Year in Review 1913 Highlights and Disasters
A compact chronicle of 1913 events from January to December noting political milestones United States France Greece Ireland China Japan and Cuba leaders changes and inaugurations. It lists fires and losses in Buffalo Hot Springs Salisbury Beach East St Louis Boston and Los Angeles with millions in damages and a Nobel prize awarded to Elihu Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wilson
Mexico
House of Representatives
Senate
Elihu Root
New York
Hot Springs
Ark
Salisbury Beach
Mass
Joss
Barker Bros. Furniture
Los Angeles
Cal
Harvard Yale clash ends in scoreless draw and early football notes
Historic football results from 1913 show Cornell over Pennsylvania 21 to 0 in Philadelphia. Harvard defeats Princeton 3 to 0 in New Jersey and Dartmouth tops Pennsylvania 34 to 21 in Philadelphia. Track and billiards highlights include Hannes Kolehmainen setting indoor records and Alfredo De oro defending the world title in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Harvard
Cambridge
Kanaguri
Tokyo
McArthur
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Princeton
Yale
New Haven
Camberdge
Chicago
Wisconsin
Cornel
Army
Navy
New York
Alfredo de Oro
Pocket Billard
James Maturo
Miscellaneous sport and world records roundup June to September
A compilation notes Aboyer winning the English Derby and Jerome D Travers taking the New Jersey golf title over Oswald Kirkby. It covers polo wins at Meadow Brook by Americans and a deciding match, Syracuse beating Cornell in a varsity rowing race, Whisk Broom wins at Brooklyn Handicap, Harvard over Yale in intercollegiate baseball, Whisk Broom II setting a Suburban Handicap world record, parcel post service starting, Archbald impeachment conviction, Scott Antarctic disaster news, Niagara raised from Lake Erie, and tennis and harness racing records at Wimbledon Kalama zoo Goshen Saratoga and other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aboyer
Jerome D Travers
New Jersey
Oswald Kirkby
Meadowbrook
N. Y
Syracuse
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Brooklyn
Violent storms and disasters stagger U.S. regions
A sequence of weather and related calamities floods, tornadoes and cyclones sweep the nation. Reports cite Omaha mass fires and 200, plus 460 lives lost in Ohio floods. temperatures reach a Chicago record as Belgian workers strike for voting rights. Notable deaths include J. Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pierpont Morgan
New York City
Cristy
Pope Pius
Mary Ann Cooper
Dickens
Little Dorrit
London
Terre Haute
Omaha
Ohio
Obituary Roll of World Figures Passes On
A list of notable deaths across ages and roles includes Gen. E. M. Lee veteran and former Wyoming territory governor aged 77, Sg. James R. Keene financier and turfman aged 46, Jeff Davis U S senator and former Arkansas governor aged 31, astronomer Lewis Swift aged 93, Dr Thaddeus Lowe aviator aged 81, editor E. Prestiss Bailey aged 79, poet Julia C R Dorr aged 87, and many others from Berlin to New York with ages and locales. The roll spans February through December, naming painters, diplomats, scientists, and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Lee
Wyoming Territory
James R. Keene
New York
Jeff Davis
United States
Arkansas
Little Rock
Lewis Swift
Marathon
N. Y
Thaddeus
C. Lowe
Pasadena
Cal
E. Prestiss Bailey
Utica
Julia C. R. Dorr
Rutland
Revolution in Mexico and Huerta's rise to power
Chronicle of the Mexican crisis outlines Madero's fall after Col. Diaz leads revolutionaries including Gen. Bernardo Reyes and Gen. Victoriano Huerta assumes the presidency. It notes Madero and Suarez killed, Wilson recalled, Lind’s envoy mission failed, and U S warships guarding legations as Monterey falls to Constitutionalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Madero
Bernardo Reyes
Blanquet
Victoriano Huerta
National Army
Gustavo Madero
Suarez
H. L. Wilson
John Lind
Minnesota
Huerta
Lind
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Legations
Monterey
United States
Fire at Dewey hotel in Omaha causes heavy loss of life
Reported blaze at the Dewey hotel in Omaha results in many fatalities and extensive property damage. Earlier figures note a $500,000 loss at Argenta, Kansas, suggesting a broader disaster context and substantial financial impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Compress Company
Yokohama
Elmira Telegram
American Fertilizer Company
Buffalo
Haskell& Basket Cat Company
Michigan City
Ind
Binghamton, N
Flory
Bangor
Blue Mountain House
Blue Ridge
Pen Mar
Jersey City
Smith Company
Bay Point
Cal
Nantes
Alaska
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado
Dewey Hotel
Omaha
Argenta
Kan
Congress and societies convene in diverse cities this month
The record lists multiple meetings across the United States and abroad including the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington Chattanooga and Chicago, the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chattanooga, and the International Peace Congress at The Hague with 1100 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gardner
Albion, Mich
Chattanooga
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
The
Hague
Berne
International Trades Union Congress
Manchester
Ingland
Grand Army of the Republic
Tenn
Sons of Veterans
John E. Sautter
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Wash
National Association of Good Roads
St. Louis
Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
National Society Daughters of the G A. R
Chicago
Notable 1913 World News Highlights Across Battles and Explorations
A sweeping roundup cites events from the Thaw escape at Matteawan to the Panama canal milestones, air and sea feats, and major disasters. It notes Roland Garros’ Mediterranean flight, a Zeppelin accident, the Gordon Bennett cup race, and the Mona Lisa’s reported recovery alongside Panama canal advances and finance failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Goodyear
United States
Paris
Pacific
Panama Canal
Bridlington
England
Johannisthal
Prussia
Admiralty Commission
Mobile and Ohio
Bucatunna
Miss
Coast Artillery
Stag Canyon
New Mexico
Maritime Disasters Reported Abroad and At Sea
Graphic tolls from several sea disasters. The Rosecrans wreck at Peacock Spit costs 31 crew. Veronese off Portugal loses 43 lives. Pangani sinks in the English Channel with nine crew drowned. Calvados founder at Marmora with 200 dead. U-178 torpedo boats collide near Helgoland with 71 perished. State of California wreck at Gambier Bay claims 40 lives. Volturno burns at sea with 131 dead and 500 rescued. Malmberget sink off Norway with 9 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosecrans
Peacock Spit
Veronese
Portugal
Pangani
English Channel
Calvados
Marmora
Helgoland
State of California
Gambier Bay
Alaska
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Texican and Balkan Affairs
Raymond Poincare
France
House of Lords
Delaware
Wyoming
Woodrow Wilson
William J. Bryen
Nebraska
Treasury
William Gibbs McAdoo
War
Lindley Murray Garrison
James Clark McReynolds
Tennessee
Albert Sidney Burleson
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Franklin Knight Lane
California
David Franklin Houston
Missouri
Commerce
William Cox Redfield
Labor
William Baucop Wilson
King Constantine
Greece
American Press Association
W. J. Bryan
Mario G Menocal
Cuba
House of Commons
Ireland
William of
Germany
Berlin
Gettysburg
Robert Bridges
China
William Sulzer
Emperor Franz Joseph
Austria
Hungary
United States Senate
Yuan Shih Kai
Willam Sulzer
Sulzer
Ludwig FH
Savard
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson
White Louse
Francis Bowes Sayre
Inzfield Mo
East St. Louis
Arcadia
Boston
Abel R. Niviat
William J Kramer
Georges Carpentier
Bombardier Wells
Willie Hoppe
George Sutton
Hannes Kolehimainen
Hannes Kolehmainen
RO Kivint
G. McDonald
Jerome D. Travers
A. I. Kammer
Robert W. Archbald
Court of Commerce
R. F. Scott
New Zealand
South Pole
Scott
Perry
Lake Erle
Erle
Maurice E. Mée Louguin
Charles P. Dixon
Wimbledon
Peter Volo
Kalamazoo
J. P. Morgan
Massachusetts
Theodor von Holleben
John George Brown
Charles Major
Shelbyville
Stewart L. Woodford
Joaquin Miler
Sierras
Piedmont Hills
George Washington Custis Lee
Robert KE. Lee
Ravensworth
Ye Ho Na la
Peking
Joaquin Miller
Billings
Frank S Black
Troy
Onal
Viscount Garnet Joseph Wolseley
Mentone
John Wpierpont Morgan
Rome
John B. Henderson
WH. M. Flagler
West Palm Beach
Fla
James Heaton Baker
Mankato
Minn
Lord Avebury
Sir John Lubbock
I. A. Ober
Backensack
N. J
Alfred Austin
Ashford
H. Cramp
C. A. Briggs
L. Forbes Winslow
Thomas A. Janvier
Henri Rochefort
KB. Burd Grubb
Kearny
Horace Jayne
Wallingford
G. Jerome D. Travers
John G. Anderson
Garden City
Francis Culmet
Harry Vardon
Edward Ray
Brookline
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
New
Billy" Arlington
Richard Wagner
Victoria Luise
Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumberland
Bennett H. Young
United Confederate Veterans
EF. P. Weston
Minneapolis
Count Zeppelin
Baden-Baden
Vienna
Long Beach
Washington, DC
Middle West
Lake Region
Cleveland
George Hitchcock
Marken
Holland
Robert C. Oden
Kennebunkport
Edward F Jones
Binghamton
Nyo
August Bebel
Zurich
Silas Casey
Warm Springs
Emile Ollivier
Napoleon III
Annecy
New York Giants
Misa Gladys Ravenscroft
Wilmington
Del
Pat Ryan
John Flanagan
Little Round Top
Pickett
Charles of
Roumania
Leon Letort
Los Angles
Edward Payson Weston
Milwaukee
Whence Fe O
Long Island Sound
Charles J. Badger
T. A. Barry
J. H. Mears
American Press “Association
William J. Gaynor
Henry Menier
George FE. Baker
White House
Gen. Grant
Louis Mollonen
Hancock
Patrick Ford
Irish World
Adolphus Busch
St Louis
Langenschwalbach
Stanley Waterloo
Timothy L. Woodruff
Wiliam Garrett Brown
William Nelson
Salt Lake Tribune
Constantinople
Adrianople
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Scutari
Janina
George
Laader
Saloniki
Chatalya
King George
Turkey
Bulgaria
Adrianopla
American Presa Association
Henry Lane Wilson
Great Britain
Juarez
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Villa
Tierra Blanca
Mazatlan
Tampico Il
Tampico
Fletcher
Mexican
Tampico 13
Calgary
Alberta
American Medical Association
National Educational Association
Salt Lake City
International Institute of Agriculture
W Cc. Tou
National Phi Delta Phi College Fraternity
American Association For Labor Legislation
Dave
Pearce Treay
Useece
Servin
Rou
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
State Asylum For
Matteawan, N_Y
H. K. Thaw
Miraflores Locks
Beptem Hei
Roland Garros
Mediterranean Sea
Lake Erie
Canada
Vermont
Norton Mills
H. B. Hollins & Co
Louise
Ocean
New York Real Estate Securities Company
Gatun
Napoleon Bonaparte
Hartford Railroad
Louvre
Florence
Italy
United States Commerce Court
Volturno, Uranium Inc
Rotterdam
Norway
Malmberget
Emily Huntington Miller
St. Paul
Charles Meirnes
Brooktine
David du Bosé Chwillard VO
Baltimore
Phoebe W. Couzins
John Green
A. Montgomery Ward
Mall Order
Franklin Simmons
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