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SHINER GAZETTE. SHINER. TE]
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Tonology
of'the
T'ear 1924
Compiled By E. W. PICKARD
m*
(©, 1925, Western Newspaper Union.)
INTERNATIONAL
Jan. 2—Bulgaria gave ex-King Fer-
dinand permission to return, and Yugo-
slavia sent an ultimatum to Sofia, ob-
jecting to this, to the secret Increase
of the Bulgarian army and to Bulga-
rian menace to Aegean ports.
Jan. 14—Committee or experts head-
ed by General Dawes bega.n examina-
tion of Germany's capacity to pay.
Jan 23—Anglo - American liquor
search and ship liquor treaty signed.
Jan. 27—Italy and Yugo-Slavia
signed treaty of friendship.
Jan. 31—Great Britain recognized
Soviet Russian government.
Feb. 10—Italy recognized Russian
government. , „ ,
Feb. 13—Norway recognized Russian
government. ,
Feb. 16—Naval disarmament confer-
ence opened in Rome.
Feb. 21 — Fifty-seven Americans
awarded $1,000,000 in claims growing
out of Lusitania sinking.
Feb. 25—League of Nations naval
disarmament conference broke up in
a row .
March 5—Council of ambassadors
decided to discontinue military control
in Germany. , _ .
March 8—Greece recognized Russian
government.
April 9—Reports of the Dawes com-
ilttee of experts on Germany sub-
litted. .
.April 11—Reparations commission
moved Dawes committee report and
^ed allies a:.d Germany to accept it.
aril 15—German government ac-
Ld Dawes committee report.
Yil 26—Gre.at, Britain, Belgium,
Japan and Yugo-Slavia accepted
plan; France demanded its re-
K8—Japan formally protested to
[States against Japanese exclu-
luses in immigration law.
KL^-Seviet / Russian government
&ed by-lljfTha ,
6—U. States and Canada
treaty '^liesigned to suppress
tng of liquor and narcotics.
7_For first time in history a
was transported by airplane,
eBourget to Amsterdam.
10—MisS Eleanor M. Green or
ork wedded to Prince Viggo of
Danish family.
ne 13—Treaty signed providing for
uation of Santo Domingo by Unit-
Rates military forces,
me i6—Hialmar Branting, Sweden,
ted president of International La-
conferenoe.
eat Britain demanded1 from Mex-
an explanation of the expulsion of
[•don Cummins, its agent,
me IS—‘Great Britain severed rela
s with Mexico.
lieut<. Dl Muyters of Belgium won
nett’ balloon race for fourth time,
ericari r»*p!y to Japanese protest
elusion was that right to regulate
atid'i was never surrendered
Kt miajusion act differs from old
irtfnf only in being made statute
inmerk recognized Russian Soviet
, ..JSKy 15—Owen D. Young of New
SfeM' accepted position as fiscal agent
gggfgglyTes v lan; allied premiers opened
in London.
R. 18—Maj. Robert Imbrie, Amer-
ioe consul in Teheran, Persia,
Td by religious fanatics.
$0—Allied military control com-
Labor chief, became prime minister
and announced his cabinet.
Jan. 24—Premier Poincare submitted
to French chamber a balanced budget.
Jan. 26—Prince Regent Hlrohito of
Japttn and Princess Nagako married.
Jan. 29—President Obregon's forces
took Esperanza from Mexican rebels,
who sustained heavy losses.
Turkey abandoned prohibition and
made liquor a state monopoly.
Jan 31—Serious anti-government
riots in Tokyo; diet dissolved and new
elections ordered. , „
Feb. 2—Alexis I. Rykov elected first
prime minister of Soviet Russia to suc-
ceed Lenin.
Feb. 3—Mexican rebels, defeated at
Cordoba, evacuated Vera Cruz.
Feb 4—Venlzelos resigned as pre-
mier of Greece; Karfandarls succeeded
him.
Feb. 13—Bavarian separatists mas-
sacred by nationalists in Plrmasens and
Kaiserlauten. ,
Feb 17—Separatist government In
the Palatinate superseded by interal-
lied commission.
March 3—Turkish assembly deposed
the caliph and abolished the caliphate.
March 8—Greek cabinet resigned;
Papanastasion became premier.
March 13—German relchstag dis-
solved. , ^ .
March 16—Horacio Vasquez elected
president of Santo Domingo.
March 19—Honduran rebels routed
forces of dictators and took Teguci-
galpa; United States marines landed.
March 22—Persian parliament de-
posed shah and put his two-year-old
son on throne.
March 25—Greek assembly voted to
depose the Glucksbourg dynasty and
for establishing of a republic, subject
to result of plebiscite.
March 30—German People's party
declared for democratic monarchy.
April 1—Ludenaorff freed. Hittler
and others convicted of treason in Mu-
nich “putsch.”
April 6—Italian elections won by the
Fascisti.
April 13—Greeks voted for a repub-
lic.
May 4—German relchstag elections
won by parties supporting Dawes plan.
May 5—Honduras factions and Cen-
tral American nations signed treaty
of peace on United States cruiser.
May 11—Premier Poincare’s National
bloc defeated in French elections by
Socialists, radicals and Communists.
May 13—Premier Poincare of France
and cabinet resigned, effective June 1.
May 26—Cabinet of Chancellor Marx
of Germany resigned.
May 31—Insurrection broke out In
Albania.
June 1—Chancellor Seipel of Austria
wounded by Communist.
June 2—General Averescu led great
peasant protest against Bratiano gov-
ernment of Rumania.
Albanian government resigned as
rebels attacked Scutari.
June 3—Chancellor Marx of Germany
and his cabinet reappointed.
June 6—German reichstag adopted
Dawes reparations plan.
June 7—Francois-Marsal formed new
French government.
Japanese cabinet resigned.
June 10—French parliament defeated
Francois-Marsal cabinet and President
Millerand resigned. Herriot elected as
premier.
June 13—Gaston Doumergue elected
President of France.
Albanian revolutionists victorious,
having captured Tirana.
June 14—Premier Herriot of France
completed his radical Socialist cabinet.
June 16—Mussolini's rule in Italy
threatened because of kidnaping and
murder of Matteotti, a Socialist deputy.
June 17—South African elections won
by Nationalist-Labor coalition. Gen-
eral Smuts defeated.
June 18—Mussolini by energetic ac-
tion survived crisis in Italy.
June 20—Failure announced of third
attempt to scale Mount Everest, two of
party being killed.
July 7—Plutarco Elias Calles elected
President of Mexico.
July 28—Brazilian government troops
drotte rebels from Sao Paulo after 23
days of fighting.
Aug. 28—Revolt against bolshevism
began in Georgian republic.
Aug. 29—Chinese armies, confronting
each other near Shanghai, threatening
renewal of civil warfare.
Dec. 15—Chancellor Marx
irajiy and cabin©1; resigned.
of Ger-
DOMESTIC
^and acti^^Rusaian Treaates- n m----— -----
-Allies and Germans reached
Putting Dawes plan
vujitng uawes plan Sept. 9—Resignation of president
'j»in,rnn o6 Promised to evacu- Al.esss.ndiT of Chile, forced by -iajtgCK-
arrv^
L—Am eric
„ two towns in 6a-
^iprovad of London
P-French nf .APUriAee
ion-ion agreement, --'.v -
?6—-French senates approved
greement.
9—German relchstag passed
for rutting the Dawes plan
ation. _ ,
,0—Dawes plan agreement for-
med in London.
1—League of Nations assembly
ing Giuseppe Motta of Swttz-
president.
•Germany made initial pay-
,000,000 under Dawes plan.
f—Seyfnour Parker Gilbert.
appoKnted permanent agent
reparations.
. Assembly of League of Na-
pted Franco-British plan for
rament conference.
27—Japan refused to sign
Nations peace plan because,
M wars based on internal
ions
•j (\ jx r\o~—— --
nf Nations surrendered to., Ja
° - \an authorizing leag"
Sept. 7—Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian
war lord, declared war on the Peking
government.
I
lean""sallbra landed in Honduras
.poi.Ke of revolutionary movement.
12—Trotzk'y sent to the Cau-
.llTs to suppress rebellion in Georgia
a f Se pi. 2 6-—S p a n 1 s h tr do ps ad ml nis te red
to Moroccan rebels severe defeat and
relieved besieged garrisons.
Sept 30—France^ifurned out balanced
budget for first t>ffie in ten years.
Oct. 3—King Hussein of Hedjaz ab-
dicated at demand Af citizens of Mecca
Hfei J eddah
^B-.-A^ltration commission of
~ w
congr
tnbly
pro-
snt with
nchuria,
Chinese
Irmttnc^an aumoriiius ««
ftrate inteVal affairs of natl
" flipa* - xAmerican cony
in Atlanta,v&a.;,
2—League of ^tiona^aflf
d arbitration and J#urF
of Nations council
jlo-Turkish dispute
VVk. , ___ ..elds.
l^W-France recognized the So-
vernro'
with Japanese amesjd:
4—Russia signed agre.
g Tso Lin, war lcgd off
over management., diplomatic
ern railway ancj .°fillnspp|al.
■es in Peking md * man 0f $200,-
,ct' io—Dawes pl»vorld.
000 offered to tb.ain and Turkey
)ct. 11—Great Ever Mosul,
bllizlng to figtand Belgium began
[Oct. 21—Frttnfjon of the Ruhr.
Vonomic evacb closed her consulates
|Oct 2"
Gre
LOcts <?«.-
a________________
r.r govern merit of Russia.
Jconorrilc • evacuation of the Ruhr
Rhineland’completed.
>ct. 29—League council ordered sta-
quo maintained in Mosul region.
-Jov. 3—Persia, yielding to United
jites' demand, executed more of Im-
je's slayers
Iov. 14—Agreement signed for re-
siding of Poland’s debt of $178,560,-
to United States.
klo-Y. I?—International conference on
ium trade opened In Geneva.
|>Iov. 21—New British government re-
nted the Anglo-Russian treaties ne-
gated with the MacDonald cabinet,
lov. 22—Great Britain demanded
n Egypt indemnity of $•2,300,000 for
rder of Sir Lee Stack, sirdar; apol-
., punishment of assassins and con-
lions concerning the Sudan,
lov. 23—Egypt refused part of Brit-
ldemands, but paid the indemnity.
Wv. 26—League of Nations received
Fpt's protest against action of Great
Lain
27—Czechoslovakia and Austria
Fed commercial treaty,
be. 1—Egyptian government yielded
British demands.
penty-six nations in International
[n conference voted in favor of the
jean plan for suppression of the
4—Anglo-German commercial
made public.
^rwav and Austria signed commer-
j—United States accepted League
ins invitation to participate In
tnai conference on limitation
arms.
tElritish government pro-
kt registration by Irish
Lth League of Nations of
$aty.
iREIGN
Klego Kiyoura made
elected president
LCordova elected
jrnment in
lonald.
Oct. 5—Chang. Tso Lin won big vic-
t0Emfr AU?kon of ex-Iving Hussein,
aeceDted^rone of Hedjay.
Oct W— British Labor 'government
defea"t/<l in house of comrN>ns on vote
of
Ch/ng's Manchurian troops won big
batH? near Shanhalkv/ai/ and occupied
*9— British parlia/nent prorogued
•{(i /a- e«t) election s/t for Oct., 29.
—. ,;.,i/,rrann “fected President
s<Too Lolorzano
a* /Nicaragua.
Oct. 12—Dirigible
iany for United ■
R-3. built in Ger-
States, started on
flight to America.
Oct. 13—Shanghai abandoned by
Chekiang generals. All foreign de-
fense forces mobilized.
Oct. 20—German reichstag dissolved,
Chancellor Mhrx having failed to re-
organize the cabinet satisfactorily.
Peking forces lost 10,000 men In two
days' battle.
Oct. 21—German Nationalist party
declared in favor of restoration, of
monarchy and against Versailles treaty
and Dawes plan.
Oct. 22—General Feng Yu-hsiang
seized control of Peking and called a
peace conference.
Oct. 23—Ontario province voted to
retain the temDerance act.
Oct. 25—President Tsao Kun of China
resigned.
Oct 29—Conservatives won . great
victory in British parliamentary elec-
tions; Labor government beaten and
Liberals almost -wiped out.,
N0V. j.—Gen. Gerardo Machado, Lib-
eral, elected President of Cuba.
Nov. 4—MacDonald cabinet in Eng-
land resigned and Stanley Baldwin was
entrusted with job of forming new
government.
Nov. 6—Baldwin government took
office in England with Winston
Churchill, Liberal free trader, in cabi-
net.
Monarchist military party in power
in Y'ugo-Slavla, with Pachitch as pre-
mier. . ,
Nov. 7—German budget balanced for
first time since the war.
Nov. 18—Chancellor Seipel of Aus-
tria resigned and was succeeded by
Rudolph Ramek.
Gen. Wu Pei-fu reached Hankow and
established an Independent military
government of Yangtse and Yellow
river provinces.
French parliament granted amnesty
to Caiilaux and Maivy, convicted of
treachery during war.
Nov. 13—Cabinets of Finland apd
Portugal resigned.
Nov. 20—Sir Lee Stack, sirdar of
Egypt, assassinated by an- Egyptian.
Nov. 23—Mussolini averted attack in
parliament by promising' to punish
Fascist! excesses »nd curb Fascist ut-
terances.
Nov 22—Ismet Pasha resigned as
premier of Turkey and was- succeeded
by Fethi B^y.
Nov. 24—Tuan Chi-jul inaugurated
as chief of -,ew Chinese government.
Premier Zaghloul Pasha of Egypt,
yielding to part of Britain's demands
because of murder of Sir Lee Stack, re-
signed. Zitvar Pasha became premier.
Nov. 28—British Sudanese regiment
at Khartum mutinied and battled with
loyal troops.
Nov. 29—Sudan mutineers surren-
dered. ,
Nov. 30—General Calles Inaugurated
President of Mexico.
Dec. 1—Communist revolt in Es-
thonia quickly suppressed.
Dec. 6—Rival war lords of China
quit fighting by agreement.
Dec. 7—Parties supporting German
republic won reichstag elections.
Dec. 9—King George, opening parlia-
ment, said Great Britain would build
the Singapore naval base.
Jan. 1—United States fleets sailed for
winter maneuvers at Panama.
Jan. 8—Minneapolis Chamber of Com-
merce ordered by federai trade board
to stop unftpJr tactics against farmers
co-operative market.
Jan. 9—Radical Republican senators,
combining with Democrats, elected
Senator Smith of South Carolina chair-
man of Interstate commerce committee,
defeating Senator Cummins.
Jan. L5—Democrats selected New
York and the week of June 26 as place
and date for their national convention.
Jan. 21—Senate committee heard
sensational testimony concerning lease
of Teapot Dome oil reserve to Sinclair.
War Finance corporation went to res-
cue of failing banks In Northwest
wheat region.
Jan 29—President Coolidge named
Silas H. Strawn, Chicago, Republican,
and T. W. Gregory, Texas, Democratic,
special counsellors in naval oil reserve
lease cases. •
Jan. 31— Senate adopted resolution
for annulment of naval reserve oil
Feb.'. 2—Albert B. Fall refused to
testify in oil lease Inquiry; President
Coolidge name! Atlee Pomerene, Ohio,
as counsellor ir. place of T. W. Greg-
ory
Feb. 3—Former President Woodrow
Wilson died.
Feb. 4—Charles Henry Levermore,
Philadelphia, announced as Bok peace
plan contest winner. , ..
Feb. 11—Senate passed resolution
asking President Coolidge to demand
resignation of Secretary of Navy
Denby, and President refused.
Feb. 14—Strawn’s nomination as spe-
cial oil case counsel withdrawn.
Fieb. 15—Owen J. Roberts of Phlla*
delphia named oil counsel by Presi-
dent.
Feb. 16—J. P. Morgan gave his $(,-
000,000 library to public as memorial
to his father, who founded iti
Feb. 18—Secretary of the ^avy
Denby resigned, effective March 10.
Feb. 19—House as committee of the
whole voted for Democratic tax plan.
Feb. 21—President Coolidge
nated Charles B. Warren of Detroit to
be ambassador to Mexico.
Feb. 29—C. R. Forbes, former direc-
tor of veterans’ bureau, indicted by
federal grand jury in Chicago.
House passed compromise tax reduc-
tion L 111.
March 1—Senate passed resolution to
investigate Attorney General Daugh-
March 12—Senate Investigation of
Attorney General Daugherty opened
with sensational evidence of question-
abMarch1Si3—Chief Justice Curtis D.-
Wilbur of California Supreme court
appointed secretary of the navy.
March 17—United States army avia-
tors began flight around world from
Santa Monica, Cal. .
March 18—Soldiers’ bonus bill passed
by house, 355 to 54.
Senate adopted resolution for con-
stitutional amendment to have Presi-
dents inaugurated the third Monday in
January and new congress to go into
office 'he first Monday in January after
election. . ,
Hugh S. Gibson confirmed as minis-
ter to Switzerland. , . .
March 24—Archbishops Mundelein of
Chicago and Hayes of New York ele-
vated .o the cardinalcy.
March 28—Attorney General Daugh-
erty resigned at request of the Presl-
dent. ,
April 2—President Coolidge named
Harlan FIske Stone of New York to be
attorney general.
April 12—House passed immigration
bill Including Japanese exclusion
April 18—Senate by a vote of 62 to
6 passed bill excluding Japanese Immi-
grants and reducing European Immi-
gration 50 per cent.
April 22—Harry K. Thaw declared
sane by Philadelphia jury. .
April 23—Senate passed the ,»onus
bill.
April 25—W. T. Van Orman won na-
tional balloon race in Goodyear III.
April 26—House adopted resolution
for child labor amendment to Consti-
tution ,
April 28—Gov. W. T. McCray of
diana convicted of using: mails to
fraud. , as *
April - ;>
-"‘£prTf~lJD—^Former, Governor McCray
of Indiana sentenced to ten years In
prison and fined $10,000.
May 3—President Coolidge vetoed
the Bursum pension increase bill.
May 5—Senate adopted Democratic
tax reduction bill. i-
May 7—Methodist general conference
accepted unification plan of north and
south branches.
May 10—Senate passed tax bill as
revised by Democrats.
May 11—Major Martin and Sergeant
Harvey reached Port Moller, Alaska,
11 days after their plane was wrecked.
May 12—Congressman Langley of
Kentucky found guilty on rum plot
charge and sentenced to two years in
prison. ' ’
May 13—Senate by margin of one
vote sustained President’s veto of Bur-
sum pension bill.
May 15—President Coolidge vetoed
the soldiers’ bonus bill.
May 17—House overrode veto of
bonus bill, 313 to 78.
Army world aviators flew from Attu
to Paramashiru island, Japan.
May 18—Cyrus Woods resigned as
ambassador to Japan.
May 19—Senate passed bonus bill
over veto, 59 to 26. and it became law.
May 28—Army flyers reached Minato,
Japan, and flew thence to Kasuml-
gaura, near Tokyo.
May 27—Methodist general confer-
ence modified the ban on dancing and
theaters.
June 2—President Coolidge signed
the tax reduction bill.
Senate passed resolution proposing
twentieth amendment to Constitution
by which congress is given power to
control labor of persons under
eighteen. *
June 3—McNary-Haugen farm relief
bill defeated in house.
June 4—American army aviators
flew from Japan to Shanghai.
June 5—House passed bill to set
aside big tract of land on upper Mis-
sissippi for wild life preserve.
June 7—Congress adjourned.
President Coolidge vetoed measure
allowing salary increase to postal em-
ployees.
June,9—Supreme court upholds coh-
stitutionality of law prohibiting sale
or importation of malt liquor for medi-
cine.
June 10—American army flyers left
Hongkong for Haiphong, French Indo-
Chlna.
June 10—Republican national con-
vention opened in-.Cleveland. Ohio.
June 12—Calvin Coolidge and Charles
G. Dawes nominated by Republican na-
tional convention.
Bandits' held up mail train near Chi-
cago, getting loot estimated at $2,-
000.000.
June 17—Farmer-Labor progressive
convention opened in St. Paul.
June 18—American aviators flew 500
miles to Bangkok. Siam.
June 19—Farmer-Labor convention,
dominated by communists, nominated
Duncan McDonald of Illinois for Pres-
ident and William Bouck of Washing-
ton for vice president. Farmer dele-
gates bolted.
June 23—Lieut. Russell Maughan
flew across United States in 18 hours
20 minutes.
June 24—Democratic national con-
vention met in New York.
July 1—Coast-to-coast air mall serv-
ice inaugurated.
July 5—American flyers reached
Karachi, India. •
July 9—John W. Davis of West Vir-
ginia nominated by Democrats on one
hundred and third ballot as candidate
for presidency; Charles W. Bryan, gov-
ernor of Nebraska, nominated Tor vice
presidency
July 13—United States flyers reached
Vienna. Austria.
July 14—United States flyers given
big reception upon arrival ip Paris.
Jul/ 16—United States flyers reached
London.
July 21—Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb, both of Chicago, entered
plea of guilty to the charge of murder-
ing Robert Franks, fourteen-year-old
son of a mniionairib.
July 30—United States flyers flew
from Brough, England, to the Orkney
islands.
Aug. 3—Federation of Labor in-
dorsed LaFollette-Wheeler ticket.
Lieutenant Nelson. United States fly-
er, reached Iceland; Lieutenant Wade
forced down and his plane wrecked.
Aug. 5—Charles B. Warren resigned
as ambassador to Mexico.
Two United States flyers reached
Reykjavik, Iceland.
Aug. 12—Grand Army of Republic
held annual parade in Boston.
Aug 14—Dr. L. F. Arensberg, Union-
town, Pa , elected commander in chief
of G. A. R, /.
Aug 21—American aviators flew
from Iceland to Fredericksdal, Green-
land.
Aug. 26—Post Office Inspector W. J.
Fahy arrested In Chicago for com-
plicity in big mail robbery in June.
Edgar A. Bancroft of Chicago named
ambassador to Japan and James R.
Sheffleld of New York ambassador to
Mexico.
Aug 31—United States aviators flew
from Greenland to Indian Harbor, Lab-
rador
Sept. 8—Republicans won Maine elec-
tion. Ralph O. Brewster being elected
governor, and Senator Fernald re-
elected.
World flyers reached New York.
Sept. 9—President Coolidge greeted
the world flyers at Washington.
Sept. 10—Leopold and Loeb, brutal
young murderers of Chicago, given life
Imprisonment.
Sept. 12—First Defense day tests
participated in by many millions.
Sept. 13—General Pershing retired.
Sept, e r i ca n Legion conven-
tion opeiflU in St. Paul.
Sept. 19—Jamas A. Drain, Washing-
ton, elected commander of American
Legion.
Sept. 28—American flyers arrived at
Seattle, formally completing the cir-
cuit of the globe in five months and
t wen ty-(^7> -days.
Oct. 14—-United States Senator Frank
Brandegee of Connecticut committed
suicide in his Washington home.
Oct. 15—ZR-3, America’s German-
buMt airship, arrived 'at Lakehurst,
N. J
Oct. 24—Income taxes made public,
causing tvidespread protest.
Nov. 1^—Prieumonic plague broke out
in Los Angfeles. Many deaths.
Circle; statfe troops sent.
Nov. 4—Republicans swept the coun-
try in national elections except the
Solid South; Coolidge and Dawes elect-
ed by /10,0(10,000 plurality, with 382
1*otes ifi electoral college to 136 for
Davis Jnd Bryan and 13 for LaFollette
and Wheeler. New congress Repub-
lican. 1. , j ■.
Nov.I 7—New York law compelling
incorporated secret organizations to
make ktetnberships public upheld as
constitutional
Presi lent Coolidge appointed a com-
missiot: 1 to formulate farm legislation.
Nov. Ll—Theodore Douglas Robinson
appoim sd assistant secretary of the
navy. -x
Nov. 13—W M. Butler apDointed
senator ^rom Massachusetts to succeed
the lau Henry Cabot Lodge.
Cong jasman Hill of Maryland ac-
quitted n cider and wine-making trial.
Nov. !2—Secretary Wilbur’s annual
report howed the navy was steadily
and rat dly deteriorating
Nov. 24—Former Postal Inspector
W. J F hy convicted of $2,000,000 mail
robbery ear Chicago.
Nov. —United States Indicted New
York
erald-Tribune and publisher
and maiaging editor of Kansas City
Journal-post for printing income tax
returns.
Nov. 9—Secretary Weeks reported
the arm was unprepared to repel at
tack an air force was deficient
Dec. —Short session of congress
opened. ,, ... .....
Dec. 1—President Coolidge sent bud-
get menage , to congress, recommend-
reduction.
court quashed indictments
Kansas City editors for income
ci ty.
Dec. S^-President Coolldge’s message
congress, sounding note of
ing tax
Feder1
against
tax puo
read tc
peace, ifosperity and economy.
Dec.
visited
position
Dec.
awarde
000 for
lated t(
Dec.
—President and Mr:
Coolidge
ex-
3, Coo
Stock
International Live
in Chicago.
7—Dr. David Starr Jordan
Raphael Hermen prize of $25,-
best educational plan calcu-
maintain world peace.
—James B. Duke gave $46,000,-
000 andlGeorge Eastman gave $12,600,-
000 to plication and hospitals.
Dec. ![—New York Tribune Company
of 11 local l»-
acqu
co
ilbfaa of illegal
interior department
near Amalfi.
every
.appropniation rtipi carrying; total of
$238,000,000. ----i,
Dec-. 11—Sen-aw. passed $ ¥0,000,000
bill for rehabilitating the flivy.
Dec. 15—-Congress held 'memorial
meeting for Woodrow Wilson\
Dec. 16i—Governor-elect Hlrtm Bing-
ham of Connecticut elected s*hktor to
fill vacancy caused by death of Frank
B. Brandegee. v
Dec. 18—Body of Samuel tempers
interred at Tarrytown, N. Y. \
Dec. 20—Congress recessed lor the
holidays. . ’
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. 16—Harbor workers in
port of Norway went on strike.
Jan. 20—Engineers and flrera
British railways began strike agkl.tst
decrease of wages. \
Jan. 22—New York Central raised
wages of 15,000 employees. ,
Feb. 12—Five tnousand teamsterd tf
Chicago struck for more pay, winning
next day on a compromise.
Feb. 19—Three-year wage contract
sigmed for central bituminous field.
Feb. 27—Chicago garment workers
struck.
April 8—Fifty-five Western railways
gave 5 per cent wage increase to con-
ductors, brakemen and switchmen.
May 13—Western trunk lines submit-:
ted wage dispute with engineers and’
firemen to federal railway labor board
June 11—Caisson workers ended
strike in Chicago; work resumed on
many large buildings.
June 19—!- Post office employees of
Canada struck, tieing up._Dominlon s
postal service.
June 24—Forty thousand garment
workers struck in New York.
July 14—Shopcrafts and clerks'
unions of Pennsylvania railroad lost
$16,000,000 suit for back pay.
July 22—Federal trade commission
Issued a "cease and desist” order
against all steel corporations- using
Pittsburgh plus price system.
Aug. 27—Receivers named for Wil-
son & Co., great packing concern of
Chicago.
Aug 28—Pere Marquette road Joined
the Nickle Plate merger of the Van
Sweringen brothers.
Sept. 1—Federal trade commission
accused Chicago Retail Lumber Deal-
ers’ association of unfair competition.
Sept. 9—^Fatal plantation strike riots
in Hawaiian islands
Oct. 5—Aluminum Company of Amer-
ica accused of questionable practices
by tederal trade commission.
Oct. 6—Big riot of striking silk
..workers in Paterson. .N.. J;
Oct. 20—Supreme bourt ruled Fed-
eral courts roust grant jury trials in
contempt cases growing out of labor
disputes.
Nov.' 6—Federal Judge Wllkerson
upheld power of federal railway labor
board to compel witnesses to appear.
Nov. 15—Burley tobacco growers of
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and
Kentucky agreed to cut out the 1925
crop.
Nov. 17—Convention of American
Federation of Labor opened in El Paso,
Texas.
Nov. 21—National Grange in conven-
tion went on record against child la-
bor amendment tj Constitution.
Nov. 24—A. F. of L. voted against
support of new political party.
Wages of Maine textile workers re-
March 26—Landslide
Italy, killed 100 persons.
March 28—Twenty-six coal miners
killed by explosion at Yukon, W. Va.
April 28—Mine explosion at Wheel-
ing, W. Va., killed 111 men.
April 30—Tornadoes In Southern
states killed 113 and did vast damage.
May 27—Forty-five killed In torna-
does in Southern states. /
May 31—Twenty-two Inmates of de-
fective girls’ school near Los Angeles
burned to death.
June 12—Forty-eight seamen. Includ-
ing three officers, of the Pacific battle
fleet, killed in turret explosions on
battleship Mississippi.
June 28—Millions in property lost
and 150 dead in tornado which swept
Lvraln, Ohio.
July 27—Japanese steamship Is
•wrecked, 152 drowned
Aug. 14—Reports from China Bald
floods had caused over 13,000 deaths
and 15,000,000 were in danger of star-
vation.
Aug. 28—Eighty killed by hurricane
in Virgin islands.
Sept. 13—Earthquake in Turkey de-
stroyed 102 villages and killed hun-
dreds.
Sept. 16—Mine explosion at Sublet,
Wyp., killed 39.
Sept. 21—Storms In Wisconsin killed
53 persons.
Oct. 20—Fourteen killed and 15 hurt
by explosion on U. S. S. Trenton.
Nov. 12—Hundreds killed by earth-
quakes on Island of Java.
Nov 14—Million-dollar fire in Jersey
City, N. J., made 2,000 persons home-
Nov. 16—Fire on Jersey City docks
did $2,000,000 damage.
SPORTS
Jan. 12—Willie Hoppe beat Cochran
for world’s billiard title.
March 14—F. I. Fleming, Champaign,
IL., won national amateur three-cush-
ion title. ,
April 10—Willie Hoppe defeated
Edouard Horemans of Belgium, retain-
ing the 18-2 balkline title.
May 1—Ralph Greenleaf, Philadel-
phia, won world's pocket billiard title.
May 17—Black Gold won Kentucky
Derby.
May 25—Bob Cannefax won world’s
three-cushion billiard championship.
May 30—Joe Boyer, .Detroit, won In-
dianapolis 500-mile automobile race.
May 31—Tommy Gibbons defeated
Georges Carpentler of France.
Pennsylvania university won Ameri-
can Henley regatta.
June 6—Cyril Walker, Englewood, N.
J., won national open golf champion-
ship.
June 7—University of Minnesota won
intercollegiate rifle match.
June 17—University of Washington
won Poughkeepsie regatta.
June 20—Yale beat Harvard in an-
nual regatta.
June 27—Walter Hagen, American
pro, won British open golf champion-
ship.
July 5—Olympic games officially
opened in Paris.
July 12—Black Gold won Chicago
Derby.
July 13—America won its eighth con-
secutive Olympic track and field cham-
pionship In Paris games.
July 17—Yale won eight-oared Olym-
pic race.
July 19—Helen Wills and Mrs.
Wightman won women's doubles ten-
nis title in Olympic tourney.
July 20—Helen Wills and Vincent
Richards won Olympic tennis singles.
The United States led the world’s
nations in the Olympic standings with
83 points; France second with 40
points.
July 26—Jimmy Johnston of St. Paul
won Western amateur golf title.
Aug. 11—Edith Cummings won wom-
en’s amateur Western golf title.
Aug. 15—American athletes won first
place In Tallteann, Irish national
games, at Dublin.
Aug. 16—Helen Wills retained wom-
en’s national tennis championship.
Aug. 29—Grand American handicap
shoot won by H. C. Deck of Plymouth,
Ind.
Sept. 1—Wise Counsellor beat Epi-
nard in first international horse race.
Sept. 2—Bill Tilden retained national
tennis championship, defeating W. M.
Johnston.
Sept. 6—William Melhorn of St. Louis
won Western golf title.
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd won
women’s golf championship.
Sept. 11—Harry Wills defeated Luis
Firpo of Argentina in 12-round fight.
Sept. 12—American tennis tetlm de-
feated Australians, retaining Davis
Sept. 13—American
feated British
golf team de-
retainlng Walker
team,
CUSept. 16—American polo team won
second and deciuing game from Eng-
lish.
Sept. 20—Walter Hagen won profes-
sional golf championship
Sept. 37—Robert . T. Jones. Jr., At-
lanta, won national amateur golf cham-
pionship.
Ladkin defeated Epinard, French
horse, in second International race.
New YorK uiants won National
league pennant.
Sept 29—Washington Senators won
American league pennant.
Oct. 1—Commissioner Landis black-
'isted Jimmie O’Connell and Coach
Cozy Dolan of the Giants for trying to
bribe a Philadelphia player to Throw a
game.
Oct. 10—Washington Senators won
world’s championship.
Oct. 11—Sarazen beat Epinard in
third international race.
Oct. 13—Anthony WOostroff. Newark,
von National A. A. U. pentathlon.
Nov. 22—Yale beat Harvard at foot-
ball.
University of Chicago won Western
conference football championship.
Nov. 29—Army defeated Navy at
oiit' “
duced 10 per cent.
Njv. 25—Samuel Gompers re-elected
president of A. F. of L.
Nov. 29—Railway labor board voted
$4,000,000 wage Increase to engineers
and firemen on Western lines.
Dec. 4—Pan-American labor confer-
ence opened in Mexico City.
DISASTERS
Jan. 3—Explosion in starch factory
in Pekin, 111., killed 36.
Jan. 10—British submarine with crew
of 43 sunk in collision.
Jan. 25—Thirty-three coal miners
killed by explosion at Johnston City,
111.
Jan. 26—Coal mine explosion at
Shanktown, Pa., killed 40 men.
Feb. 5—Forty-two men killed when
pond broke through into iron mine
neui Crosby, Minn.
March i—Explosion of TNT at Nixon,
N. J. killed 18, injured scores and de-
stroyed the plant and town.
&&i.rch 8—Explosion entombed and
kilned 175 miners at Castle Gate, Utah.
football.
NECROLOGY
'Jan. 1—Mrs. Martha Foote Crow, au-
thor and educator, in Chicago.
Jan!, 2—Rev. S. Baring Gould, emi-
nent English author and hymn writer.
Nathan B. Scott, former United
States senator from West Virginia.
Jan. 9—Dr. Basil Glldersieeve, fa-
mous American savant.
Jan. • 7,5—Dr. Maurice Francis Egan,
American diplomat, author and educa-
tor. '
Jan. 21,—Nicolai Lenin, premier of
soviet Russia.
Gen. Lee 'Christmas, famous Ameri-
can soldier of fortune
Jan 27—W. W. Appleton, puolisher,
in New York.
Jan. 28—'Theophile Braga, ex-Presi-
dent of Portugal.
Feb. 3—Woodrow Wilson, twenty-
eighth President of the United States.
Feb. . 12—-DI. Jacques Loeb, ramou
biologist.
Feb. 18—-Rt. Rev. Alexander B. Gar-
rett, presiding bishop of Protestant
Episcopal church in America, at Dallas
Feb. 21—Congressman H. G. Dupre
of Louisiana.
Feb. 24—Former Congressman J. L.
Slayden of Texas.
Feb. 26—George Randolph Chester,
author and playwright. In New Yqirk.
Mrs. Lydia Coonly Ward, magazine
writer, in Chics-go.
March 6—Former Congressman J. M.
Levy of New York.
March S—A. H. Smith, president of
New York Central railway.
March 9—Daniel Ridgeway Knight,
American artist, in Paris.
March 10—Lopez Gulterrez, de facto
President of Honduras.
March 15—Judge F. ,E. Baker, United
States Circuit Court \ of Appeals, in
Chicago.
United States District Judge G. W
Jack of Louisiana. ‘ \
Dr. W. O. Stillman, he&d of American
Humane association, in A(lbany, N. Y.
March 20—Newton Fue&Vsle, American
novelist. \ .
March 30—Commander \Roy P. Em
rich, U. S. N. \
Dr. P. A. Baker, general superin-
tendent National Antl-Salodin league.
April 3—Charles A. Munn\ editor and
publisher Scientific American.
April 7—Marcus A. Smit\l^ former
senator from Arizona'. ~
April 10—Hugo Stinnes, \lndustrlal
magnate of Germany. |
April 14—Louis H. Sullivan,\ eminent
architect, in Chicago.
ago. (,
Boynton, prdf\rfbsor of
architecture, University
F. X. Leyendecker, Araericarf yijrtlst.
April 21—Eleonora Duse, \Amous
Italian actress, in Pittsburgh
Marie Corelli, noted Eriglish nMWelist.
April "’2—Lindjn W. Baites, An®y<lcan
waterway expert, In Parilf
April 24—G. Stanley \ Hall,
psychologist, at Worcestei\, Mass.
faiqoi
ss F. Murphy, chief-
tain Hall.
April 2T—J^C. Roberts, owner St.
Louis Star. -
May 1—Henry M. Byllesby, Chicago
financier and engineer.
May 2—Dean CL Worcester, sciential
and former secretary of interior
the Philippines.
May 6—Ka^e Claxton, once
actress.
May 11—EL. H. Windsor, publisher ,
Popular Mechanics. j
George Kennan. writer and travel!
May If—Baron Constant d’Estournl
les, French leader for disarmament.
May 20—Sir Edward Goschen. Brfl
ish diplomat.
May - 26—Victor Herbert, Americ*
composer.
June 8—E. C. Shankland, noted ch
engineer, in Chicago.
June 6—E. S. Bronson, president Nil
tional Editorial association, at
Reno, Okla
June 9—Peter Clark Macfarlane, au-1
thor and playwright.
June 17—FranP. G. Carpenter, Ameri-/
can traveler affti writer, in China.
June 18—Judge R. M. Wanamaker of
Ohio Supreme court.
July 5—A. A. Adee, second assistant
secretary of state.
July 7—Calvin Coolidge, Jr., younger
son of President Coolidge.
July 17—Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gard-
ner of Boston, patroness of art and
music.
July 18—Maj. Robert Imbrie. Ameri-
can vice consul at Teheran, Persia.
July 24—Palmer Cox, author of
"Brownib” stories for children.
July 28—Edward Peple, American
dramatist.
Aug. 2—George Shiras, Jr., former
Justice of United States Supreme court.
Aug. 3—Joseph Conrad, noted novel-
ist, in England.
Former United States Senator C. E.
Townsend of Michigan.
Aug. 6—Dr. R. G. LeConte of Phila-
delphia, famous surgeon.
Aug. 10—Mary Stuart Cutting, Amer-
ican novelist.
Aug. 14—Francis Perry Elliott,
American author.
Aug. 15—Dr. B. W. Slppey of Chi-
cago, famous stomach specialist.
Viscount Knollys of Englarid.
Dr. Richard Green Moulton, former
professor of literature. University of
Chicago, in England.
Aug. 18—LeBaron B. Colt, United
States senator from Rhode Island.
Aug. 20—Miss Lucy Page Gaston of
Chicago, noted anti-cigarette crusader.
Aug. 21—Charles B. Lewis (M Quad),
famous humorist, in Bfooklyn.
Sept. 1—Joe Boyer, automobile racer,
killed in race at Altoona, Pa.
John H. Blackburne, veteran English
chessmaster.
H. J. Case, Inventor of harvesting
machinery, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Lieut. Gen. S. B. M. Young, U. S. A.,
retired.
Sept. 3—Edward F. (Pop) Geero,
noted harness driver,
Dario Resta, automobile racer.
Maria T. Daviess, American author.
Sept. 15—Frank Chance, noted base-
ball leader.
Jimmie Murphy, automobile racer,
Charles Zeublin, educator and pub-
licist, in Switzerland.
Sept. 16—W. L. Douglas, ex-governor
of Massachusetts.
Sept. 19—John -W. Schaeberle,
tronomer, at Ann Arbor. Mich.
Sept. 22—Ex-Senator R. J. Gamble of
South Dakota.
Congressman W. R. Greene of Mas-
sachusetts.
Sept. 23—Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer,
President Harding’s physician, at Ma-
rlon, Ohio.
Sept. 25—Estrada Cabrera, ex-presi-
dent of Guatemala.
Charlotte Crabtree (Lotta), veteran
American actress, in Boston.
Oct. 2—Sir William Price, Canadian
capitalist.
Oct. 5—Warren Garst, former gov-
ernor of Iowa.
Oct-.'6—Dr. W. A. Shanklin, president
emeritus of Wesleyan university.
Oct. 7—Charles L. Hutchinson, Chi-
cago banker and art patron.
Oct. 9—Prof. W. A. Locy of North-
western university, noted zoologist.
Oct. 11—B. H Farr, leading author-
ity on peonies, in Reading, Pa.
Oct. 12—Anatole France, eminent
French writer.
Edgar L. Larkin, astronomer, Up-
land, CaJ.
Dr. L. c. Seelye*
Smith college. —— -
Oct. 14—United States Senator F
Brandegee of Connecticut.
Oct. 17—H. H. Kohlsaat/fortner flhl
cago newspaper publisher.
Oct. 18—Admiral Sir. Percy
British gunnery expert/
Oct. 22—F. Wight Neumann, Chicago,
noted impressario.
Dr. H. A. Buchtel, former governor
of Colorado.
Oct. 23—John E. Wright, former Chi-
cago journalist.
Oct. 25—Secretary' of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace.
Laura Jean Llbbey, noted novelist.
Henry S. Cooper, manufacturer, of
Kenosha, Wis.
Oct. 26j—Lew Dockstader, famous
minstrel.
Dr. C. F. Newcomb, Canadian an-
thropologist.
Oct. 27—Percy D. Haughton, noted
football coach.
Gen. yV. B. Haldeman, cammander In
chief of Confederate Veterans.
Albert H. Loeb, Chicago capitalist.
Oct. 28—James B. Forgan, veteran
Chicago banker.
Edward Bell, American charge d af-
faires In Peking. A
W. E. Lewis, publisher of New York
Telegraph. , _ „ ,
Thomas C. Harbaugh, writer of Nick
Carter stories.
Oct. 29—^Frances Hodgson Burnett,
author and playwright.
E. R. Sawyer, author of many “dims
novels.”
Nov. i—w. W. Slbray, assistant com-
mission 3r general of Immigration.
Nov. 2—Kai Netlsen, Danish sculptor.
T. E. Cornish, first president of Bell
Telephone company. ,
Michael Gavrilovich, Yugo-Slavian
minister to Great Britain.
Nov. 3—Ex-Senator Cornelius Cole of
California, aged one hundred and two.
Nov. 4—Ferdinand W. Peck, pioneer
Chicagoan.
Gabriel Faure, French composer.
Nov. 5—Gen. Anson Mills, U. S. A.,
retired, In Washington. _ .
Nov. 9—Henry Cabot Lodge, United
States senator from Massachusetts.
W. K. Kltchin, ex-governor of North
Carolina. v „ , ' ,
Nov. 14—Dr. Samuel Plantz, presi-
dent of Lawrence college, Appleton,
^ Nov. 15—Herman Mack, prominent
hotel man of Chicago.
Edwin S. Montagu, English states-
mNov. 16—Gus J. Karger, veteran
Washington correspondent.
E. E. Rice, veteran theatrical pro-
dUMrs. J. P. Morgan. Sr., in Highland
Falls, N. Y.
Nov 17—Mgr. Gregorius, ecumenical
patriarch of Greek Orthodox church. In
Constantinople.
Nov. 18—Ex-Congressman J. H. Ste-
PhAn8N°flicKay: general manager Salt
LaNov^l9—Cardinal Lope of Ireland.
Thomas H. Ince, moving picture pro-
ducer.
Nov. 20—Gen.
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Sir Lee Stack, sirdar/
—Mrs. Warren G. Harding, at
Nov
Marion, Ohio.
Nov. 22—Herman
Hyermans, Dutcl
Nov 27—Duke of Beaufort.
Nov 28—Dana M. Evans, athletic di-
rector of Northwestern university.
Nov. 29—Giacomo Puccini, famous
Italian composer. '
Dec. 2—Con T. Kennedy, noted out-
door showman. ^ x _
Dec. 5—Cipriano Castro, former Pres-
ident of Venezuela.
Dec e—Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter,
novelist.
W. C. Brown, former president New
York Central. > r
Bishop H. J. Alerding of Fort WJ.yne,
Ind.
£,ec 7—William C. Reick, journalist.
Dec 8—Chief Grand Rabbi Isaac
Friedman of Vienna. In. New Yopk.
Dec. 9—Mahlon Pitney, formqr Su-
preme court justice.
Dec. 10—August Belmont, financier
and sportsman.
Edward Holslag, American
Dec. 13—Samuel Gompers,
American Federation of Labor.
Deo. 14—Congressman T. F.
of New Jersey.
Martin H. Glynn, ex-floverno
York.
ar/tlst.
president
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