as early as February 15. Vergara was missing since his wife and daughter found him injured from a beating in Mexican community's garrison on February 14. It took several more weeks before his body was recovered and transported stateside to family in Laredo, Texas. Snack food manufacturer Tasty Baking Company was established in Philadelphia, eventually evolving to become Tastykake. An annular solar eclipse covered most of the Antarctic and could be observed in New Zealand. Born: John Arlott, English poet and cricket commentator for BBC's Test Match Special, author Of Period and Place, in Basingstoke, England (d. 1991); James Cameron, American civil rights activist, founder of the America's Black Holocaust Museum, in La Crosse, Wisconsin (d. 2006); Alan Marre, British civil servant, first Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman of England (d. 1990) Died: John Tenniel, English illustrator associated with Lewis Carroll (b. 1820) February 26, 1914 (Thursday) Texas Governor Oscar Branch Colquitt implied in a telegram to United States Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan Texas Rangers on the U.S.-Mexico border could cross and retrieve the body of Texas rancher Clemente Vergara, who had been reportedly hanged (later confirmed shot) by Mexican federal soldiers on February 15. The U.S. Government responded such an act would constitute an act of war and refused the governor's request. The ocean liner that would become HMHS Britannic, sister to the , was launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast. The British destroyer HMS Lydiard was launched at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. The naval ship would later be credited with torpedoing the German light cruiser SMS Mainz at the Battle of Heligoland Bight during the first month of World War I. World Baseball Tour – At the 46th and final game between the globetrotting New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox in London, a record 20,000 to 35,000 spectators attended (based on word King George V was attending) and witnessed the White Sox slaying the Giants 5–4 in 11 innings. Since the start of the tour in October back in the United States, the Giants and White Sox played 46 games, with the White Sox winning 24, the Giants winning 20, with only two games ending in ties. Sixteen passengers and a pilot flew 18 minutes on an "omnibus" developed by aviation engineer Igor Sikorsky in Saint Petersburg. The aeroplane had an enclosed, lighted and heated cabin for passengers' comfort.