elected president by
bis partisans. On July 15 the dictator re-
signed the presblencv and took passage
for Kuropo, leaving the executive author-
r ton week"' atta k. I Itv tn the hands of a prominent citizen,
fleets have boon on
sea. there has been
scale In F.gypt. and
’■ n have made sev-
rmnn colonists. 7n-
rngaged with Tur-
wt to keep 11*0 Sue*
tlc.'ll deadlock lti the
re lias been a prne-
naval situation. The
'Francisco Carbajal.
Th new president and Carranza could
not agree upon the surrender of the gov-
■ rnment to the victorious constitutional-
ist army, and on August 10 Carbajal ro-
•iirned and the chamber of deputies dis-
solved. Five davs later, the constitution-
alist army entered the City of Mexico
without opt sttton. Venusttano Carranza
immediately took upon himself the office
On January 2 Secretary McAdoo and
Secretary Houston began a series of
hearings to determine where the new fed-
eral reserve banks were to be established.
The federal reserve bank system went In-
to effect November 16. On January 10
the Washington authorities and the New
York. New Haven and Hartford railroad
officials came to an agreement hy which
tho railroad relinquished Its trolley lines,
Its control of the Boston and Maine, and
most of Its steamship lines. In order to
avoid further conflict with the Sherman
antitrust law. President Wilson nomi-
nated John Skelton Williams, then assis-
tant secretary of the treasury, to he
comptroller of the currency and ox-officio
member of the new federal reserve board.
On January 87 the president signed an
Important order which established a per-
manent civil government In the Panama
Canal Zone, to go Into effect April 1. A
few (lavs later he nominated Col. George
W. Goethals to he first governor. On
February U the government brought suit
at Salt Lake City to compel the Southern
Pacific railroad to relinquish Its control
of the Central Pacific.
Tn March government proceedings were
begun against two railroads: The Inter-
state commerce commission accused the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road
with overstatement of Income and other
financial Irregularities, and suit was
brought against the Lehigh Valley road
under the charge that It was monopoliz-
ing the anthracite coal Industry through
subsidiary companies Tn this month, also,
the department of Justice announced that
n plan for break ng up the transportation
monopoly practiced by the New York,,
New Haven and Hartford had been ar-
ranged satisfactory to all parties.
Fatly hi April the government met with
defeat In Its attempt to prove that the
DelawatA’. T.acknwnnna and Western roiVt
nd the coal-mining 1 'lepanv of the same
name existed as an Illegal and monopolis-
tic combination On April 2 the commit-
tee appointed for the put; o announced
that It had selected twelve federal re-
serve districts, with their central hank-
ing cities, under the new currency law.
On June 8 the American Thread com-
pany. which v as proved to he a combina-
tion of manufacturers which practically
controlled the output, forestalled the ac-
tion contemplated by the department of
Justice by dissolving. In June, also, the
United States supreme court affirmed the
power of the Interstate commerce com-
mission to fix rates, and held that p'pe
lines are common carriers and must carry
products at rat"s fixed hy the eotnmlss'on.
On June 15 it" p esldent made putS.lc
a charge that Mg tun less Interests had
been trying to force congress to adjourn.
He deelar* d that he should do everything
In his power to keep congress In session
until the proper business legislation had
been enacted.
In July the commission found that the
former management of the New Haven
road was criminally wns'-ful nrd negli-
gent. 1’resident Wilson directed th > at-
torney general. July 21. to begin civil and
criminal pr. ceilings ngaln-t the New
York. New Haven and Hartford road, and
two days l iter the suit was begun lti the
United States district court nt New York.
On t' > first day of August the Interstate
commerce . oinmlsnon d uled the petition
of the eastern railroads for a general In-
crease of ‘ per cent III freight rates, hut
allowed ertaln Increases In the middle
West On \ugust 12 the dissolution of the
Internnt mi! Harvester company, desig-
nated as a monopoly In restraint of trade,
was ordered hy the United States district
court nt St. Paul, Minn.
On January 27 Michel Oreste, president
of Haiti, warned of the approach of a
large body of revolutionists, abdicated has-
tily and took refuge on a German cruiser,
tin February 8 Orestes Zamor was elected
•sklent of Haiti, and on the same day
Vicente Concha was elected presi-
dent of Colombia.
Knrly In the year the Chinese ndrnlnls-
tratlve council re-established Confucian-
ism as the state religion of the republic.
At tlie opening of parliament February 10
King George urged mutual concessions In
the Trlsb home rule controversy. On
March 6 the home rule bill was Introduced
for Us third passage through the com-
mons. On May 25 the bill passed the com-
mons for the third time. On September
18 King George signed the home rule and
Welsh disestablishment bills and the par-
liament was prorogued.
On March 17, a3 the finale tn a bitter
political and personal controversy, the
wife of the French minister of finance.
Mine Calllanx, shot and killed the editor
of Figaro, Gaston Calmette. Her hus-
band resigned his office at once and a
new cabinet was formed. The trial of
Mme. Calllanx resulted in her acquittal
on July 28. On March 14 a treaty of peace
between Turkey and Sorvla was signed at
Constantinople, a sequel to the Balkan
war. On May 1 the new Chinese consti-
tution was published. Tt abolished the
premiership and gave Increased power to
the president.. On May 6 Prince Alexan-
der of Took. Queen Mary’s brother, was
appointed governor-general of Canada.
On May 15 Colonel Benavides, leader
of the Peruvian faction which expelled
President nillinghur.st. was elected pro-
visional president. Three days later a
group of senators and deputies declared
Roberto Legula provisional president. The
Peruvian supreme court, however, recog-
nized Benavides. On July 21 Ahmed Mlr-
7:\, sixteen years of age. was crowned
shah of Persia. On August 26 the French
cabinet was reconstructed on a commit-
tee of national defense basis. Rene VI-
i vtani, Socialist, remained premier,
i On September 10 Turkey notified the
I outside world that she had done away
! with the arrangement whereby foreigners
; In that country have been exempt from
loeal Jurisdiction in civil ami criminal
cases ami under which many special prlv-
| lieges have been enjoyed by citizens of
other countries residing in Turkey.
I Two days later a note was presented to
the Turkish government by (Treat Rrltain,
France, Russia and Italy, in which it was
affirmed that the special rights of aliens
can ho abolished only by the powers that
were parties to the original contract.
Austria and Germany presented a sepa-
rate protest.
On Poptember 28 the Albanian senate,
which had driven its recently elected ruler
—Prince William of Wled—out of the
country, chose a Turk for king Prince
Burhan-Rddln. son of the deposed Abdul
Hamid of Turkey. The Kuropean powers
protested, bui their wishes were disre-
garded. On October 4, after four months’
exile, Rssad Pasha, accompanied by an
armed force, entered Albania and took
possession of the government. On the
day following the death of King Charles
of Roumanla his nephew, Ferdinand, took
the oath of office ns sovereign.
On October 13 a rebellion broke out near
the border of German Southwest Africa,
but was frustrated by the loyalty of the
Boers of the Union. On October 3 A. Rus-
tem Rev, Turkish ambassador to the Uni-
ted States, left Washington, where he
had Incurred criticism by Ills frank views
of American affairs.
Ohio, Orville Wright gave a public de- I ?[' weeks, brought about by tbe war.
iinmiitio Htnhitizer I ,,le cotton exchanges of New York and
New Orleans opened tor trading on No-
vember 16. Tho New York stock • —
monstratlon of the automatic stabilizer,
his new aeronautical Invention. On Feb-
ruary 7. the German aviator Irignkl made I Yemner 16. l tm New 1 ork stock ex-
it record of more than a thousand miles, ! change, which was closed at the break-
remaining aloft sixteen and a half hours, j 'ntr r”'* hostilities, was reopened for
thus breaking all previous records. In [ restricted trading November 28. A red-
Aprll a new neroplnnc height record was letter even* in the history of American
tnaik* bv Lfnnekngcl, at Johannlsthal. TT" : athletics was the formal opening of the
great Tale bowl, seating 60.000 persons.
I November 21. The annual Yale-liar-
vard football contest resulted In a Har
reached an altitude of 20,5*44 feet. In May.
a Zeppelin dirigible tlew for thirty-six
hours without stop over Germany, at an
average of about fifty-two miles an hour.
On July 14. a German aviator ot Berlin
ascended in a monoplane to a height of
26,000 feet, and thus broke the record. The
flight from Norway to Scotland was made
by Gran. July 30, In four hours and ten
minutes.
The use of aircraft In the war has not
been greatly sensational, but It has been
sufficient to modify warfare to an appre-
ciable extent. Most of the aeroplanes of
the belligerent nations ara not fighting
craft, but the dirigibles of tho Zeppelin
type bi longing to the German war equip-
ment are regarded ns battleships of tho
utr, and terrible results have been ex-
pected when this formidable sky Bqundnm
should get into action. Thus far, most of
these military adjuncts have been used for
scouting purpose*;, and as such they have
proved to be especially effective. The
rapid advance ot I6ie German forces Into
France at the beginning of hostilities was
mode possible by these air scouts, which
served to point o.ut the way with Infalli-
• ble accuracy. Tn. the attack on Louvain
■ and other Belgian cities German aircraft
i rendered effective service hy directing ar-
• illiery lire by means of searchlights and
J burning material dropped among the Bel-
gian troops. Tin t the Zeppelin airships
an* eopable of d,;!ng great damage was
made evident at t.ue siege of Antwerp.
Casualties cn Land and Sea.
Industrial Trials and Triumphs.
The Ford Motor company at the begin-
ning of the year adopted a profit-sharing
plan by which $ie.ono.000 Is tn he distrib-
uted annually among thp 26,000 wage-earn-
ers of that concern. The great South Afri-
can railroad strike came to an end. On
January 19 a strike of the Delaware and
Hudson railroad men, ns a protest against
the discharge of two employees, was set-
tled within sixteen hours by the federal
board of mediation and conciliation.
Two great labor controversies had been
left over from the preceding year—one in
tho Michigan copper mtneB, which began
July 23, 1913. find another in the Colorado
cohI fields, where 11.000 men had buen on
strike since September 23 of the previous
year Violence ensued and federal aid
was demanded. On April 20 the striking
miners clashed with the state militia near
Trinidad. Colo . and twenty-five persons
were killed or burned to death In a fire
which followed. President Wilson ordereil
federal troops to the scene. Tt was not
until September 15 that the strikers and
their employers adopted President Wil-
son’s offer for ft settlement of their dis-
pute, tout his plan was rejected. On the
last day of November the president named
a commission of three, headed by Seth
Low, to deal with the strike. Shortly af-
ter the strike was declared off.
On April 1 all tho coal mines of Ohio
were closed down on account of the fail-
ure to unite on an agreement fts to a
basis of payment to supersede tbe one
nlreadv In use. On the following day the
Yorkshire coal miners, to the number of
170.000 men. went on strike to support
their demand for a minimum wage. June
12 a strike among the West Virginia coal
miners, which had been on since the pre.
vl.-us Sepiemlvr, was declared off, the
miners waiving recognition of the union
In order to obtain other important on -
cessions. On July 17 tbe federal board
of mediation nnd conciliation amiin proved
Its ability ns a peacemaker. The engineers
and firemen of ninety-eight Western ruli-
n' els accepted the mediation of the board.
Progress in Science arid Discovery.
One of the most startling achievements
In recent surgery is Ihe restoration pf
| paralyzed muscular *lssue by the repair
Early in Januat y the second phenom-
enal storm of the reason added largely to
the destruction of property along the
ocean front of New Jersey and Long Is-
land. On January 11. a Japanese vol-
cano on Sakura Island burst suddenly In-
to activity and destroyed three towns and
killed more than a thousand persons. Dur-
ing a performance at a moving picture
theater at Surabaya, Java. 75 women and
children were burned to death. The
steamer Monroe, from Norfolk to New
York city, was rammed by the Nantucket
during a night fog off Cape Charles, Jan-
uary 30. and 41 persons were lost. On
March 14 more than a thousand persons
lost their lives during a storm which
flooded several towns in Southern Russia,
and ubout the same time many persons
were killed by an earthquake at Akita,
Japan.
On March 21 the sealing steamer
Newfoundland stranded on an ice lloe
lti the Strait of Belle Isle and 77 of
her crew were frozen to death. The
same day the steamer Southern Cross
and her crew disappeared. On A|4H1
28 an explosion in a mine shaft at
Keeles, W. Va„ caused the death of 180
miners. Early in May Sicily was vis-
ited by a series of shocks which did
great damage along the eastern coast.
The steamship Empress of Ireland was
struck by the Norwegian collier Stor-
stad in the St. Lawrence river, May 29,
nnd sank almost Immediately, more
than a thousand passengers losing their
lives. May 30. Capt. Robert A. Barlett of
the Stefansson nretlc expedition returned
to St. Michael, Alaska, with the news that
the Karluk sank. January 11, after having
been crushed by Ice, and that her crew
was marooned %n Wrangel Island. On
September 7, eight members of this crew
were found by a rescuing party. On
June 19 more than two hundred miners
were lost by an explosion in a coal mine
nonr Alberta, Canada. A fire at Salem,
Mass., June 25, destroyed half of the eitf,
Including several thousand homes and
many large Industrial establishments. In
this month, also, American consuls In va-
rious Chinese cities reported that floods in
southern China had destroyed the crops
nnd made 2,000,000 persons homeless. On
September 18 the
collided with an unknown vessel oft
the Oregon coast and 72 of her passen-
gers and crew wore lost. In October
an earthqunV Turkey destroyed
yard victory. 30 to 0.
Among the Eminent Dead.
The record of those ivho have passed
out of the world’s activities during the
yeur Is of unusual length, and It contains
the names of many who had achieved dis-
tinction.
Among the famous men who died In
January were Dr. S. Weir M'tchell of
Philadelphia, scientist and novelist;
Dr. Edward Spltzka, alienist and neu-
rologist; Count Yuko Ito, admiral of
the Japanese fleet; Shelby M. Oullom,
30 years United States senator from
Illinois, author of the Interstate com-
merce law; I’aul Deroulede, French poet
and political agitator; the venerable
James Addams Beaver, Civwar hero
and ex-governor of Pennsylvania, anil
Simon Bullver Buekner, whose name
and fame have been familiar to the Amer-
ican public for more than half a century—
as a lieutenant general in the Confederate
army, governor of Kentucky, candidate
for vice-president on the Gold Democratic
ticket In 1896.
February’s contribution to the list
includes Alphonse BerjHllon, whoso
clever system of measurement made
him tho terror of criminals; Theodore
L. Pe Vinne, whose artistic efforts
revolutionized printing; Henry M. Tel-
ler, United States senator from Colo-
rado for 30 years. Secretary of the In-
terior under President Arthur; Vis-
count Sluzo Aoki, first Japanese am-
bassador to the United States, and the
earl of MInto, former governor-general
of Canada. In March Cardinal Kopp, at
tile head of the Roman Catholic hleraehy
of Germany; the venerable Thomas Rcw-
man. senior bishop of the Methodist
church, nnd twrf Protestant Episcopal
bishops—John Scarborough of New
Jersey, and William Woodruff Niles of
Now Hampshire passed away. America
also lost George Westlnghouse, whose
air brake Is reputed to have saved
more lives than were sacrificed In the
Napoleonic wars. April marked the
passing of the dowager empress of Ja-
pan. the well-beloved Haruko; George
Alfred Townsend, known widely ns a
war correspondent; George F. Baer
president of the Reading railroad, and
Samuel R. Crockett, who created "The
Stlcktt Minister.”
MaJ. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, hero of
the Civil war, died early in May. Among
the other famous men and women who
died during the month xvere Lillian
Nordica, daughter of a Maine farmer.
Who became one of tho world's most
successful opera singers, especially fa-
mous In Wagnerian roles; Francis Kos-
suth. son of the great Hungarian pa-
triot; Charles Seaddlng, Episcopal
C'.'nn
Most flowering shrubs have their
short season of bloom, and though at
that time they are of great beau(
the flowers last only a short tit
Then we must be coutent to lr 1 at
the green foliage, aud attr 've
though that is, we wish for a V •*
season of bloom.
The wish is met in the discovery In
the mountains of western Texas, irt
the semi-arid regions, of a shrub which
bears the name Salvia Gregii.
We all know the alluring beauty of
the annual salvia splendens. At a sea-
son when flowers are scarce it clothes
itself in a splendor and keeps up the
procession of beauty unfil'&rreated by
the frosts. How if we could doth# a
shapely shrub with this radiant pro-
fusion and have i,t in bloom a long
time, we would have just what we
have been looking for for years.
The Salvia Gregii is a shapely Bhrub
three or four feet tall, well branched
and often of a globular form. It com-
mences blooming early. It clothes it-
self with a splendor of glowing red
for about two months. Then it slacks
up a little, but as autumn approaches,
and most other flowers have gone, it
puts or* its scarlet robes again, almost
overwhelming the plant with the splen-
did flowers. Probably no shrub ever
discovered is more attractive. The
question comes up as to whether it
will stand the northern climate. Flor-
ists have not been in haste to dis-
seminate it. They have sent it to
several of the northern states, where
it has proved hardy. During the aw-
ful drought of last year in Kansas it
stood the test bravely and kept right
on blooming. In Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania it came through the wiifL
ter all right. Because its habitat is
the high, dry portions of the West, it
will doubtless prove well adapted to
the heat and drought of Kansas, and
Nebraska. It certainly has the power
to resist heat and drought and will
withstand the winter.
EXAMPLE IN CITY PLANNING
New York’s Preparation for the Fu«
ture Is Worthy of Emulation toy
Any Community.
sons In a few m*n-
moi e than 3,0*.
utes.
Edison's great electrical plant
Orange, N. J., qjas destroyed Uy fire
December 9.
Notable Events.
Duryea, on May 27. The monument
and replacement of Injured nerves through erected by the Daughters of the Con-
blshnp of Oregon; Sir Joseph IV. Swan
Inventor of the Incandescent light;
Paul Mauser, inventor of the rtfio
bearing his name; William O. Bradley,
United States senator from Kentucky,
and the duke of Argyll.
Adlal E. Stevenson, vice-president of
the United States during the second
Cleveland administration, died Juno 13.
Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich of Meck-
lenburg-Strelltz, George II. grand duke
of Saxe-Meinlngen, and Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of
Austria-Hungary, the victim of an as-
sassin, are some of the men of royal
blood who died In that month. Joseph
Chamberlain, long eminent ns a British
statesman, died early In July. Among
other distinguished men Who died that
month were Horace H. Lurton. associ-
ate Justice of the United States Supreme
court; Melville E. Ingalls of the "Big
Four" railroad system; Augustus Smith,
I'nvAu'tr • oldest graduate of Yale university, and
. ' ■ - ! pa„! Reel us, brilliant French scientist.
Two names among the August dead
stand out with especial prominence—
Ellen Louise Axsott Wilson, wife of the
president of the United States, and
Pope Pius X, head of the Roman Catho-
lic church. John Philip Holland, In-
ventor of the submarine; Gen. Powell
Clayton, ex-governor, ex-senator and
for half a century the most prominent
Republican of Arkansas; Robert Me*
tntyre, bishop of the Methodist church;
Father Francis Xavier Wernz, general
of the Jesuits, nnd Margaret Newton
Van Cott. known everywhere as an
evangelist, were also among the fa-
mous dead of August.
The September list includes the names
of Edward J. Hall, the "father of the
1 'ng distance telephone.” Mrs. Frank
Leslie (Baroness Bazus), who revived tho
practically defunct publishing business
left by her husband and bequeathed $1,-
0)10,000 to the wo non suffrage movement,
and Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, Uni-
ted States navy, retired. On October 10,
the aged king of Roumanla, Charles I,
who maintained the neutrality of his
. i kingdom to the very last In sp**o of pow-
n ’Sion and prfui opposition, died at his capital. The
Right Rev. Charles William Smith. Meth-
odist Episcopal bishop of St. Louts, died
on the last day of the month.
Among the eminent dead of Novem-
ber are Lieut. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee,
who was chief of staff of th*. Uolted
States army from 1904 to 1906; John
Kean, former senator from New Jer-
sey; Caroline M. Severance. "the
mother of women's clubs;" Field Mar-
shal Karl Frederick S. Roberts, piost
famous of British soldiers, and Robert
J. Burdette. American lecturer, hiuior-
I st and [geacher. December masked
the passing of America’s most eminent
naval exp. rt and writer, Rear Admiral
Alfred T. Mahan.
New York city has a committee on
city planning. This committee is com-
posed of the five borough presidents
and the president of the byard of
aldermen of the greater city. ,lt^par-
ticular purpose, or hope, at*t!
is to make the city a capable d^llln.^
place for 12,000,000 persons before ti
generation i3 succeeded.
That is a stimulating lesson fj
tie big cities. It proves that
never too late to mend.” It
indeed, that the more a city
the more it must amend and pay|
the shortsightedness of its youth.
If New York (with 6,000,000 pet
already and all pretty wjsll crow*
together, with real estate values up
beyond the dreams of avarice) can
take up the neglected work of widen-
ing streets, creating open air spots
and all the rest of it, what is there
to daunt any city? Should selfishness
of property owners be permitted now
to interfere with a city's making Itself
capable and efficient for all the needs
of all the people that are soon to
make it a greater city?
IW
’ffl'
l
Work of Men of Highest Ability.
Before the nineteenth century not
only the men who executed, hut espe-
cially the men who directed the work
of laying out cities, were .possessed of
much broader and more general cul-
ture titan today can be found in those
men who hold most influential posi-
tions. The moet convincing qxamples
were the princes of the old regime,
who in so many cases were the push-
ing force that brought about the great
artistic achievements in city planning
ning^'
that we admire today. These meji^ts
Early In January tho firm of J. R.
Morgan Sc Co. announced the with-
drawal of its members from director-
ships irt 27 large corporations, thus
complying wit!\ the government's new
regulation condemning Interlocking di-
rectorates. On January 9 Harvard uni-
versity and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology arranged to combine
their engineering departments. On
February 10 Andrew Carnegie gave
$2.000..fl00 toward the propaganda car-
ried on by the Church Peace union. On
April 13 the International Surgical
congress met nt New York city. "Water
was let into tho new canal across Cape
Cod on Actril 21. This canal shortens the |
distance hy water
New York by seventy miles and cuts out
the danger of rounding tho cape in stormy
weather. The canal was formally opened
July 29.
President Wilson's youngest daugh-
ter. Eleanor Randolph Wilson, was
married. May 7, at the White House, to
William Gibbs McAdoo. secretary of the
Treasury. The Norwegians celebrated
the centennial of the separation of
Norway from Denmark on May 15. On
May IS the Panama canal was opened
for barge traffic. The English Derby
was won by Durbar III. a horse be-
longing to an American, Herman B.
LIVES IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Richard Montgomery Recognized
One of the Foremost of the
Country'* Patriots.
IriPh bor. Trinity college grnduate,
lighting for the British In Canada aud
the West Indies, then fighting the Brit-
ish In the American colonies, com-
manding the American Invasion of
Canada, victorious over two-thtrda of
the Dominion, losing his life in a hope-
less assault on Quebec. Gen. Richard
Montgomery, born at Convoy house,
near Raphoe, Ireland, December 2,
1736, was ono of the most Interesting
of men and one of the most ardent of
American patriots. He was only eight-
een when he entered the British army
| ai d was Immediately ordered to Can-
al a, and In his first engagement, the |
siege of Louisburg, made fame for j
bravery and keen knowledge of mill-1
tary tactics. For five years he was in
the movements of the North
a young captain wentj
through many actions in expeditions tal congress. When the conflict be-
to Cuba aid Martinique. At the close tween the colonies and Britain be-
of this wlr he was given leave to re- came fervent he plunged into the fight
turn to Kngland, where he remained for the former, was one of the eight
until 17/2. Meantime he had formed brigadier generals appointed by the
warm friendships with men who had congress, and was ordered at once to
propheuc visions of a grand future j Canada as second in command to
tox in Impendent America, came to this i Major General Schuyler in that ill*
cotiSkiy, purchased large estates on fated expedition, receiving a fata! shot
the Hudson, married Janet, the eldest J in the very beginning of the Battle of
:iw of Judge Robert R. Living j
marble monument. Inscribed with a
glowing tribute to his memory, was
erected.
Wily Chinese.
A friend of mine, says a correspond
st
juebec, December 31,1775. After lying
ent of the London Chronicle, has jus
i returned from a remote part of China,
where he has been laying a railway.
He tells me the big difficulty was the
graves of Chinamen, over which, of
course, no railway t* supposed to run.
At the outset It looked as If his line,
In avoiding these, would become
"stralghter than a corkscrew, but not
so straight as a rainbow.” Then he
conceived the notion of buying up
graves that lay on the coming line of
route. The'- wi y Chinese were equal
to him, for they dug up the bones of
their ancestors and planted them
ahead, right in the line of advance.
My friend fears that often he paid
three times for the same old bones;
but ultimately he completed the rail-
way, wnten now runs In a fairly
straight line, except for the flrat mil*
or two.
a rule, made it their business. tof keep
in constant touch w ith thi leaduq^g ex-
ponents of the best and ®wept I'dpns.
All over Italy. German^jjn^U France
courts could be found WaUw$
continuous meeting places of*
artists, painters, architects, engini
and thinkers on everj subject.
Only in this atmosphere of peri
ally enlightened discussion and
genial criticism could the fine cor
tlons in artistic city planning grd
the realization^ of which have Stc
the test century after century..
ArtistS^Lamp Posts. 1
Designed to embAt^t'iteauty as we|
as service lamp pogt^^peted onj^-*
of the streets of,
fitted with large fle .RTF boxea
circle the poles just beneath tl;
ter of lights which they
These are filled the year aroi
ferns and other plants Wfcic
gracefully over the sides of
kets, always fresh and green.
effect is striking, giving the
just enough of the artistic to
away from it much of that sev«_
commercial appearance characters
of most business thorougljfa’t'fl
American cities.—Popular
igWa
Mec
Limits in Literature.
"You’ve read ‘The Heave
Twins?' " asked an Englishman oH
Irishman. "Yes, I have.”. ‘‘And hi
you read 'Looking Backwards'
How the divil could I do that?” saidj
Pat.—London Evening Standard.
Natural Indignation. , L
“V.’hat is Cbcliy -c is^ipr^..r
about?” "He was about to offer a
girl a platonic regard.” 4rWeit?" Sh»
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View six places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Wankan, Fred E. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1914, newspaper, December 31, 1914; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601660/m1/2/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.