War in 1915 Shapes East and West Across Fronts
A retrospective survey of 1915 outlines the global war arc from Poland and Galicia to the Dardanelles and Balkan fronts. It notes German and Austro Hungarian advances, allied countermoves, and pivotal battles while detailing U S neutral policy and submarine warfare tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Turkey
Africa
Asia
Poland
Flanders
France
Warsaw
Galicia
Vistula
Niemen
Dardanelles
Rome
Athens
Sotia
Bucharest
Premysl
Marne
Russia
Europe
Neuve Chapelle
Attoke
Meuse
Moselle
St. Mihiel
Teutonic
Belgium
Submarine Sinks Italian Liner Ancona Killing Many
The Italian liner Ancona bound for New York was sunk by an Austrian-flag submarine on a November date, killing over a hundred passengers including Americans. The U.S. demanded Austria disavow the act and punish the submarine commander. On December 15 the British office announced Gen. Sir Douglas Haig would replace Field Marshal Sir John French as commander in France and Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Danube
France
England
Italy
Balkans
Champagne
Artois
Russia
Golden Horn
Serbia
Kragu Yevatz
Nish
Germany
Saloniki
Greece
Isongo
Gorite
Aero Planet
Venice
Damiag
Great Britain
Europe
Washington
Ireland
New York
Liverpool
United States
Wilhelmina
State Department
Gulflight
Scilly Islands
William J. Uryan
Greatritain
William Y. Frye
Pring Eitel Friedrich
Hague
Austria-Hungary
Dumba
United States Secret Service
Robert Fay
America
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Carl Buenz
Hamburg-American Line
Ancona
Austria
British War Office
Sir Douglas Haig
Sir John French
Flanders
Mexican Civil War Era Sees Shifting Powers In 1914
The article traces Francisco Villa’s bid for political control, Garza’s appointment, and Carranza’s stance in Vera Cruz. Obregon rises, Gonzales briefly captures Mexico City before being expelled, and U.S. threats and naval warnings surface as fighting persists. By October 19, nine American republics back Carranza’s de facto government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Villa
Republic of Mexico
Gutierrez
General Garza
City of Mexico
Carranza
Vera Cruz
United States
Villa
Obregon
Gonzales
Mexico City
Zapata
Lansing
Mexico
Congress closes with neutrality law power debate and naval bill
The Sixty third Congress ends with a resolution to strengthen the presidents neutrality law enforcement. It backs the naval appropriations bill for two battleships six destroyers and eight submarines. Also notes confirmations for Panama canal officers and state moves on suffrage prohibition and capital punishment across several states. Bryan resigns as secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Panama Canal
Senate
Goethals
Gorgas
West Virginia
Tennessee
House
Arkansas
Iowa
Idaho
Utah
North Dakota
South Dakota
Pletcher
Howard
Cowles
Spry
Alaska
United States Steel Corporation
United States Circuit Court
New Jersey
Bryan
William J. Bryan
National and state events chart 1919 political shifts
A summary of 1919 developments includes Wilson appointing Robert Lansing to lead the state department, Lansing becoming secretary of state, Alabama’s state-wide prohibition, ICC rate moves in the Midwest, anti trust actions against Eastman Kodak, New York constitutional convention results, South Carolina prohibition victory, New Jersey woman suffrage defeat, eight-state November elections with governors chosen in four states, mixed outcomes for woman suffrage, Ohio prohibition defeat, Democratic House majority narrowing, and the Sixty fourth Congress opening with Clarke as president pro tem and Champ Clark as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Robert Lansing
State Department
Lansing
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Eastman Kodak Company
Constitutional Convention
New York State
South Carolina
New Jersey
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
House of Representatives
Clarke
Arkansas
Senate
Champ Clark
Global politics and labor strife in wartime era summary
Ac counts from February to December outline international diplomacy and internal reforms. The Hague signs opium protocol. Haiti sees revolts, US marines intervene. Greece reshuffles ministry under Venizelos. Denmark grants women suffrage. Italy breaks with Germany Austria. Portugal and Chile elect leaders. Yuan Shih kai seizes throne. Japan crowns Meiji. US waves wage strikes at Remington and Bartholonts. coal strikes in Wales. US trade surplus and record crops cap the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
United States
China
Holland
Vilbrun G. Sam
Davilmar Theodor
Haiti
Greece
Euletherios Venizelos
Constantine
Demetrios Go
Labor Party
Theophile Braga
Portugal
Christian
Alberta
Canada
Sam
Washington
Juan Luis San Fuentes
Chile
Jose Pardo
Peru
Port’ Au Prince
Dartinguenave
Yuan Shih-kai
Yoshihito
Kioto
Industrial Agitation Marks Early Year in Labor Feuds
The narrative recalls New York hearings by the Industrial Relations Commission on capital and labor tensions. It notes January violence in Roosevelt New Jersey where a guard killed a striker, widespread Chicago strikes for higher wages, disruptions in transit, and a September calm after fiscal settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
Bridgeport
Conn
Barthonts
New York City
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
John B. Rockefeller, Jr
Mr. Lloyd George
United States
Industrial Relations Commission
Roosevelt
N. J
Chicago
Standard Ol
Bayonne
Catalogue of global disasters and industrial tragedies of the year
A year’s record of seismic shocks floods storms and fires worldwide. It notes January 13 quake in central Italy near Avezzano with massive loss of life and property and February 10 tidal wave and destruction in American Samoa. Other events include July 24 Eastland disaster in Chicago, November fires at Bethlehem Steel and Roebling plants, and multiple maritime and mining accidents with extensive fatalities.
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Italy
Rome
Avezzano
Manua Islands
Imperial Valley
California
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
China
Canton
Erie
Vesuvius
Empa
Stromboli
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
San Diego
Mexico
Leyland
W. Va
Honolulu
Prina Maurits
Virginia
Colon
Panama
England
Cariale
Eastland
Hastland
Chicago River
Nebraska
Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Peabody
Mass
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel Company
Roebling Sons Company
Trenton
Wilmington
Del
DuPont
Hopewell
T. E Clare Newepsb
The
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Paign
Mackensen
Hindenburg
Lemberg
Vilna
Venizelos
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