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GREAT EVENTS OF THE YEAR IN BRIEF 9 Progress of the War of Civiliza tion Against Germany. AMERICA ENTERS CONFLIC1 Czar of Russia Deposed and Radlcali Seek Peace ? Hindcnburg Lino Smashed by Allies and Teii- ** ? tons Invade Italy ? Other Important Happen ings of 1917. Compiled by E W. PICKARD. THE WORLD WAR Jan. 1.? Germans defeated Russians In Wallachia. British transport Ivernia sunk In Medi terranean; 150 lost. Jan. 9.? Premier TrepolT of Russia re. signed and was succeeded by Prince Golit sine. British warship Cornwallls sunk by tor pedo. Jan. 14 ?Japanese battleship Tsukuba destroyed by explosion; 153 killed. Jan. 22.? President Wilson, addressing senate, gave world outline of terms on which he believed lasting peace could be concluded. Jan. 23.? Destroyers fought two engage ments in North sea. the Germans losing several vessels and the Knglish one. Jan 25? Germans took mile of French trenches on Hill 304, Verdun region. British auxiliury cruiser Laurentlo sunk by mine; 350 lives lost. French transport Admiral Magon tor pedoed; 141 lost. Jan. 31.? Germany announced submarine blockade of all enemy countries, outlined forbidden zones and revoked pledges on submarine' warfare. Feb. 8.? United States broke off diplo matic relations with Germany; President Wilson dismissed Ambassador von Bern storff arid recalled Ambassador Gerard* Feb. 4.? Germany agreed to release Americans taken by commerce raider. German gunboat interned at Honolulu burned by crew; many German vessels In American ports damaged. Feb. 5.? German submarine shelled and sank British provisional naval collier Kavestone and Killed four men. Including Richard Wallace, American. Belgian relief steamer l,ars Kruso sunk by Gorman submarine; all but one of crew lost. Feb. 7.? Anchor liner California and oth er vessels sunk by German submarine; 41 lost on California. Feb. 12.? President Wilson refused parley sought by Germany. American schooner Lyman M. L<aw de stroyed by Austrian submarine. Feb. 17.? British smashed German lines on both sides of Ancre river. U. S. sent peremptory demand to Ger many for release of Yarrowdale prisoners. German submarine Bank Italian trans port; 998 lives lost. Feb. 22.? Germany freed the Tarrowdale prisoners. Feb. 25.? German subirfatjne punk Cunar der Laeonia oft Irish coast: 12 lost, Includ ing Mrs. A. H. Hoy and daughter of Chi cago. and one American member of crew. British and German destroyers fought In English Channel. ? Feb. 26.? President Wilson asked con gress to grant him powers to protect American shipping. British took Kut-el-Amnra from Turks. Feb. 28.? IT. S. government revealed German plot to Join with Mexico and Japan in making war on United States. British occupied Gommecourt and other villages in Ancre region. French destroyer Casslnl torpedoed; 106 lost. March 2 ? Germany announced nil ves sels would bo sunk hereafter without warning. March 4.? Austrian attack east of Gorltz repulsed with great losses. March 9.? President Wilson ordered the arming of U. 8. merchant vessels. March 11.? Bagdad captured by British. March 12.? Revolution begun In Petro grad. March 13 ? China severed diplomatic re lations with Germany. Russian Imperial cabinet deposed by duma. March 14.? Germans In great retreat along Somme front. March 15.? Czar Nicholas abdicated Rus sian throne for himself and his son. Russians captured Hamadan, Asiatic Turkey. March 17.? British took Bapaume and JTrench took Roye. Zeppelins raided London; one shot down near Complegne, France. Rrland cabinet In France resigned. March 18? American freighters Vlgllan cla, City of Memphis and Illinois, sunk by German submarine; 22 perished. British and French advanced 10 miles on 70-mile front and took Peronne, Chaulnes and Noye. March 19. ?Germans made new fierce drive at Verdun, but were repulsed with enormous losses. Ribot formed new French cabinet. March 21.? British took forty more towns In France. March W.? French occupied Folombray and Lrf* Feulllee, south of Coucy forest. British captured Uagnlcourt. March 28.? New Russian government In stalled. April 1.? British captured Savy, Ven delles, Epehy and Pelzlere. French reached outskirts of Vauxalllon and Laffaux. Armed American ship Aztec sunk by German submarine off French coast; 19 of crew saved. April 2.? President Wilson, addressing special session of congress, asked formal resolution that state of war was In exis tence between the United States and Ger many, and called for co-operation witli entente allies to defeat German autocracy. April 4.? Senate passed resolution declar ing state of war between U. S. and Ger many, by a vote of 82 to 6. April 6.? House passed war resolution by vote of 373 to 60; President Wilson signed it and issued a proclamation world and ordered navy mobilized at once. All German vessels in American ports were seized and many supposed Ger man plotters were arrested. April 7.? German cruiser Cormoran, interned at Guam, blown up by crew. Cuba and Panama declared state of war with Germany. April 8.? Austria broke oft diplomatic relations with U. S. April 9.? British advanced two to three miles on twelve mile front near Arras, smashing German line and taking Vlmy ridge and many towns. April 10.? Brazil severed relations with Germany; Argentina declared it supported the position of the United States; Chill deciaed to remain neutral. April 11.? Costa Rica declared It sup ported the position of the United States; Uruguay proclaimed its neutrality. April 12.? British naval men met in first allied council with U. S. officials in Washington. Bulgaria severed relations with U. S. April 13.? Bolivia severed relations with Germany. British and French made further big ad vances on west front. ? April 14.? House passed $7,000,000,000 war revenue authorization bill without dissent ing vote. April 15.? Brtish patrols entered suburbs Of Lens. . Germans routed at Lagnlcourt with ter rible losses. British transport Arcadian torpedoed; 279 lost. , Eritlsh transport Cameronla sunk; 140 loflt. April 16.? President Wilson Issued proc lamation warning agalnts the commission of treasonable acts. Congress appropriated $100,000,000 for emergency war fund. French opened gr<-at offensive on 25 mile frcnt between Solssons and Reims, taking 10,000 prisoners. April 17.? Senate unanimously passed $7, tMuOOO.OOO bond ittsue bill. Germans rank two British hospital ships loaded tt'iCi wounded B-itlsh and Ger mans. April If.? American liner Mongolia sank Gorman submarine in Irish sea. I Nicaragua Indorsed courae of United States. April 20.? Russian council of workmen's ] and soldiers' delegates declared against separate peace. Two German destroyers sunk off Dover. April ?1 -British war commission arrived In United States. Turkey severed relations with United States. April 24 - French war commission ar rived In United States. British made further advances In Arras ] sector In face of desperate opposition by Germans. April 25 ?German destroyers bombarded Dunkirk but were driven off. American tanker Vacuum sunk by sub marine; naval lieutenant and 9 gunners lost. . April 27? British occupied Arleaux and half of Oppy. April 28? Congress passed army bills with selective conscription features. Guatemala severed relations with Ger many. April 29 ? General Petaln made chief of French staff. May 3.? Chilean minister to Germany demanded his passports. May 4.? French captured Craonne. House passed espionage bill with modi fled press censorship clause. British transport Transylvania torpe doed: 413 lives lost. May 6.? French made big advance on four mile front southwest of 1-aon. May 6.? Bolivia severed relations with Germany. May 7.? Coalition government of provi sional government and soldiers' and work men's delegat?H formed in Russia. May 11.- Italy reported destruction of 13 German submarines In one week. Chicago bourd of trade stopped trading In May Wheat. May 12. ? British ngaln hit the Hlnden burg line, establishing themselves near Bulle court. May 14.? Senate passed espionage bills without prohibition and press censorship clauses. Italians attacked along the whole Isonzo front, gaining ground north of Gorltz. May 15. ? Chancelor Hollweg before the Reichstag refused to discuss Germany's , peace alms. Trading In wheat futures stopped In six middle west exchanges. Italians made big gains on Julian front, taking Monte Cucco and Monte Vodice. May 17.? Senate passed army draft bill. British completed capture of Bullecourt. May 18.? President Wilson ordered one division, commanded by General Pershing, sent to France at once. He also signed the army draft bill and set Jung 5 for registration day. ^ Honduras Bevered relations with Ger many. May 19.? President Wilson selected H. C. Hoover as head of a food control board. Nicaragua Bevered relations with Ger many. Senate passed the $3,342,000,000 war bud get. May 23 ? House passed war tax bill car rying $1,870,000,000. Secretary l.ansing refused passports for American delegates to Stockholm social ist peace conference. American ship carrying supplies to Switzerland sunk by torpedo. Premier Tlaza and entire Hungarian cabinet resigned. May 24 ? Italians broke through Austrian front from Custagnavlzza to Gulf of Trieste, taking 9,000 prisoners. May 25.? First American lield service corps went to front in France. Germans made air raid on southeastern England, killing 7t? and injuring 1741. May 27.--Itallans again broke through Austrian Jlnes. May 29. War department Issued call for 10o,0<i0 volunteers for regular army London reported sinking of hospital ship and armed urulser by submarines. Brazil chamber of deputies authorized revocation of neutrality decree. June 2.? Senate passed first of admin istration's food bills. Fourteen German and Hindoo plotters Indicted by federal grand jury at Chieag >. U. S railroad commission to Russia ur rlved at Vladivostok. June 3.? American comml- -Ion to Rus sia. headed by Root, reached Russian port. French repulsed five great attacks south of Laon. June 4. ? BrussilofT ma^e commander in chief of Russian armies. June 5.? More than ten million young Americans registered for the National "llerman aviators raided naval base In the Medway near London, but were driven off, losing eight machines. British made big advance on north bank of the Scarpe. American liner sank German submarine after long fight. June 7.? British began great offensive In Belgium blowing up Messines ridge and advancing 6 miles on 9-mlle front, straightening out big salient. * June 8.? General Pershing and start ar rived in England. Germany broke off relations wltn l rait!. June 10 ? General Pershing's staff ar rived in France. June 12.? King Constantlne of Greece, forced by the allies, abdicated In favor of Prince Alexander, his second son. American steamship Petrollte reported sunk by submarine. June 13.? Germans made air raid on Lon don, killing 97 and wounding 437. Army nnd navy deficiency appropriation bill carrying $3,000,000,000 passed by con K June 14.? British made big advance east and south of Messines. ... . June 15.? Liberty loan heavily over-sub scribed when books closed. June 20.? President Wilson issued call for 70,000 volunteers for regular army. June ?2 ?French repulsed violent attacks of Germans on the CViemin des Dames June 23. -House passed food control l*il with "bone dry" amendment. ^ June 25.? President Wilson appointed an exports council composed of the secre taries of state, agriculture and commerce and the food administrator. June 26.? American coal barons agreed to PpraMnir'a ?rmv r ir?i v v?i? 1 1 1 1 p, > v. - -w- ? o ? landed in France. June 27.? Second contingent of Pershing a army landed in Franfle. New Greek cabinet headed by Venizelos took oath of office. June 28.? Brazil revoked Its decree of neutrality In war between entente allleB and Germany. _ ? , June 20.? Greece broke off diplomatic re lations with Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. . July 1.? Russians captured Konlucny, Gallcia, and Turkish strongholds in the Caucasus. July 3.? French repulsed great German attack near Cerny. July 7.? Russians successfully attacked In Plnsk sector. Germans made air raid on I^ondon, kill ing 37 and losing a number of planes. July 8 ?President Wilson proclaimed an embargo on shipments of food, fuel, steel and munitions, to cut off supplies from neutral countries to Germany except dairy products for non-combatants in exchange for coal. , July 9.? New Austrian cabinet resigned. President Wilson called entire National Guard and its reserve into the federal service by August 6. British battleship Vanguard destroyed by interior explosion; 800 lost. July 10.? Russians broke Teuton line east of I^emberg and took Hallcz. July 11.? President Wilson called on American business Interests to aid nation by foregoing unusual profits in selling to the nation nnd the public. July 12.? Russian advance -checked west of Bohorodozany. July 14.? Chancellor Rethmann-Hollweg resigned and Dr. G. E. Michaelis succeed ed nim. House passed 1640, 000,000 aviation bill. July 17.? French took German trenches near Malancourt. Three members of Russian cabinet re signed; riots in Petrograd suppressed. Shake-up in British cabinet. July 19.? Great German attack between Crnonne and llurteblse partly successful. Chancellor Michaelis declared himself for the submarine warfare. In Vilgn:i region Germans drove back Russians because some Russian regiments held meetings to decide whether to obey orders. July 20? Draft for American National army held. Premier Lyoff of Russia resigned and was succeeded by Kerensky. July 2L? Senate passed food control and aviation bills. Russian troops In dieorderly retreat, burning villages. July 22.? German aviators raided Eng land. killing 11 in eoa.it towns, but being driven awav from L<cndo.i. Slam declared state of war with Ge? many and Mistrla-Hungary. July 28.? Government of national safetl created In Russia and Kerensky given aN solute powers July VS.? ?4ut!nous division of KornllofTt Russian army reported blown to pieces with Its own artillery. Russians and Roumanians In South Car pathians broke Teuton line. National Guard of 1? states and District of Columbia mobilised. Julj- 28.? Germany yielded to Argentine demands concerning submarine warfare. Landing of inoro American troop* in Fiance announced. War industries board, F. N. Scott chair man, created. . July 80.? Germans penetrated Russian territory east of Zbroez, but Russian re slHt.iii'-C! stiffened. Henry Chapman Gilbert. Washington, first man accepted for National army. British cruiser Ariadne torpedoed: 38 killed. _ . July 31.? Anglo- French forces opened great offensive in Flanders on 20 mil^ front taking 11 villages and 5,000 prisoners. Aug. 1.? British and French gained fur ther ground In Ypres sector, but Germans recaptured SL Julien and part of west hoek Aug. 2. ? German counter-attacks In h lan ders repulsed. Korniloff succeeded Brusslloff as com ma rider in chief of Russian armies Aug 3.? Austrians captured Czernowltz and Kimpolurig. British re-took St. Julien, Flanders. Hi.rious draft riots In central Oklahoma. Aug. 4? Shipping board commandeered about 675 si lips under construction. Aug 5.? President Wilson drafted entire National Guard into fe-ieral service. Germans made violent attack on British In Hollebeke. . . . Aug 6. ? Chancellor Michaells made many changes In imperial and Prussian minis-. Premier Kerensky completed a coalition cabinet. . Aug S.? Roumanian forces opened new offensive north of Fokshani. Food control bill sent to President Wll son. Canadian conscription bill passed. Aug. 9.? Teutons forced crossing or 8U chltza river in Fokshani region. Aug. 10.? British drove Germans back two miles in Flanders and 1-rcnch ad vanced east and north of Blxschoote. Aug. 11.? Arthur Henderson resigned as labor member of British war cabinet, be ing accused of double dealing concerning Stockholm conference. Herbert Hoover made American food ad ministrator. . , . . - Aug.* 12.? German airplanes raided Eng land, killing 23. , , Aug. 14.? China declared war on CJer mnny and Austria-Hungary. . Peace proposals by the pope made pub " Aug. 15.? Canadian troops captured Hill 70. dominating Lens an^ the Loos salient, and entered Lens. , - IT. S. government's plan to control Hour am! wheat put In operation. Aug 16. -British an.l French made big gains In- Flanders, taking Langemarck and other villages. i \'on Mackeneen drove Russians across i the Sereth river. Aug. IS French made great airplane j raids on German positions in Belgium and I Italians began new offensive in the Ison Z(A"i?1""? British line advanced Eon yards ecr-t of Langemarck, mainly with ''tanks Many I. W. W. leaders arrested by U. I B'Aug.e20.-Fr^! h drove back Germans in Verilun sector on 11 mile front, taking Avocourt wood, T?e Mort Homme summits, Corbeaux wood Rnd Champneuville Aug. 21.? British forced their way fur ther Into the defenses of I^ns. French made further advances In * er <!"vig. ' 2- -Germans opened offensive In British took Important positions along Y^m^n"lnmXdaIr raids on English C?Amr. '^' "pn' rr A. Garfield made fuel -KfeMSh pushed back on Tpres ^*Fren ch *t o ok Hill 304. Verdun, by storm. ^vi, 24. ? Tt;i linns captured Mont? Santo, n >rtheast of Gorisria. (l,g. 2S. -President Wilson rejected the ! popr'i-i peace proposals as impossible wnlw German autocracy exists. \ug 30 ?XT. S. wheat committee fixed ba^lc price for 1917 crop nt $2.20. <: rmans made air raid on port of HI "a Sent. 1.? British destroyers destroyed four German armed trawlers off Jutland. . Sept. 3.? Russians abandoned Riga. German airplanes raided Chatham, Eng . land, killing 108. i 4.? Italians captured Monto Saa I German submarine siiclled Scarborough and airplanes bombed London. Sept. 5. ? American National army began movement to cantonments. Federal agents raided I. W. W. quar ters throughout country. American merchantmen under convoy attacked by U-boats; two steamships and one submarine sunk. Sept 0 ?House passed war credits bill authorizing $11,538,940,400 in bonds and cer tificates. Sept. 7.? Atlantic transport lines Minne haha torpedoed; 60 dead. German aviators bombed American hos pital camp, killing five. Sept. 8.? Secretary Lansing exposed vio lations of neutrality by Swedisli officials in Argentina and Stockholm, in transmitting German cablegrams advising sinking of Argentine vessels. French cabinet resigned. Scut. 9. ? Korniloff, commander in chief of Russian armies, headed military coun ter revolution and was dismissed by Ker eISept'. 10.? Senate passed war revenue bill totaling $2,411,670,000. Paul Palnlevc became French premier. SeDt. 12.? Count Luxburg, German min ister to Argentina, given his passports, anti-German riots in Buenos Aires. Kerensky made commander in chief of RSepLI13a-Kor8niloff,s revolt collapsed. Secretary Lansinf exposed unneutral action of former Swedish charge In Mexico City. Sipt. 14.? Italians drove Austri&ns from Monte San Gabriele summit. Sept. 15.? Senate passed bill for $11,538, 96t>,4b0 bond issues. British naval aircraft destroyed one Ger man destroyer and some trawlers near Os tend. Sept 16.? Premier Kerensky proclaimed Russia a republic. Sept. 17.? 0^>sta Rica broke oft relations with Germany. Sept. 18.? Russia began reorganization of army, suppressing soldiers' committees. House passed J7.144,0u0,000 deficiency war supply bill. Sept. 20.? British began great offensive east of Ypres. Sept. 2i.? Secretary Lansing published message of Von Bernstorff to Berlin ask ing leave to spend $60, U00 "to lntluence con gress." Costa Rica severed diplomatic relations with Germany. Germany and Austria replied favorably to pope's peace proposal. Germans broke through Russian line at Jacobstadt. Sept. 22.? Secretary Lansing revealed de tails of BernstorfTs plotting before U. 8. entered the war. Sept. 23.? Secretary Lansing disclosed German abuse of U. S. protection by con cealing In Bucharest legation explosives and disease germs after U. S. had taken it over. Sept. 24.? German airplanes raided Eng land, killing ao. War Industries board and producers cut steel prices in half. Germans lost heavily In attacks near Verdun. Sept. 25.? Germans made two more air raids on England. U. S. senate passed JS, 000,000,000 war de ficiency bill. Sept. 2fi.? British took strong positions from Germans east and nort" east of Y pres. Germany offered to evacuate Belgium under certain conditions. Gen. Soukhomlinoff, former war minis ter of Russia, sentenced for life far high treason. Sept. 28.? Many I. "W. W. leaders Indicted for seditious conspiracy. Sept. 29.? British capt tired Ramadie, Me sopotamia, and Its large garrison. German airplanes raided London. British airplanes bombed Zeebrugge. Sept. 30.? Two more air raids made on London. ' Fuel Administrator Garteld set limits for retail prices of coal. * Oct. l.~Heavy attacks of Germans re pulsed by French and British, and of Aus trians by Italians. Four groups of German airplanes raid ed London and coast towns. Second Liberty loan campaign started. French airmen made reprisal raids on Frahkfort. Stuttgart, Treves and Cob lenz, and British bombed Zeebrugge locks Oct. 2.? British repulsed six desperate German attacks io Flanders. British cruiser Drake torpedoed; 19 killed Oct. 3.? President Wilson signed the war tax bill. Oct. 1? British won great battle cast of Ypres. Oct. (.?Peru broke off relations with Germany. Congress completed Its war program and adjourned. Oct. 7.? Uruguay severed -relations with Germany. Oct. 12. ?British gained half mile on si* mile front In Flanders. Germans raptured part of Island of Oesel in Gulf of Riga. Oct. 14.? President Wilson created war board to sto_p trading with the enemy and took other steps to curb eneaiy activities In America. One Russian and two German torpedo boats sunk in battle near Oesel. Oct. 15. ? Destruction of French steamer Medie by submarine announced; 25o lives lost ? Oct. 17.? Two German raiders sank two British destroyers and 12 Scandinavian merhantmen they were convoying In tho North sea. Oct. 17.? Germans In full possession of Is land of Oesel. Amr iln n transport Antilles torpedoed; 67 lost. Oct. 18.? Germans captured Moon Island from Russians. Oct. 19 ? Germans made air raid on Lon don, killing 24. Oct. 20.? Four Zeppelins destroyed by the French. Oct. 23.? French broke through German lines north of the Aisne. Inflicting heavy losses and taking 8.000 prisoners. American troops went Into first line trenches and fired first shot at Germans. Oct. 24? Austrians and Germans began offensive alone Isonzo front. Oct 25. ? French made another big gain In Alsne sector. Austro-Oerman attack drove Italians back to frontier on the Julian line forc ing abandonment of Bainslzza plateau; 30,000 Italians captured. Oct. 26.? British and French made big at tack east of Ypres. / Brazil declared state of war with Ger many existed. Oct. 27. ? Italians In general retreat. 100 000 captured; Teutons advanced beyond Clvl dale. Oct. 30. ? Austro-Germans took TTdine and Droke through Carnic Alps Into Vene tia. Vlttorlo Orlando formed new Italian cabinet. Count George von Hertling made Ger man imperial chancellor, Micriaelis having resigned. * Oct. 31.? Berlin reported 120,000 Italians and more than l,00u guns captured. American transport Finland struck by torpedo; eight men killed. Nov. 1.? Italians re-formed behind the Tagllamento. Britisli announced capture of Beersheba, Palestine. K'ov. 2.? Crown pjince withdrew from the Chemln des Dames to the Ailette river. OiiD German cruiser and ten armed trawlers sunk by British in the Cattegat. United States and Japan made compact on open door in China and co-operation in the war. Nov. 3.? Germans raided salient held by Americans, killing three, wounding 5 and | taking 12 prisoners. Nov. 5.? American patrol boat Alcedo sunk by torpedo; 21 lost. Nov. 6 ?Italians retreated from Taglla mento line. British captured Passchendaele and ad I vanced 800 yards beyond. Nov. 7.? Italians fell back to Llvenza river, Germans followins. American commission to Paris confer ence, headed by Col. House, reached Eng land. British In Palestine captured Gaza. Nov. 8.? Russian maximalists under Lenine seized government and planned for Immediate peace; Kerensky lied from Pe I trograd. Nov. 9.? Britain, France and Italy cre i ated interallied war committee; Gen. Diaz ! made first commander of Italian armies. Nov. 10.? Russian rebel government made Lenine premier. Germans reached Piave river In Italy. Nov. 11.? Italians repulsed Teutons near I A3lago. Loyal troops attacked maximalists In : Petrograd. Italians held Teutons on Piave river. Nov. 13.? Kt reosky and the Cossacks ' badly defeated. j French cabinet resigned. Nov. 15.? Georges Clentenceau became , premier France. Italians Inundated bifT Portion about the i lower Piave to save Venice. Socialist seized the government of Fin land. Nov. 17? Bolshevlkl won In Moscow. British light sea forces routed German i squadron off Helgoland. British occupied Jaffa, Palestine. Teutons who crossed Piave at Zenson annihilated. Nov. IS.? Bolshevlkl generally victorious In Russia; Civil war halted by lack of food. Nov. 19.? Teutons concentrating big gun ; fire on north of Italian line. I President Wilson issued proclamation putting severe restrictions on enemy aliens in United States. Daniel Willard made head of U. S. war Industries board. American destroyer Chauneey sunk In collision; 21 lost. Nov. 20.? Two American soldiers killed and five wounded In artillery combat. Nov. 21.? British smashed through the Hlndenburg line toward Cambral. taking many towns and thousands of prisoners. French successfully attacked German safient south of Juvincourt. Nov. 22.? Furious fighting near Cambral. Italians meeting great massed attack between Piave and Brenta rivers. Bolshevlkl government In Russia pro posed gtneral armistice. Nov. 23.? The Ukraine declared separa tion from Russia. Nov. 24.? The British took Bourlon wood, near Cambral. The Caucasus declared Its Independence. Nov. 25 ?British and French armies reached Italian front. Nov. 27.? Superior war council of 11 formed for United States. British took part of Fontaine near Cam 1 1 Ulftl. Italians repulsed fierce Teuton attacks. Nov. 28.? Qpalitlon ministry formed In Russia. Germany assented to bolshevlkl plan for armistice. U. S. government assumed control over all Imports. Three Scandinavian kings agreed In maintain neutrality. Nov. 29.? Interallied war conference opened In Paris. Austria agreed to Russia armistice plan Nov. 30.? Government announced safe I arrival in France of large numbers of Na tional Guard troops Germans pierced British lines south of Cambrai. Dec. 1.? British regained most of ground lost near Cambrai. and nine German at tacks were repulsed with great losses Pec. 2.? British withdrew from Mas nieres on Cambrai front. Dec. 3.? British repulsed furious attacks near Cambrai. United States congress met for second wr session. England reported East Africa complete ly cleared of Germans. Russian deputation began arinlst'ce neg otiations with Germans. Armistice an nounced on many sections of Russian front. Dec. 4.? President Wilson, in his annual message, declared peace would not be made with present rulers of Germany, that America would fight to last gun. and asked declaration of war against Austria Hungary. Establishment of Tartar republic in Crimea annour.-ed. British steamer Apapa torpedoed: 80 passengers and the crow lost. Dec. 6.? Germans rejected Russians' first demands in armistice negotiations. Italians lost some positions on Asiago plateau. British aviators raided Swelbrucken and Saarbrucken. British withdrew from Bourlon wood salient near Cambrai. Dec. 6.? Italians driven back on Asiago plateau. Armistice for ten days declared on Rus sian front. German air raiders killed seven in Eng land. U. S. destroyer Jacob Jones torpedoed; 66 men lost. Dec. 7.? United States congress declared war on Austria-Hungary. Roumania accepted arrristica with the enemy. Dec. Great Italian air fleet made suc cessful attack on Austro-Germans. Ecuador severed diplomatic relations with Germany. Dec. ?.? Kaledlnes and KornllofT leading revolt of Cossacks again.' t Lenlne govern ment of Russia. Dec I**.? British capttireo Jerusalem. JaranCse troops land?> I In Vladivostok. Dec. 11.? Russian c nstituent assem- i bly met. Dec. 12.? Germans made great attack east of ^ullecourt. riinlng sOlghtly. Comrr<'?sionn 1 tn?i iry ipto U. S. war preparations starter?. A i lirltiah destroyer four trawlers and atx merchantmen sunk In North sea b* Germans. Dec. 15. ? Armistice agreement siRrned by Russia? bolshevik! government and Teutonic allies. War council in U. 8. war department Cheated. Dec. 17. ? Charles Piez succeeded Rear Admiral Harris as gtnerai manager of the emergency fleet corporation. Dec. 18.? Gen. Goethals made acting quartermaster general and Gen. Wheel er acting chief of ordnance. German air raid on England. DOMESTIC Jan. 17.? Danish West Indies passed un der sovereignty of United States. Jan. 22.? Blue sky laws of Ohio, Michi gan and South Dakota held constitutional by U. S. Supreme court. Jan 23.? Women of North Dakota grant ed limited suffrage. Jan. ^9.? President Wilson vetoed the Immigration bill because of literacy test. Feb. 1.? House passed immigration bill over president's veto. Feb. 2.? Indiana and Alaska prohibition bills passed and governors of Oregon and Tennessee signed "dry" bills. Feb. 5.? Senate passed immigration bill over president's veto. Feb. 8. ? Utah's prohibition bill signed by governor. Feb. 14.? Ohio senate passed woman suf frage bill. Feb. 19.? Washington's "bone dry" bill signed by Gov. Lister. Feb. 20.? Senate passed drastic espion age bills. South Dakota prohibition bill passed. Feb. 21.? House passed senate measure prohibiting importation of liquor Into pro hibition states. Prohibition bill for Kansas passed. Feb. 22 ? House passed army bill without larger general staff and universal train ing' features. Feb. 28.? House passed senate bill mak ing city of Washington dry. Senate passed administration revenue bill to raise $:\r<0.000,000. March 2.? Senate passed $517,000,000 navy bill. March 4.? Sixty-fourth congress expired. Twelve senators by filibuster prevented passage of ship arming bill and much other important legislation. Woodrow Wilson took oath of office In private. March 6.? Wilson and Marshall Inaugu rated. March 6.? Federal grand jury at New York Indicted F3 eastern fuel dealers for criminal conspiracy to raise coal prices. March 9.? President Wilson called extra session of congress for April 16. March 21.? President Wilson advanced date for extra session of congress to April 2. April 2.? Congress met In special session amid great patriotic enthusiasm. April !>.? Supreme ccurt upheld woman's minimum wage law of Oregon, and de clared iilegnl price fixing restrictions by means of "licenses" for public use of patented articles. April 17.? Rhode Island legislature ex tended presidential suffrage to women. June 5. ? Serious revolt in Joliet, 111., pen itentiary quelled by military. June 27. ?House passed rivers and har bors bill appropriating $27,000,000. Senate passed daylight saving bill. July 2.? Race riot in Fast St. Louis In which more than 20 negroes and two white men were killed and heavy property loss caused. July 2f>.? Senate passed rivers and har bors bill. Aug. 1.? Senate passed Sheppard resolu tion for national prohibition amendment to the constitution. Aug. 23. ? Soldiers of Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry fcolor i) started race riot at Houston, Tex., killing 15 white*. Sept. 22 -Gov. J. E. Ferguson of Texas found guilty of accepting illegal profits and impeached. Nov. 6. ? Hylan elected mayor of New York; Socialists there and in Chicago overwhelmingly defeated; woman suffrage won in Xew i'ork state. .Nov. 23.? Ten policemen and a woman kmed by bomb in Mihyrvulcee. Dec. 17. ? House of representatives adopted Webb resolution for prohibi tion constitutional amendment. FOREIGN Jan. 27.? President Gonzales of Costa Rica deposed by military ?nd citieens. March 4 ? Chinese premier resigned be cause President Li Yuan-Hung refused to break relations with Germany. March 8.? American marines were land ed at Santiago de Cuba and restored or der. Rebels abandoned the city. March 16.? Czar Nicholas of Russia ab dicated. March 26.? Republican government for Russia installed. June 17.? Irish Sinn Fein rebel prison ers all released. June 30.? Hsuan Tung, Manchu empe ror, announced his succession to the throne of China. July 5.? Civil war broke out In China. July 10.? Manchu restoration In China collapsed. July 13.? Chang Hsun's army surren dered after battle at Peking. July 25.? Convention to draft home rule constitution for Ireland met In London. Oct. 10.? Prince Ahmed Fnad made sul tati of Egypt. Dec. 9 ?Revolution In Portugal: Sidonlo Pin's made provisional president. Dec. 17. ? Union government under Borden victorious In Canada election. MEXICO Jan. 2.? U. S. -Mexico parleys ended, Carranza refusing to sif.'n protocol. Torreon recaptured by Carranza forces. Jan. 4.? Villa defeated In big battle at Jimlnez. Jan. 15.? Mexican-American Joint com mission formally dissolved. Jan. 21.? War department ordered more than 25,000 militia from border. Jan. 27.? President Wilson ordered with drawal of American troops from Mexico. Feb. 5.? Gen. Pershing marched out of Mexico. March 11.? Carranza elected president of Mexico. April 23.? Villa's main army defeated by Carranza forces at Babicora. * Nov. 13.? Villa troops captured OJinaga after hard fight. 1 SPORTING ! April 11.? Baseball season opened. May 28.? Benny Leonard won world's champion ligiitweight title from Freddie Welsh in Now York. June 9.? University of Chicago won west ern intercollegiate conference meet. University of Michigan re-admitted to western intercollegiate conference. June 16.? Earl Cooper In a Stutz won the Chicago auto derby. July 14.? Francis Oulmet won western amateur golf championship at Midlothian. Aug. 24.? C. H. Larson, Waupaca, Wis., won Grand American Handicap at Chi cago. Sept. 1.? Mrs. F. C. Letts, Chicago, won women's westefn golf championship. Sept. 15.? Jim Barnes won western open golf championship at Chicago. Sept. 21.? Chicago White Sox won Amer ican league pennant. Sept. 24.? New York Giants won Na tional league pennant. Oct. 15.? Chicago White Sox won world's championship from New York Giants. DISASTERS Jan. 6.? Earthquake In Formosa killed 300. Jan. 11.? Tremendous explosion wrecked Canadian Car & Foundry Co. plant at Klngsland, N. J. Jan. 12.- Du Pont Powder Co. plant at Haskell, N. J., destroyed by explosions. Jan. 13.? Colliery explosion in Fushun, Manchuria, killed 770. Jan. 27.? Two million five hundred thou sand dollar fire in business district of Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 2.? Explosion cud fire in Chicago tenement killed 25. Feb. 3.? Thirty killed, W4 hurt In ship explosion at Archangel. Feb. 10.? Four million dollar fi re in works of Union Switch company neat Pittsburgh. Feb. 12? Great conflagration In th? Piraeus, Greece; heavy loss of life. teb. 21. ? British transport Mendl sunk In collision; <?26 South African laborers lost. March 11.? Tornado In east central In diana killed more than 20. March 23.? Thirty-eight persons killed and injured when tornado wrecked suburbs and part of city of New Albany, Ind. April 10.? Explosions In ammunition plant of Russia near Chester, Pa., killed April 27.? Explosion In Hastings mine near Ludlow. Colo., killed 119 men. May 21.? Great Are in Atlanta, G*.; loss fS.bOO.OC*. May 25.? Thirty lives lost and great damage done by storm in Kansas. May 26.? Tornadoes in central Illinois killed about 150 and did millions of dol lars' worth of damage. May 29.? Tornadoes in southern Illinois, Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama and Ar kansas killed many persons. June 7.? San Salvador, capital of Sal vador, and a number of surrounding towns destroyed by volcanic eruption, earth quake and fire. June 9.? More than 150 men perished In blazing mine at Butte, Mont. June 30.? Water tank fell on whaleback Christopher Columbus at Milwaukee, kill ing 13 and hurting many. July 1.? Niagara Gorge trolley car plunged into rapids; 28 killed. July 25.? Mine explosion at New Water ford, Cape Breton, killed 62. Aug. 4.? Mine explosion at Clay, Ky.t killed 31. Aug. 10.? British steamer City of Athens, carrying missionaries to Africa, sunk by floating mine; 19 lost. Aug 13.? Eighteen killed In trolley car collision near North Branford. Conn. Aug. 18.? Large part of Salonlkl. Greece, destroyed by Are. Oct. 2? Typhoon and flood at Toklo; many killed. Oct. 9.? Million dollar Are In Guayaquil, Ecuador. Oct. 28.? Great floods In Natal. South Af rica; thousand drowned. Oct. 30.? Million dollar flre on B. & O. docks at Baltimore; seven persons killed. Dec. 6.? Explosion of French ammunition ship in Halifax harbor killed 4.000 and wrecked much of the city and suburbs. Dec. 17. ? Americarf submarine F-% sunk in collision; 19 lost. NECROLOGY Jan 10.? William F. Cody fBufTalo Bill) Jan. 11.? Sebastian Schleslnger, com poser, at Nice. Wayne MacVeagh, former U. S. attor ney general, at Washington. Jan. 16.? Admiral George Dewey at Washington. . Philip Bolloau, painter. In New York. Jan. 20.? William de Morgan, novelist. Feb. 7.? Cardinal Diomede Falconio at Paris. Feb. 10.? A1 Hayman, theatrical pro ducer. Feb. 11. ? Duke of Norfolk In London. Feb. 18.? Carolus Duran, painter, at Paris. . Feb. IS.? Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston at San Antonio, Tex. March 4.? A. B. Wenzel. painter, at En glewood, N. J. March 5.? Manuel de Arrlaga, former president of Portugal. March 8.? Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, at Charloitenburg. G. W. Guthrie, American ambassador to Japan, at Toklo. March 11.? Congressman Cyrus Sulloway of New Hampshire. March 12.? Walter Clrrk, American landscape painter, in New Yorlc. April 2.? Gen. Lloyd Bfice, diplomat and editor. April 8.? Richard Olney, former secre tary of state, at Boston. April 10.? Congressman Henry T. Helge sen of North Dakota, at Washington. April IS.? Gen. von Blssing, German gov ernor general of Belgium. April 20.? Dave Montgomery, actor. In Chicago. April 21.? W. H. Parry, member federal trade commission, in Washington. April 26.? Baron Hengelmueller von Hen gevar, former Austrian ambassador to U. S. May 10.? Joseph Benson Foraker, form er U. S. senator, at Cincinnati. May 14.? Joseph H. Clioate, lawyer and diplomat, at New York. May 18.? Bela L. Pratt, sculptor, at Bos ton. . _ May 19.? Belva Lockwood, pioneer suff ragist, in Washington. D. W. Comstock, congressman from In diana. May 22.? Harry Lane, U. S. senator from Oregon. ? ? May 25.? W. H. Miller, former U. S. at torney genral, at Indianapolis. June 1.? John C. Black, veteran banker of Chicago. June 3. ? Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, philan thropist and temperance worker, at Park Hill, N. Y. Louis Gathmann, Inventor, at Washing ton. June 5.? D. W. Potter, evangelist, at Chicago. June 12.? Mme. Terese Careno, pianist, in New York. June 16 ? Rt. Rev. J. A. McFaul, Cath olic bishop of Trenton, N. J. June 17.? Judson C. Clements, Interstate commerce commissioner, at Washington. June 20. ? Dlgby Bell, American come dian June 27.? Col. Oliver Hazard Payne, financier, In New York. June 30? William Winter, veteran dra matic critic, at New Brighton, N. Y. July 1.? William H. Moody, former as sociate justice of Supreme court. July 2.? Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor, in London. July 10 ? Col. B. B. Herbert, editor Na tional Printer-Journalist, of Chicago. Herbert Kelcey. actor. July 15.? Federal Judge F. M. Wright at Urbana, 111. July lfi.? Bo Sweeney, assistant secretary of the Interior. July 18.? Archibald McLellan, Christian Science editor, at Brookllne, Mass. July 20? Prof. J. B. Carter, director of the American Academy of Bome. July 24.? Manton Marble, American pub licist". In England. July 30 ? Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, owner Los Angeles Times. Aug. 1.? Jere J. Cohan, veteran actor, at Monroe, N. Y. Dr. Simeon Gilbert, veteran church Jour nal editor, In Chicago. Aug. 2.? Raphael Klrchner, portrait painter. In New York. Aug. 9.? Rt. Rev. Nicholas Matz, Cath olic bishop of Denver. Aug. 17.? Former U. 8. Senator John W. Kern of Indiana at Ashevllle, N. C. Aug. 29? Earl Grey, former governor general of Canada. Mgr. Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of the American College In Rome. Sept. 12.? Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria. Sept. 13 ? Henry E. Legler, public li brarian of Chicago. Sept. 16.? Henry B. Brown, president of Valparaiso university. William F. Stone, collector of the port of Baltimore. Oct. 9 ? Hussein Kemal, sultan of Egypt. Oct. 15.? Don M. Dickinson, former post master general, at Detroit. Oct. 20.? Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, noted London preacher. Oct. 21.? IT. S. Senator Paul O. Hustlng of Wisconsin. Oct. 22.? Robert Fltzslmmons, former heavyweight champion, at Chicago. Oct. 24.? J. Carroll Beckwlth, painter. In New York. Oct. 28.? Prince Christian of Schlewlg Holsteln In London. Oct. 29.? Congressman Charles Martin of Chicago. Oct. 30.? Dr. E. B. Andrews, educator, at Interlachen, Fla. "Private" Joht> Allen, former congress man from Mississippi. Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, former con gressman from Ohio. Nov. 3.? Rear Admiral Rodgers, U. S. N. retired. Nov. 8 ? W. H. Kendall, English actor. Nov. 11.? Lllluokalanl, former queen of Hawaii, at Honolulu. Nov. 15.? John W. Foster, former secre tary of state. In Washington. Nov. 17.? Auguste Rodin, French sculp tor. Nov. 18.? Gen. Sir Stanley Maude, com mander of British army In Mesopotamia. Nov. 30 ? W. E. Chandler, former secre tary of tne navy. Deo. 8.? Dr. A. D, Melvln, chief of U. 8. bureau of animal Industry. Dec. 12? Dr. A. T. Still, founder of osteopathy. Dec. 1# ? Henry Clay Barnabee, vet eran comic opera star. Frank Gotch, former wrestling cham pion of world.
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