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SOME months are occupied in printing a volume so bulky as THE WORLD ALMANAC, and it is necessarily put to press in parts or forms." Changes are in the mean time occurring. Advantage is taken of the going to press of the last form of the First Edition to insert information of the latest possible date, which is done below. The readers of the ALMANAC are requested to cbserve these additions, corrections and changes, and it would be well to make note of them on the pages indicated. Table of Memorable Dates-The Balkan War. War declared by Bulgaria, Montenegro, Servia and Greece against Turkey. 134. 162. 213. 237. 379. 401. 421. 423. 425. 464. 489. 513. 534. way. Panama Canal Act-On Nov. 13, 1912, President Taft issued a proclamation Countries of the World-Negotiations for cessation of hostilities in the Balkans 1912. Dominican Republic-Eladio Victoria, President, resigned Nov. 28, 1912, and was succeeded by Archbishop Mouel as Provisional President. 424, 437. Italian Ministry and Government-A new ministerial department has been created, that of the Colonies (Tripoli, &c.). Colonial Minister-Hon. Pietro Bertolini. Reigning Families of Europe-Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, died Dec. 12, Military Educational System. Coast Artillery School-The school year for officers and enlisted men is from Jan. 3 to Dec. 15, instead of Sept. 1 to July 1. Diplomatic and Consular Service-Whitelaw Reid, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, died December 15, 1912. Sixty-third Congress-Salaries of Representatives are $7,500 per annum, and mileage of 20 cents per mile each way to and from seat of government. Salary of the Speaker is $12,000. Roman Catholic Hierarchy. Dec. 2-The Pope at a consistory officially announced the appointments of the following American prelates: The Right Rev. Dennis J. O'Connell, Bishop of Richmond; the Right Rev. Patrick A. McGovern. Bishop of Cheyenne; the Right Rev. Austin Dowling, Bishop of Des Moines; the Rev. Edward J. Hanna. Auxillary Bishop of San Francisco. The Pope created a new Cardinal, Charles Baron Hornig, Bishop of Veszprim, Hungary. At the consistory the red hats were placed on the heads of Cardinal Francis X. Magl. Archbishop of Vienna; Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Cos y Macho, Archbishop of Valladolid; Cardinal Antonio Vico, Papal Nuncio to Spain; Cardinal Francis S. Bauer, Archbishop of Olmuetz, and Cardinal Enrique de Almarez y Santos, Archbishop of Seville; Cardinal A. Capecelatro died. National Highway Protection Society-President. Frederic R. Coudert. Headquarters, 1 W. 34th st. Alfred E. Nobel Prizes-The board of directors of the Nobel Institute an nounced in December that no Peace Prize would be awarded in 1912. 549. 562. 16 625. 643. 647. The Jews of the World. OCCURRENCES DURING PRINTING. Benefactions-Dr. Morris Loeb, chemist, left nearly a million dollars to scientific and charitable_institutions, including $500,000 to Harvard University. Record of Events-On December 9 the British Government presented its protest to the Secretary of State of the United States against free tolls in the Panama Canal for American coastwise vessels. On December 9 a conference of the leaders of the Progressive party was held at Chicago and Col. Roosevelt was named as candidate for President in 1916. On December 16 the Turko-Balkan peace conference began at London. Death Roll-On December 12, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, at Munich, aged 91 years. On December 13, Bishop Thomas A. Jaggar, ProtestantEpiscopal Bishop in charge of European churches, Cannes, France, aged 73 years. On December 15, Paul Smith, Adirondack guide and hotelkeeper, surgical operation, Montreal, aged 87 years. December 15, Peter Doelger, brewer, debility, New York City, aged 80 years. December 15, Whitelaw Reid, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, pulmonary oedema. London, England, aged 75 years. December 15, Lieut. Parke of the British Navy and Askell Hardwick, manager of the Handley-Page Aeronautical Company, were killed by dropping of a monoplane at Wombley, England. Parcels Post-Packages weighing up to eleven pounds and of not more than 72 inches in length, breadth and girth combined, may be sent through the mails. See page 115. Each Additional CHENT UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. April to November, 1913. An Exposition showing in detail the latest developments in Art, Science, Industry and Commerce, and to encourage universal and international trade relations. New York office, 389 Fifth Avenue. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND VICE-PRESIDENT- THE DETERMINATION OF THE RESULT OF THE 1908 PRESIDENTIAL ELEC- Feb. 10, 1909, the two Houses being assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives for the count of the electoral vote, and the count having been duly made and certified to, and the announcement thereof made to the two Houses assembled, the statement of the Tellers closed in these words: This announcement of the state of the vote by the President of the Senate shall be deemed a SUFFICIENT DECLARATION OF THE PERSONS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, each for the term beginning March 4. 1909, and shall be entered, together with a list of the votes, on the Journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives. "The count of the electoral vote having been completed, and the result announced, the joint meeting of the two Houses was dissolved; and "The Senate returned to its Chamber." Ember and Rogation Days. EMBER and Rogation Days are certain periods of the year devoted to prayer and fasting. Ember Days (twelve annually) about the beginning of the four seasons, and are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, in Spring; after the feast of Pentecost (Whit Sunday), Summer; after the festival of the Holy Cross, Autumn; and after the festival of St. Lucia, Winter. Ember Weeks are the weeks in which the Ember Days appear. Rogation Days occur on the Feast of St. Mark, April 25, and on the three days immediately preceding Ascension Day. Area of the Great Lakes of the United States. The Jews of the World. 200 370 The THERE are 11,483,876 Jews in the world, 8,876,299 are in Europe, 1,880,579 in America. Russian Empire leads by far all the nations with 5,215,805. The United States follows second with 1,800,000. The distribution in the United States is very incomplete. 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