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THE OLNEY ENTERP*UflE
.
VENTS OF 1923
PASS IN REVIEW
appenings at Home and Abroad
During the Twelve Months
That Have Just Closed.
ESIDEWT HARDING’S DEATH
ile Attempts to Settle German Rep-
rations Problem—France Occu-
pies the Ruhr—Turkey's Diplo-
matic Triumph—Terrible Earth-
quake in Japan—American
Prosperity and Politics.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
ith the exception of Germany,
ned by her own acts, and Japan,
ttered by the forces of nature, all
world was better off at the close
1923 than at ijts beginning. This
pecially true at the United States,
Finland. {Czechoslovakia, Tur-
and probal/y Russia, though the
rmattfm -coming from the land of
soviets has been so colored that
as .difficult to determine true con-
ns there.
conomic recovery of the world was
rded, as it was during the previ-
twelve months, by failure to
e the matter of the German repa-
ys and by the steady decline of
any toward the point of absolute
pse. The occupation of the Ruhr
France and the resulting disputes
Great Britain brought on re-
d crises each of which seemed
reaten the final disruption of the
te cordiale.
eral proposals fot commissions
termine Germany’s capacity to
.vere made, but each of them re-
the participation of the United
s and each time the American
ment found unacceptable the
ictions insisted upon by Premier
are of France. As the year
toward its close, however, the
tjons commission was preparing
int two committees of experts
lp work out the problem, and
ent Coolidge approved of the sp-
ent of Americans on these com-
s.
ey gained power and prestige
h the Lausanne peace confer-
nd the resulting treaties with
ies and with the United States,
n the year she added herself to
t of republics with Mustapha
Pasha as her first president,
er the leadership of General
Rivera and other army officers
ristocrats, there was a house-
g in Spain that resulted in the
t of the crowd of politicians..
‘ on
oils of misgovernment. The so-
democratic government was
rown and a dictatorial council
uted.
ident Harding’s death in „ San
seo threw all the United States
indeed all the civilized world—
artfeit mourning. Vice Presi-
laivin Coolidge, succeeding to
ief magistracy, carried on in
the policies of his predecessor,
rdlng had been considered the
nominee of the Republican
1924, and his demise threw
e lists and made the political
intensely interesting.
ERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
an reparations and complica-
esulting from the failure to pay
ccupied much of the attention
pean diplomats. Early in Jan-
ie allied premiers held a futile
ce In Paris, and France pre-
or separate action to collect
ermany. About the same time
ry Hughes announced the Unit-
es would not consider Berlin’s
1 for a four-power European
act and also informally ad-
rance not to occupy the Ruhr,
however, was determined, and
arations commission gave her
ning by declaring Germany in
default in coal deliveries. Ger-
rmally protesting and Great
not approving, the French on
11 began the occupation of
r, .seizing Its most important
ne after another. President
expressed his disapproval by
the American troops from
y. Chancellor Cuno, with the
of the reichstag, declared a
ar" of passive resistance and
all state employees not to obey
nch. The mine owners and
e industrial magnates fell in
program and for months the
were balked in their efforts
ny considerable revenue from
n. They seized customs, bank
d railways, and arrested many
1 leaders and officials, but the
esistance was not broken un-
In September. The occupa-
assisted actively by Belgium
ively by Italy. Great Brit-
h she did not actually ham-
drench, gave them no help,
y 2 Germany made a new
s offer of $7,500,000,000,
y conditions, and it was im-
rejected by France. Eng-
declared the offer insufficient,
en asked a new reparations
e on the total sum and of-
ruities of L500.000.00U gold
• reat Britain invited France
to Join her in a reply to
submitted a draft of her
answer, but this also fell
I be P.rtisb i-overnment
a no'i- to I'rjifi.-p
lo'.'l ;t rs Ijjj ills Llllll oocupa-
' tlon illegal and a failure," insisting
on an impartial reparations Inquiry
after the plan suggested by Secretary
of State Hughes, and saying France
must pay enough of the money lent
her to enable Great Britain to pay
America. Again no results, Premier
Poincare declaring Germany must set-
tle the reparations question before
an economic accord could be reached
Chancellor Stresemann, who had suc-
ceeded Dr. Cuno, announced the aban-
donment of passive resistance and
said no more reparations would be
paid and the treaty of Versailles would
be repudiated. He also put an end
to the aid which the government had
been giving the inhabitants of the oc-
cupied regions. Soon after this the
industrial magnates of the Ruhr and
Rhineland signed a pact with the
French for the resumption of work
and of payments of material.
In December the reparations com-
mission decided to appoint two com-
mittees of experts, one to examine
German money in foreign lands and
the other to try to devise means by
which Germany might balance her
budget and stabilize her finances.
Poincare now seemed in a yielding
mood and President Coolidge an-
nounced he approved of unofficial
American participation through the
selection of Americans as members
of those committees.
Turkey’s diplomatic victory at Lau-
sanne was not easily won. While the
conference there was deadlocked in
January Mustapha Ivemal mobilized
armies to ifiove against Constanti-
nople, Mosul and other points and
called three classes to the colors to
combat the Greeks in Thrace. The
quarreling in the peace conference
was incessant. On January 31 the
allies submitted a treaty to the Turks,
demanding its acceptance within four
days. The Turks agreed to sign it if
the economic clauses were reserved
for future settlement. Lord Curzon
departed in a rage, and on February
6 the conference broke up. Diplomatic
conversations continued, however; the
British indicated they would make
concessions, and the conference was
resumed on April 23, Russia- being ex-
cluded. On July 24 a treaty was
signed which gave to Turkey nearly
all she had demanded, the question of
oil concessions being left for later
consideration. A few days later the
United States and Turkey signed
treaties of amity and commerce and
on extradition. By October 2 the al-
lied military forces had evacuated
Constantinople and the Turks soon
after took formal possession of their
old capital.
Warfare between Italy and Greece
in the autumn was narrowly averted.
An Italian military commissioner and
his aids were murdered in Albania
and on August 28 Italy demanded that
Greece apologize abjectly and pay
reparations. The Greek reply being
Unsatisfactory, the Italians promptly
bombarded and occupied the island of
Corfu. Greece appealed to the League
of Nations, which was disposed to
take up the affair; but Premier Mus-
solini declared Italy would withdraw
from the league and ignorb its deci-
sion if it insisted on arbitrating the
dispute. The situation was most em-
barrassing for the league, but the
allied council of ambassadors rescued
it by assuming jurisdiction and order-
ing Greece to comply with Italy’s de-
mands almost in their entirety. Greece
gave in, apologized and paid 50,000,000
lire indemnity, and on September 27
Italy evacuated Corfu.
Mussolini achieved another triumph
by an agreement with Jugo-Slavia
whereby Italy obtained possession of
Flume.
In January American and British
commissions met in Washington to ne-
gotiate the refunding of the British
war debt to America, and their task
was soon completed to the apparent
satisfaction of both nations. The
Washington treaties on reduction of
armament and concerning the Pacific
were ratified by Italy in February and
by France in July. Through the ef-
forts of an American commission sent
to Mexico, the government of our
neighbor was finally brought to ami-
cable terms and the long-withheld rec-
ognition was accorded by Washington
on August 31.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Overshadowing all other events In
the United States was the death of
President Warren G. Harding. He
had long planned a trip through the
Middle and Far West and to Alaska
in order to talk with the people and
get their reactions. Though tired out
and far from well, he started on June
20, accompanied by Mrs. Harding and
several members of his cabinet. After
delivering several important addresses,
notably one advocating American mem-
bership in the World court, he sailed
to Alaska. Returning thence to San
Francisco, he fell ill there on July 28.
Four days later, on August 2, he
passed away. The taking of his body
hack to Washington, the services
there, the trip to Marion, Ohio, and
the interment there of the little town’s
distinguished citizen on August 10
gave the people of the country ample
opportunity to show in what high
esteem and affection they held Mr.
Harding. Literally the entire nation
mourned sincerely, and all the other
nations gave expression to their grief.
Vice President Calvin Coolidge took
the oath of office as President at his
father’s home in Plymouth, Vt., and
assumed his new duties at once, re-
taining the entire Harding cabinet and
announcing that he would carry out
the Harding policies where possible.
had been taken for granted that
the Republican party would nominate
Mr. Harding in 1924, snd Mr. Cool-
idge immediately became o probable
nominee. However, before the year
closed other candidates came forward,
notably Senator Hiram Johnson of
California, .Governor Pinchot of Penn-
sylvania and' Senator LaFollette of
Wisconsin. For the Democratic nomi-
nation there were several probabili-
ties, including Sehator Uriderwood and
William G. McAdoo, avowed candi-
dates, and Senator Ralston of Indiana,
Gov, A1 Smith of New York and Gov-
ernor Silzer of New Jersey. There
was much talk of the possible nomi-
nation of Henry Ford by one of the
old parties or by a third party, and
his admirers wefe exceedingly active.
The Republican national committee,
acceding to the wishes of the Presi-
dent, selected Cleveland as the place
for the national convention of 1924,
and set June 10 as the date for its
opening. Previous action by which the
representation of the southern states
was reduced was rescinded by the
committee.
Secretary of the Interioi* Fall retired
from President Harding’s cabinet on
March 4 and was succeeded by Hubert
Work, the latter’s place as postmaster
general being filled by the appoint-
ment of Harry S. New. Attorney Gen-
eral Daugherty, against whom im-
peachment charges had been made the
previous year, was fully exonerated
by the house judiciary committee, the
report being adopted by the house on
January 25. Among the appointments
made by President Harding were Rob-
ert Woods Bliss as minister to Swe-
den; Miles Poindexter as ambassador
to Peru; R. M. Tobin as minister to
the Netherlands; E. T.'Sanborn as as-
sociate justice of the Supreme court
of the United States, and Gen. Frank
T. Hines as director of the veterans’
bureau. The latter appointment was
followed by charges of mismanage-
ment, waste, etc., against the former
director, Colonel Forbes, which were
investigated by a senate committee.
Having passed the agricultural cred-
its bill and many acts of lesser im-
portance, and killing the ship-subsidy
bill, the Sixty-seventh congress came
to an end on March 4. The Sixty-
• eighth congress met on December 3
and the Republican majority was so
slender that a bloc of so-called pro-
gressives held the balance of power.
Speaker Gillett was re-elected and
President Coolidge then delivered his
first message, in which he declared
himself in favor of American member-
ship in the World court, advocated re-
duction of taxes and opposed the sol-
diers’ bonus.
Two governor got into serious
trouble. Walton -of Oklahoma, who
said he was fightirg the Ku Klux
Klan, came into conflict with the state
legislature and assumed virtually dic-
tatorial powers. Despite his efforts to
prevent it, the legislature met in spe-
cial session, the house impeached him
on numerous charges and the senate,
sitting ds a trial court, found him
guilty and removed Jim from his of-
fice. Walton was then indicted by a
grand jury. The other state executive
in trouble was Gov. W. T. McCray of
Indiana, who got into deep financial, en-
tanglements and also was indicted.
The Supreme court on April 30 de-
cided that foreign vessels could not
bring liquor into American ports, even
though sealed, and later the liquor
stores of several liners were seized at
New York. Foreign nations protested
but could not well take any action.
However, late in the year the govern-
ment negotiated an agreement with
Great Britain whereby the right of
search was extended to about twelve
miles from shore, and In return it was
expected the ship liquor regulation
would be modified. The extension of
the search limit was made necessary
by the activities of the smuggling
fleets which kept the country well sup-
plied with wretched liquor, On May 4
the New York legislature repealed
the state prohibition law. In October
a conference of governors on law en-
forcement was held in Washington,
and President Coolidge pledged the
full aid of the government machinery,
but 'insisted each slate must assume
its own share of the burden.
President Coolidge had the appoint-
ment of one ambassador last year.
Col. George Harvey resigned his post
at the court of St. James on October
4 and Frank B. Kellogg was selected
for the place.
Immediately after Its summer vaca-
tion the Supreme court rendered an
important decision upholding the laws
of the Pacific coast states which pro-
hibit aliens from owning land. These
laws, of course, are <?lr©cted against
the Japanese especially,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Germany’s internal troubles, politi-
cal, economic and financial, were in-
extricably tangled up with her inter-
national woes and brought her to so
low a state that her regeneration
seemed at times almost hopeless. Roy-
alists, separatists and communists con-
spired, revolted and rioted. Unem-
ployment increased and in the cities
all but the industrial magnates and
the profiteers were reduced to near
starvation, although the crops were
large and the rural districts were over-
running with food stuffs. The govern-
ment tried to meet the Situation by
keeping up the flood of paper marks
and of course the mark declined until
billions could be had for one dollar
and those who had anything to sell
refused to accept the practically
worthless currency. In August Chan-
cellor Cuno presented a “rescue plan”
to »the reichstag. It was rejected and
Cuno resigned, Gustave Stresemann
succeeding him and forming the first
coalition majority government in Ger-
many’s history. He undertook to re-
form the finances by the Issue of a
new currency, the renten mark, backed
by the country’s resources. This was
far from successful.
or fcAtfonallsts of Germany were ex-
ceedingly active, those of Bavaria usu-
ally taking the lead. In September
the Bavarians actually revolted against
the Berlin government and made Gus-
tave von Kahr dictator of the state.
The reichstag thereupon gave Strese-
mann dictatorial powers. A little later
the socialist governments of Saxony
and Thuringia refused to obey the
chancellor, and he subdued them by
-a show of military force. He yielded
to Bavaria’s demand for greater au-
tonomy, but this was not enough. On
November 8 Hitler, leader of the Ba-
varian FascistI, and General von Lu-
dendorff attempted a royalist coup
d’etat in Munich and other cities and
threatened to march on Berlin. This
revolt was rather easily put down
by the national police and the workers
and Hitler and Ludendorff were ar-
rested. On November 10 Frederick
William, the former crown prince, sud-
denly returned to Germany from Hol-
land.
Ill October the separatists of the
Rhineland got into action and set up
a republic which was looked upon with
favor by France. However, it was
not able to maintain itself very suc-
cessfully, and there was almost con-
tinuous fighting with the national
forces. Another separatist movement
was started in the Bavarian palatinate,
hut it failed for the time being.
Late in November Chancellor Strese-
mann’s coalition went to pieces and,
being denied a vote of confidence in
the reichstag, he resigned. Dr. Hein-
rich Albert, unpleasantly remembered
in America, and Adam Stegerwald both
failed to form acceptable ministries,
and so Dr. Wilhelm Marx, leader of
the Catholic party, was made chancel-
lor on November 29 and got together
a cabinet that included Stresemann as
foreign minister and that was expect-
ed to carry on his policies.
The revolution in Spain, which was
connected with the unsatisfactory war
with the Moors, took place in Septem-
ber. The revolt, led by General
Primo Rivera, Marquis de Estella, was
against the cabinet and corrupt poli-
ticians and also was an expression
of reaction against the growth of so-
cialism and syndicalism among the
workers. The king supported it and
the cabinet resigned on September 14.
A military directorate was established
and Rivera was made sole - chief of
the administration. The new govern-
ment made itself popular at once by
a campaign on profiteering and gam-
bling, by cutting expenses to the bone
and by other drastic measures of re-
form. Trial by jury was suspended
because of the corruption of the courts.
Altogether, It was a happy revolution
for Spain.
Bulgaria also had a revolution, al-
most bloodless, when Stamboulisky’s
peasant government was overthrown
on June 9 and the premier himself was
captured and killed. Professor Zank-
off was made head of the new govern-
ment. In September the Communists
and peasants resorted to arms in an
attempt to regain power, but they
were soon suppressed.
Andrew Bonar Law. prime minister
of Great Britain, resigned on May 20
because of the illness that caused his
death in October. He was succeeded
by Stanley Baldwin, who had been
chancellor of the exchequer. On Oc-
tober 1 an imperial conference and an
economic conference of the British em-
pire opened in London, and various
important measures were debated and
adopted designed to bind the compo-
nent parts of the empire by closer
commercial ties, at the same time leav-
ing them their full measure of self-
government. These questions brought
to the fore the old question of free
trade or protection, and since the gov-
ernment had promised there should
be no change in the tariff policy during
the life of the existing parliament,
Prime Minister Baldwin dissolved par-
liament on November 16 and an elec-
tion was called for December 6. For-
mer Premiers* Lloyd George, who had
been on a speaking tour of the United
States, arrived home just in time to
make up his old quarrel with the other
wing of the liberal party, and went
into the campaign with vigor. When
the votes were counted it was found
that while the Liberals and Laborites
both had won many seats from the
Conservatives, no one of the three
parties had a majority. The Laborites,
however, announced that their leader,
Ramsay MacDonald, would undertake
to form a government as soon as called
upon, wrhereupon Prime Minister Bald-
win declared he and his cabinet would
retain office at least until the new
parliament had met in January.
During the early months of the gear
the Irish republicans continued their
guerrilla warfare on the Free State,
but on April 10, their chief of staff,
Liam Lynch, was killed in a fight and
on April 27 Eamon de Valera ordered
his followers to cease hostilities and
negotiate peace. The Dublin govern-
ment refused to treat with him and
on August 15 he was placed under ar-
rest.
Chinese factions fought bitterly
throughout the entire year, and in Oc-
tober President Li Yuan-hung was suc-
ceeded by Marshal Tsao-kun. Con-
siderable excitement was caused in
May by the capture of a number of
foreigners by Chinese bandits, who de-
manded’ large ransom and immunity.
The prisoners included several
Americans and English, and for a time
armed intervention by their govern-
ments seemed likely. However, the
Pekin government bought off the out-
laws after long negotiations.
In Russia, as the soviet rulers grad-
ually modified their Communistic poli-
cies, there seemed to be steady prog-
ress toward stability. Most other na-
tions still withheld recognition of the
Moscow government, but a number of
them made commercial arrangements
Zepllak and Vicar General Butchka-
vich of the Roman Catholic church to
death for revolutionary activities. The
latter was executed, but Zepllak’s sen-
tence was commuted to ten years’ im-
prisonment.
Early in December another revolu-
tion was attempted in Mexico, the
leader being Adolfo de la Huerta who
was offended because President Obre-
gon would not support his candidacy
for the presidency. The revolt spread
rapidly, but before the month closed
Obregon seemed to have the situa-
tion well in hand.
INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR
Only one really big strike marred
the record of the year in the United
States, and that did not last long. The
miners in the anthracite fields and
their employers tried in vain to fix a
new wage scale and working condi-
tions, and on August 21 they broke off
negotiations. With the approval of
President Coolidge, Governor Pinchot
of Pennsylvania undertook to handle
the problem, and proposed a compro-
mise on August 29. The strike began
officially two days later, but the nego-
tiations were continued. Pinchot’s
plan was accepted September S and
the miners resumed work on Septem-
ber 20. ,
At various times during the year the
railway labor board adjusted the
wages of certain classes of rail work-
ers, usually raising them. Some of
the roads made separate agreements
with their employees, giving them in-
creased pay. April 9 the steel indus-
try raised the wages of common labor
11 per cent and adjusted file j5ay of
other classes, and on April 13 the Chi-
cago packing house employees and
building trade workers were given an
increase. The steel makers had been
attacked bitterly for maintaining the
twelve-hour day, and on August 2 El-
bert H. Gary of the U. S. Steel corpo-
ration announced its elimination.
The American Federation oi Labor
met in annual convention In Portland,
Ore., and, among other acts, voted
against the formation of a political
labor party and also against the rec-
ognition of the Russian Soviet govern-
ment. The advocates of these meas-
ures and indeed all the more radical
factions in the federation were routed
by President Gompers, who was re-
elected.
DISASTERS
Unequaled in modern times was the
disaster that befell Japan on Septem-
ber 1 when violent earthquake shocks
and resultant fires destroyed Yoko-
hama entirely and about two-thirds of
Tokyo and ruined many smaller towns.
The number of killed was estimated
at 225,000, and the injured at more
than half that number. Though many
of the houses were flimsy, the prop-
erty loss was enormous. The hun-
dreds of thousands of refugees suf-
fered severely, but the American gov-
ernment and the American Red Cross
were swift with relief measures, and
other nations joined in the work.
Shiploads of food and millions of dol-
lars were rushed to the stricken land,
and the Japanese government was ma-
terially aided in its task of rebuilding
the ruined cities.
Among other serious disasters of
the year were: January 3, twenty per-
sons killed by collapse of a bridge at
Kelso, Wash.; February 8, mine ex-
plosion at Dawson killed 120, and one
at Cumberland, B. C., killed 30; Feb-
ruary 18, twenty-two patients and
three attendants were killed in insane
asylum fire on Ward’s island, New
York; March 10, Greek transport sank
with 150 soldiers; April 6, tidal waves
in Corea and Japan killed 600; May
14, Hot Springs, Ark., partly de-
stroyed by flood and fire; May 17,
seventy-three killed in burning of a
schoolhouse at Cleveland, S. C.; June
10, disastrous floods In Kansas, Okla-
homa and Colorado; June 15, thou-
sands of Persians killed by earth-
quakes; June 18, several towns de-
stroyed by eruption of Mt. Etna; Au-
gust 14, coal mine explosion at Kem-
merer, Wyo., killed 98; August IS,
Hongkong badly damaged by typhoon;
August 22, miliion-dollar flood in Ar-
kansas valley, Colorado; September 8,
nine U. S. destroyers wrecked on Cali-
fornia coast, 23 lives being lost; Sep-
tember 15, typhoon and floods killed
5,000 in Japan; September 17, large
part of Berkeley, Cal., destroyed by
flames; September 27, forty killed in
Burlington train wreck at Lockett,
Wyo.; November 13, earthquake in
Shansi province, China, killed 1,500;
December 1, nearly oOO killed by burst-
ing of dam near Bergamo, Italy; De-
cember 9, nine killed and many in-
jured in wreck of the Twentieth Cen
tury train* at Forsythe, N. Y.; Decem-
ber 15, destructive earthquake in
Colombia and Ecuador.
astronomer; ex-Senator J. A. Hemen-
way of Indiana; Prof. W. C. Roentgen,
discoverer of the X-ray; Judge Martin
Knapp of.the federal court of appeals;
Bishop C. D. Williams of Michigan;
frince Miguel de Praganza; Theophilfl
Juelcasse, French sCntesman; Mrs. John
A. Logan; Georg* R. Peck, lawyer
and orator; Charlemagne Tower,
American statesman; ex-Senator G. C.
Perkins of California; Frederic De
Belleville, actor; ex-Senator J. R. Bur-
ton of Kansas.
In March: Congressman W. Bourke
Cockran of New York; William G.
Beale, Chicago lawyer; Orson Smith,
Chicago banker; Charles Ds Norton,
New York banker; Chancellor J. R.
Day, educator; Dr. G. Frank Lydston,
noted surgeon; Dr. John M. McBryde,
southern educator; M. D. Campbell,
member of federal reserve board; Sen-
ator S. D. Nicholson of Colorado; Mme.
Sarah Bernhardt, actress; Congress-
man John R. Tyson of Alabama; Gen-
eral Manoury, French war hero; E.
D. Hulbert, Chicago banker.
In April: Earl of Carnarvon; Hor-
ace Boies, former governor of Iowa;
Rear Admiral H. S. Knapp; Mother
Superior General Carmela of the Fran-
ciscan nuns; Stuyvesant Fish, finan-
cier and railway man; George A. Yule,
Wisconsin financier; W. T. Hazen, for-
mer chief of United States secret serv-
ice; Taylor Granville, actor and play-
wright; Jess Dandy, comedian; Bish-
op Daniel Tuttle; ex-Governor Fred
M. Warner of Michigan; Rev. Dr. G.
C. Houghton, pastor of the “Little
Church Around the Comer’’ In New
York; Maj. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin; A.
B. Seelenfreud, international secretary
of B’nai B’rith; Senator Knute Nel-
son of Minnesota; Mrs. Matthpw T.
Scott, D. A. R. leader; Emerson
Hough, author; Bishop Alfred Harding
of Washington.
In May : Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles;
Howard Saxby, lecturer; Congressman
John W. Rainey of Chicago; Sadie
Martinot, one-time musical comedy
star; Brig. Gen. H. M. Robert; N. C.
Wright, publisher of Toledo Blade; Dr.
J. A. Macdonold, former editor of the
Toronto Globe; A. G. Webster, physi-
cist; Dr. T. N. Ivey, editor of South-
ern Christian Advocate; George Jay
Gould; Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld, veteran
musical educator; O. B. Halvorsen,
Norwegian statesman; Capt. H. W.
Baker, ship owner of Detroit; ex-Gov-
ernor J. W. Folk of Missouri; Congress-
man Claude Kitchin of North Carolina.
In June: Judge Thomas G. Wlndes,
Chicago jurist; Pierre Loti, French
writer; Maurice Hewlett, English nov-
elist; John McParland, president of
International Typographical union;
Paul Cornoyer, American artist; Mil-
ward Adams, theatrical producer of
Chicago; Edward R. Potter, sculptor.
In July: A. W. Marchmont, English
novelist; Dr. J. G. Kiernan. alienist of
Chicago; Bishop James Ryan of Al-
ton, 111.; Mrs. Cyrus McCormick, phil-
anthropist and widow of harvester
manufacturer; Vice Admiral de K$n—
NECROLOGY
Death reaped his usual harvest of
prominent men and women in 1923.
The more notable of his victims were]
in January: W. T. Whiting, Wisconsin
paper mill magnate; Edwin Stevens,
actor; Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond, spir-
itualist leader; Dr. Emil G. Hirsch,
eminent rabbi of Chicago; George
Hamlin, singer; Constantine, former
king of Greece; W. M. Moore, finan-
cier; Alexandre Ribot, French states-
man; Frederic Harrison, English his-
torian ; Wallace Reid, motion picture
star; Max Nordau, German philoso-
pher; Dr. Paul Reinsch, former min-
ister to China; Dr. W. S. Haines, toxi-
cologist of Chicago; Henry Clews, New
York hanker.
In February; Bishop C. J. O’Reilly
Throughout the year mvaitc*. with the soviet regime. The Russian I of Lincoln. Neb.; Cardinal Pvinsco,
ue out the year the royalist# Wpreaie court condemned Archbishop * archbishop of Naples. E. E. Barnard,
of France; former Supreme court Jus-
tice William R. Day; Helen Ring Rob-
inson, Colorado’s first woman senator;
Congressman Luther W. Mott of Os-
wego, N. Y.; Albert Chevalier, Eng-
lish actor; Dr. L. Wilbur Messer, Y.
M. C. A. leader; Louis Couperus,
Dutch novelist; John M. Siddall, edi-
tor of American Magazine; Judge W.
H. Gabbert, Colorado jurist; Rear Ad-
miral C. D. Sigsbee; William Holabird,
Chicago architect; Gen. Francisco Vil-
la, ex-leader of Mexican rebels; Sir
Charles Hawtrey, English actor.
In August: Warren G. Harding,
President of the United States; Col.
John I. Martin, veteran sergeant at
arms of Democratic national conven-
tions; Mrs. Candace T. Wheeler, au-
thor; Prince Fabrlzio Colonna, Italian
statesman; Randall Parish, author;
Juaquln Sorolla, Spanish painter;
Frank D. Weir, noted horseman;
Charles Archer, English actor; Marie
Wainwright, actress; Ralph L. Polk,
publisher of city directories; Baron
Kato, premier of Japan; Kate Douglas
WIggin, author; Alonzo Kimball, ar-
tist; Princess Anastasia of Greece,
formerly Mrs. W. B. Leeds; Thomas
Mosher, publisher.
In September: Edward Payson Dut-
ton, publisher; W. R. Thayer, author
and journalist; Dr. C. F. Mlllspaugh,
botanist of Chicago university; Paul
J. Rainey, explorer; Max Bohm, ar-
tist ; Dr. Edward Ryan, noted Red
Cross worker in Persia; Viscount Mor-
ley, English statesman and author;
Chauncey I. Filley, former Republican
leader in Missouri; Chief Justice C.
L. Brown of Minnesota supreme court;
Edwin G. Cooley, Chicago educator;
Sir Halliday Croom, British surgeon.
In October: J. W. Bengough, Ca-
nadian poet and artist; Oscar Brown-
ing, English historian; Prof. Malcolm
McNeil of Lake Forest university; ex-
Governor H. H. Marram of Cali-
fornia; Ralph Peters, president Long
Island railway; Dr. Boris Sidis, psy-
chopathologist; Dr. C. P. Steinmetz,
famous electrician; Andrew Bonar
LaV, former British prime minister.
In November: G. R. Huntington,
president Soo railway; S. R. McCall,
Massachusetts statesman ; Frederick L.
Rawson, English metaphysician; Clif- ,
ford Thorne, noted lawyer of Iowa;
Anthony Caminetti, former commis-
sioner of immigration; G. C. Taylor,
president American Railway Express
company; Frederick Dixon, former edi-
tor Christian Science Monitor.
In December: Earl of Loreburn, for-
mer British lord chancellor; A. O.
Bunnell, veteran newspaper editor of
Dansville, N. Y.; Sir William Mac-
Kenzie and Baron Shaughnessy, Cana-
dian railway magnates; John R.
Rathom, editor of Providence Journal,;
William A. Pinkerton. . fatuous detec-
tive; Lawrence Spjf&y, American
aviator, drowned in English channel;
ex-Congressman Ben T. Cable ot Illi-
nois; Dr. Harold N. Moyer ma.-d
alienist of Chicago,
C®. 1821. Weswvc Ntvr,
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