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lot under aupervlsl
Mirrk *4— I’relimlnary
ronfrrMr* adjourned
aflei Ureal Britain anil
ehlpe
lilt «<l -aattal
March 17—Mexican
Huber' C Wart mada chairman of
Republican national commit lea.
Juno tt—Gov At Smith of Now Torb
nominated for President by DlbarrU-
tc convention in Houston.
luno I* -Senator Joseph T HoMnaoa
af Arkanaae nominated by Democrat-
la convention for Vice President/'
. July ♦— Independence day accident*
la United States cauaed death of III
paraone
July •—Rccretnry of tbe Interior
Work named begird of engineer* to
atudr no it<ter cancon dem protect
July T—Secretarv of Commerce- Hoov-
er aent Ma reatanallon to Preeidenl
Coolldae >
July lb — Prohibition and Parraor-La-
bor national convantlona opened In
■* Ml earn conn bal- Prohibition defeated in Mow I
ion of Americana 1 tfniaa and Canberra. Auatralia.
•Inary disarmament Ahmad Conn became ktv>a of Al
■y dlaarmament
without reouli
in oroohaod re-
i—Mexican aovarnment la-
aued petroleum renulatlona recognla-
Ir.n r ghta of foralgnara In oil proper-
tlee prior to Iflt
April II—United ttataa government
organ sounding out the grant powera
on* multilateral treaty renouncing war
aa a ailioaal policy
April *1—Prance made public tie
diaft of treaty to end war
April *.■—John Bassett Moore re-
signed aa Amerb <n member of the
permanent court
lire
Haakob of Delaware
of Democratic aa-
of War Hanford
and 'President an
B. Robbins of
Chicago
July II—John J
elected chairmen
tlonal committee,
Parmer-lMbor party nominated den-
tor Norrle for Preeident and Will*Ver
oen of Georgia lor VIce President, beta
of whom declined
July II—Prohibition party nomi-
nated William Varney or New Torh
for President and James A. Kdgetletv
nf Virginia for Vice President.
July f*— Roy O. Went of Chicago ap-
pointed secretary of the Interior.
. July It—Capt. Charlpp Collyer and
John Mean com
Mare tt.ere.ubb ta J-----
oajro for medical research
ieveatoea bodies ukea from
Ian II—Mexican
bed by Hearat ■
■RM tovvnflgaHng
taken from
(Med by Han
hr annate
he forged.
Fifteen more bodies
Wreck of the S-4
• Jaa. lI-*-l>#moorat# selected Rone-
baa. Texas, for their national conven-
tion and set June IS for Its opening
• Mrs Ruth dnvder And Henry J Gray
electrocuted In ding ding tor murder
•f woman's husband
J mm. It—Preeident and Mra Cootldge
a aid aartv left Washington for Havana
Saha.
Jaa. It—Sanate adopted resolution
declaring vacant the seat of Senator-
Fleet Prank U Smith of llllnota.
President Coolidg# returnad to Wasb-
a John Mra re completed lour of globe Ip
jrar. t.3 j es&v.
search national chairman, severed bis copnec-
tlon with Osneral Motors
Jaly It—President Coolidg# spoka at
dedication of monument to Col Wil-
liam Colvili civil war bore, at Canaan
documents pah-
papera declared
commit ta# to
Falls. Mina.
Aug It—Shlp-io-anore airplane mall
aarvtce established at Now York.
Aag lb—President Cootldge approved
report ef board of engineers oa Hla-
albalpnl flood control.
Aug IT—decrelary of dtalp Kellogg
depa-ted for Parts ta alga anil-war
treaty.
Reuben Clark af Utah appointed pa-
ds r secretary of state.
Aua Tt —W P Whiting of Holyoke,
Maes., paper manufacturer, appointed
secretary of commerce and sworn la
Aug tb—Director of the Budget
Lord estimated the treasury deficit for
__ Albania
ae deanderbeg III
•tpi *—Chinese Nationalist _
cleaned ual a great pirate strongl
In Hlnnhws bay
dept II—Pour tbousand* revotullon-
driob if reeled ta Spain for alalliag
I against the dictatorship
June »—douthara Cross arrived nafe-
•y »t Brisbane. Auatralia.
IdOJmjSCSrSAi Brat maeter “jf*
deal 17—Mexican government or-
dered reopening of all closed churches
dint lb — Fascist grand c um-tl es-
tablished as supremp power
J
International las-
grsaua .srpwssf ssar
I lino I t_1 *ha i uoao Moltnwoltel anuaaa. (Lit
------ ----. _____la Italy
•apt *1—Mexican congress named
Emilio Portas OH arovlatonal Presi-
dent tor It months from December I
dept. Tb—Wwrdlah cabinet beaded by
Rknian resigned.
Oct. b—tjen Chians Kai-shek elected
M China by Nat tonal tot
Juan II—Chinese Nationalist govern-, , Oct lb—Hungarian government
nienl asked Ualted Siatss for rev let oa etesod four universities because of
of aeronaut ice
university
Jaa# lb—douthara
Sydney. Australia.
June It—Captain Carraaaa c
nonstop flight from Magics •
Washington
June IT—Amelia
rmpleted
CUV ta
pan ton# la airplaae Friendship, bopped
off tram TreMMdMMM^^^^H
.— _______N. F.
J»*» J*—Captain Amundaen and flve
comuanrone lost in attamat ta reach
Nobile early in plana.
. ,AJ/Prlaadablp landed la Marry
Inlet. Wales
Jane-|b—Major Maddalana reached
- Jay __
Nobile an-1 flve companions by airplaae.
Juno t4—Swedish airman rear wed
Fora resented
af I reallea
July U-Chllo and
diplomatic relations.
July II—Japanese troops In Shan-
tung killed many Chinese In baftla.
July It—lapua refused ta accept
Chinese National lets' repsdlatloa of aa-
saual treat lap.
July lb—Ualtsd ate tee offered Na-
tionalist government of China a new
autonomy treaty aa step toward rec-
ognition —
July H-FttoN Invited 14 other aa-
tloas ta -igalas of Kellogg antiwar
treaty la Kiris oa August IT,
Jaly IT—Ualtsd atatee algaad treaty
giving China .tariff autonomy.
July «S—England and France made
asm lasers l aareemeat oa naval reduc-
tion.
Aug. Il-Vago-Slav parliament, with
Croats absent, rat i fled the Notluao
contentions with Italy.
Aug. 14—Argentina cancelled Para-,
•bay's war debt of about I4.tbb.tbb.tbb.
Aua 14—lateraarUaaaeatarv Union
mat in Berlin.
Aug TT—Kellogg antiwar treaty
antl-dernlllc riots
afNciU—M*‘ -d° ra-alaetad President
Nov. t— Vlnllla Ural la no resigned ba
premier af Hamanla.
Nov t—Oen Joes Marla Mbacsda
eleclrd Preeident of NIcaragMA.
Mov i—I’remler Poincare af France
and bia cabinet resigned
dovtb African government af Pre-
mier' Hbrtsog resigned and ba formed
b new one
British parliament opened, the kind
prAtslag *ae Kellogg pact
—Mov 1—Torsi, assassin Of President •
Blacl Obragon af Mexico, condemned
ta death .ad Mother Concepcion *la-
tellectual author" of the rrlmo see-
to tb years in prison
* Db “
Nov.
Mania. Peasant party
_____ •—Ja___________
leader, made premier af Rumania.
Nov . lb—Hlrohllp. . formallr
tbronod aa emperor of Japan
Mov. ll—Poincare formed
Inst for France
Nov. tb—Mexican troops
now cab-
defeated
nations.
Aug. It—League af Natioaa council
refused Cosln Itlca'e
r»wv. gb eava »#u* iiuvpa uviawtuw
rebels Is bloody dvo-hour battle.
Nov. lb— Emilio Portea Oil inaug-
urated Prealdent of Mexico
Noblla
July t— Ferrarla
Italians, boi
and Dal
___ __ Frau
JuTy *tbUfuh>°* jf * ,ur Brail
_________fit
landed near
------ ...--lag made now
distance record of 4.44b mTleo.
VM
Pori Natal. Brabli.
lyera
havlai
July II—Ruaolan aviator discovered
Doctor Holmgren and two companions,
merobore of Nobile party who bad wan-
Anted osar Me 4t days, but be aauld
not 1st .
July It—-Russian Icebreaker Kraaala
rescued Malmgren'e companions but
found Malmgren had been dead a
month; It then rose nod the dvo man
laft near Fora Island by Noblla.
Jjdly It—Aviators rescued Nora and
Vna Dongen. who ware lost while
bunting for the Italia eurvlvora
C«Pt Kmlllo Carrans#jM*xlcaa good
will dyer, killed by llgkthlan In New
Jersey- f
prvf Ih# Monroe, Doctrine. .
dept, t—Charlpp Evans llughee elec!
[Me. 4—Kind Ueorge of England ap
reouest to later- I pointed a royal commlaalnn to act for
| n.m during his serious Illness.
angles Arum Cuba— .
Jaa. tu—President Cosgr
Irish Free Stale arrived In New
Coagrave of
w York.
Jaw. It—Preaidenl CoeK>a\e of Ire-
land called on Preeident Cpmltdd* and
other officials.
A. P Ulanninl. dan Prune two bank-
er. gave tl.aue.ouv to University of
California
Jaa II—Senate nested Jones bill for
•oatiauatlon of government owned and
operated merchant marlhe
Fob. t— Senate arrested Hobart W.
Ktewart. blandard Dll'of Indiana offi-
cial. for refusal to answer certain
gwoetloas In Teapot Dome Inquiry.
Feb. lb—denala adopted reeolutMn
op noting third term for President.
Feb. It—Herbert Hoover announced
fcls Presidential candidacy by entering
the Ohio urimarlea.
Peb. It—delate called for Invest!-
-gallon of public utllitiep by trade com*
Miftftloa
Peb. It—Gov Ed Jackson of Indiana
treed of bribery charaaa^ because af
this fiscal year would ba |*4.t7t.I4t.
dept. 4—Mra Florence Km
of state of
re I ary
vtrted of embexalemen
________It .
sentenced la it davt In fall
app. forr
New York, Con-
or atat* funds
ad a member of tho world court.
“ ' It—Italy - -
-Daly and Greece signed
Statule af limitations.
Bona to *cd»c*d investigation af oast
dept lb—Renubli.-ans won Maine
plate election by heavy ma tor It lea.
Sent. II—John Coolldge. eon of
President began work as clerk for
New Haven railroad
debt. II—Preeident and Mrs Cool-
tdxe returned to Washington.
dept. It—Annual meet in a of the Q,
A. R. opcneJ in Denver
dept. II— John Iteeae elected com-
mander In ch'ef of 'be O. A It
Sept. !J—Col. C. A. Lindbergh.
Charles Evans Hughes, and Dr P. M.
Chapman, ornithologist, awarded Roose-
velt medals for dlatlngalahed service.
Oct. I—Chl-ago danilary District
opened new III tOn.OPt sewage dis-
pone I plant, beat In world.
OcL b— Navy department lot eon-
tracts -or two huge dirigibles.
Oct. If—American • l<eglon convsntlaa
opened'in San Antonio.
Untied Spanish War Veterans mat hi
Havana^
i treaty of amlly and conciliation.
MepL Tb—United States note delivered
to Great Britain nnd Prance rejecting
ireement as basis for naval
nenl dla
—Italy
taval Ui
—KadU
m during lua serious lllneas.
Dec b—Wilhelm Mlblae elected Pres-
ident of Austria. .
Dee II—police of Argentina discov-
ered eaarrhlet plot to blow aa Her
1J AAU.e'a f
their agreement ne basis
disarmament discussion
OcL b—Italy rejected the Anglo- .i
French naval limitation agreement.
Oct II—Radiophone service between 1
United Slates and Spain opened by -i
President Coolldge and King Alfonso !
Nov II—Armistice day celebrated
throughout United Stalss and allied ,
countries of Europe.
Nov lb—Allies and Oprmany agreed
to bold congress to revise tbs Ifawao
reparations plan.
Dec. I—Bolivia and Paragaay oa
verge af war aver border dispute.
Dae. lb—Conference of American re-
publics oa conciliation nnd arbitration
opened In Washington and took up
Mollvia-Paraguav dispute.
Japan rejected Ckina'a Increased
tariff schedule
Dae. 14—Troops af Bolivia and Para
bsrt lloovrr a train.
Dor. II—Peasant party won the Ru-
manian alartlo •*.
Dec. 14 —Revolt in Afghanistan: king
and gueen took refuge In a fort.
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. I—Twenty thousand palp work-
’s of Sweden locked out.
era
Jan.
lb—Insterstate commerce
mission Approved reorganisation
Chicago, alllwhukee A St. Paul Ry.
— - * - — • .
nf
Fab 11—New miners' union signed
agreement with operators IS Iowa Held.
March lb—Consolidation of Markay
companies and International Telephone
and Telegraph company announced
March tb—Illinois mine oparaiors
guay fought In Chaco region.
cases negotiations with mine union.
Indiana atrip min# owners agreed to
pay Jackaon villa arale for another
year.
April 1—111.000 coal minora of Mid-
dle West quit work
Dec. lb—Paraguay moblll
April SI—Twenty-IWs Illinois mines
agreed ta vavams oa Jack
m* 1
Jersey.
July lb—Icebreaker Kraaala picked
Russian Aviator Cbakhaovsky and
iur companions, who bad crashed
while burning tb# Noblla party
July II—Noblla and survivors af
parly reached Home
Aug. 1-CapL C T. Courtney
three companions, flying from the
Aaoree ta Newfoundland, were forcad
do»n id midocean and nicked up kv a
steamer.
Idaikukowekl end- Kobe la. Polish
avlalora, alarled flight from Parts ta
York
Aug 4—Polish flyers fell la ocean
and were ylcked up by steamer
Aug If—Haesel and Cramer flew
from Ho. kforfl III ta Cochrans. Oat
•o way to fliockholm.
Aug. lb—Rockford flyers left Coch
rana for ‘lounl Evans Greenland and
d I sap pea red
Aug If—Art Gobel flaw from Los
Angeles lo New York ‘n II hours M
mlnulea. without stop.
•apt. !—Hassell and Cramer found
sate In Greenland: plana disabled
Maurice Uokanowekl French mlnM-
ler of air and commerce, and four aids
arch T—William H. Crane, dean of
American stage, at Hollywood. Calif-
March •—Rodman W ana maker, prea-
idenl John Wanamaker stores
March II—John F kmulakl. Chicago
banker
March If—Nora Bayes, act reap.
March le-Jaama W Packard, auto
pioneer, at Cleveland.
March tl-William C. dproui. former
guvernoi of Pennsylvania.
March IT—Henator Wood bridge N.
FerrM of Michigan.
March to—Frank B Wlllla. Unite*
•tales senator from Ohio
April 1—Dr ganger Brown, attentat.
In Chicago.
R C. Carton. English dramatist. ..
April I—^Congressman J. A. Ualllvae
af Boston. Maas.
^ Agrll I—Chauncey M Depew la New
W. B. Grtais. author, lecturer an* au-
thority ou Japan
April b—John A. Dig. am-goveraec
of New York.
April lb—dtaaley Q. Weyman. Bag-
llsh novelist.
April lb—B M. sutler, hotel owaor.
Id Now "
York.
LONCDISTANCfc— etaoi o t M bkr
I St. Lonia, Mo., Dec. 31—Another
redaction in day longdiaUnc* to Jo-
phono rates between points ISO ntUoo
tio approximately 1.600 miloa apart
will become effective February 1, H
was announced today by E. D. Nima,
president of the Southwestern Boll
i Telephone Co. The ndw nhiMa,
which la tho third rate reduction In •
little over two years, will cut from
6c to 26c off charffoo for day stafioa
to btation calls within ths dtstoncs
apocifiod. Equivalent rate reduction
{will bo mode for poraon to pence
Evening and niffht rata will
Charles dims. Bngiiab artist. I be unchanged,
.^.rVm??cT.nn,0k“,‘- ----C
■ __ ^^HHBH|Thii reduction which is country-
•* “”*|wido, Will mean on annual savin* to
April i&—Ploy* Bonnet l famous avl- telephone users of tho Notion of non
ator. ta (Juebec
Baron
“While-
Pater W rangel.
Ruasl'ina.
leader af,
, April IT—Congressman
Madden of Chlekgo
Martlj B>
Mar I —Congxssamao
■weal »f New York
Thaddaua a
than $8,000,000, according to ontl-
mates of the Boll operatinff compan-
ies booed on the public’s use of tele-
phone facilities between cities Nima
uid. In tbe southwest company’s
territory consisting of Missouri, Kan-
sas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Taxas,
the new schedule means a reduction of
copanan O.vlns of Chicago th«" *hrW °f * milhon
May lb—Judge W. H Sanborn. U. dollars • year.
• Circuit Court of Auos.la In dt Paul. Thi> Jg ^ ,ublUntlaI UT.
May K—dir Bdmund Goasa. English inf 0ffer*d to the public by the Bell
•u,hor | . . ,, ,..
May lb—william D Haywood, for- system in slightly more than a year.
It is in keeping with the Bell System's
announced policy of furnishing the
best possible service at the lowest
Msv I—Dr Kdgsr Fsbs Smith, ehsts-
lat. In Phllsdsluhis.
E B. Piper editor Portland Om-
an* I gonlan .
A W Krsch. New York flnanelar.
May 4—Georgs A. Thorns. Chicago
capitalist
Mas |-Rev Dr J h atone Epis-
copalian divine of Chicago
killed In airplane accident
kept, b—Thirty-seven airplanes
e* from Nsw York In
air derby
___________ start-
transcontinental
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art I. W W. chief. In Moscow.
May _ib—Bess la Van Vorst American
author
May II—Prof. Hldeyo Nugucht. hi
tvrinlogtxt <>l Rockefcllar Inatltuts.
Mhy4-H^r^h.Tajonaar oubiiahor af consistent with fingneial safety.
muZ'8%i°V*K: Young, director of tJ*t
medical resourrh for Rockefeller laotl- .followed this definition of policy, be-
tels.
June I—Dr. Otto Nordanskjol*. IwM-
Ish explorer.
kept. 10—Bsrl Howland. Kaaaaa
In Class A of serial darby.
dept. IS— ffnanlah Inventor daw
across English channel lo now gyro-
plane.
.Oct It—The Graf Zeppelin, great
Oerman dirigible, started from Frle«-
rlchm Itafen
June b—John D. Works former p. B.
senator from California
June II—Mrs. Kntmellaa Pankburst
suffragtal. In London. '
Juno IT—B T Meredith, format MB
ratsry of sericulture to Das Molaba,
lows.
' Juno lb—Dona Byrne, AmerMaw-
* povet 1st.* ' ‘
Feb .fb—President anpojnted Rapro-
• psntatlva W. R Orasn of Iowa aa tudg«
' of quart of claims
__wSb. II—H V dindalr. H M Day.
. Tfc- Duma and W I Burns found
• "V
C- - 4ee
8. Burn*
of couit
cs Siddons
___ _______ ___ upreme coutt
. Naval, court Inquiry placed blame
far d-t disaster oa commander* of
guilty .of criminal contempt
in oil acandakcase by JusMci
af District of Columbia Soars
da# and. destroyer Paulding,
tl—House tin vat agaira commit-
•rug rat
•ft sen
PM
era IM admlntalratlon new
avn. eubstitunog a bill calling for
cruisers and oaa aircraft car-
rier within ats year#.
. March I—Grand tury Indicts*. Col
B W Stewart for contempt of son-
ata. ta connection with Dome oil ease.
•sails passed blU for registration
af lobby MU
Bona tor Walsh af l*abo eaters*
BsmocratM rare (or Presidential aom-
iaattoa
Oct. lb—Triennial convention ef
Eplac.opal church opened la Washing-
ton
. Oct. II—Paul V McNutt af Indiana
elevted national commander of Anar-
Jet ft—Attorney Genera) Sargent
ruled Sinclair's Sail Creek pll fleld con-
tracts Invalid
Oct. It—Battlefields National park ly
Virginia dedicate* Preaidenl Coolldge
speaking
Oct. Ib—Congressional medal pre-
sented to Thomas A. Edison by Freal-
Jaa l-Pr. C. C. Wu appointed ape*
rial antufy. to WashlilfJbn by Chinees
dent Coolldge.
t—Hoover and Cartle Rs
Deans. _____
President of
pub-
Vic
United Stateu. receiving
elects* President and
•torch lb—Hodman Wanamakor's
Will provided for *2.044.000 for trade
aefcool as memorial to bis father
Beasts rejected reappointment at
Jobs J. Bach ef Wisconsin to later-
nuts commerce commission ’
■torch IT—House passed |!T4.to« too
•Aval bill providing for I* cruisers
bid one plans carrier.
March 11—Chicago school hoard
dan ad Jupertntendsat McAndrsw guilty
af lasabordlnatlon and ousted him.
March lb— Revised McNary-Haagea
farm relief bill resorted favorably bv
Basse agriculture committee
March IT —House passed bill' appro-
priating l*C« ooo.000 for naval con-
atrwetiaa
March IS—Senate passed Jones bill
appropriating tJT&.uoo.ouu for flood
acntrol
March 10—George Reman, format
■bonllet king" and slayer of bis wlfo.
found sane by uhto Court of Anneals.
denate confirmed all pending appoint-
ments to ta-llo commission
March ll—Arthur H Vandenberg
—df—Grand—Hanlds—animlnled—senator
from Michigan to nil out term of
Ferrlx
444 electoral voles to tT for Smith
Bobtneoa. Democrats.
- Arkanaaa voted for tow to prohibit
leaching of evolution lo toa-eupporled
echoola • ■ 'i
Nov It—Waller ulaon of Bio. III.
won national corn husking champion-
oblp at Fowler. Ind
Nov II—United btates Supreme
court, upholding o New York taw. do'
lb—Untied
irt, upholding a Mb _________
dared the Ku Klus-klan aa undaalr-
t>lo organisation.
Prealdent-Elect Hoover Mile* from
•an Ped-o for good will lour of Latin
Anierlca
Nov. tb—Robert W Stewart all mag-
i at# acquitted of perjury In Teapot
Dome case by lary In W’ashlngtoa.
Engineers' commission reported t#
VM—I,. »—
Nationalist governinsnL
Jan. T— Lyman F Barber. American
anglnaar. kidnaped by Mexican bandits
Killed four of his guards and escaped
Jan. I*— FraJif# removed ban on as-
portation of gold
jaa If—Trotsky and othsr oppoal-
Itoh Madera of Russia exiled to ramoto
parts of Asiatic Russia
Jaa. Ib—Conservative cabinet of Nor-
’ Kurd go business concern# agreed to
pay Chinese Nationalist government's
°*Keb**f— James McNeill Installed as
governor general af the Irish Free'
ittla ■' ^ t ___
Fab. t—Norway-# labor cabinet re-
"Kb ll—Cloto Vlquoa elect ad Prast-
dsnt of Coots Rica .
Fob. Ib—Government af Japan won
at Bret universal suffrage election.
Fob II—Italians completed subjuga-
tion of tho Tripoli llttorlal. defeat log
rebel# lu two big battle# •
Marca 14—Priest and dvo promlaeat
etttsena aaacutsd by Maxlcaa flrlag
bggad.
rages N
May II—lateral
mission cut tb*
commerce com-
Van Hwaarla-
only the C
gan rail merger to li
A O and tbs.Pars M
June l»—I-ocumoti
western roads grant
wags Incrsasa.
-July If—Dhllsd. Mins Worsen of
America abandoned tb# . Jacksonville
scale as a basis for jvag* astllamsola
Aug. II—Illinois coal miners' strike
sallied on basis of reduced wages
He pi T—Continental National gad
Illinois Merchants Trust banks of Chi-
MBapl>*rif—Federal mediators
_ __ ________ _ aban-
doned efforts to oottlo threatened strike
of waatarn railroad trainmen
•opt If—President Coolldge named,
hoard to Investigate western railroad^
wage dispute.
Oct. 1—Fifty
bulldora struck
Jaa. %—Russia a steamer foundered la
Black ana: tbb drowned.
March IT—Mias Nancy Ana Miller M
Wash.
Saattl
wadded dormer ma-
Knglnaera' commiaalon reported to
President Coolldge that cost set I mat as
ol Boulder Dam protect m»rm ftb bbb.-
bib too low >
'la.
avrrument
completed purchase
tprll b—-Cyrus Lochsr of I'lsveiaitd
apt -mixl senator from uhlo to fill out
norm of late Senator Wlllla.
Anrll b—United Sute» Supreme court
Upheld validity of flexltde tariff law
April If—Senate passed M< Narv farm
«dKr bHI .. .
April 14—Socialist national conven-
tion numtnaled Norman Thomas for
President and James 11 Maurer for
vice president
April tt—Hurry F Sinclair acquit-
l hy I
Nov Ib— Preside nl-B Met Hoover
mada stops at Ampala Honduras sad
La Union, kalvador
Annual report of governor of Alaska
showed decrease In Ashing and mining
Industries of tbs territory.
No v TT—Ntcaraguana greeted Mr.
Hoover at Corlnlo.
Nov. It—Mr Hoover visited dan
Joss Cosla Rica. >
__Engagement ot Florence Trumbull
John Coolldge announced.
Nov lb—de;r*tary of Commerce
Whiting In annual report told of great
prosperity of country.
tod by turv >n Teapot Dome conspiracy
April Tt—House paaxed flood control
M).
April !&—Reflate passed ths 1340.000,-
tbe natal appropriation hill after de-
feating amendment e allacklna Presi-
dent's policy In Nicaragua
April 10—denate ordeted.an Inveatl-
t’resldent<al
■or.
___mar-
ried to fiiunl Koike Uernadotto. nephew
of king of Htaeden. *
Dec. I—Short season of congress
opened
Dec. 4—President Coolldge'* message
was feed to congress.
Dec. 4— Hoover welcomed by great
crowds at Callao and l-lma. Peru.
Dec 7—House passed biillon-dollar
treasury and post office supply bill.
Dec to —Hoover received In Val-
paraiso and Santiago. Chile.
Dec. 13—Hoover welcomed to Buenos
Aitt-a. Argentina
De\ IT —Hoover spent a day la
Montevideo. Uruguay.
Dec. I by—Hoover sailed for Rio d*
Janeiro on U 8 8 Utah
I#. M *•<■-. -»— *-■ -■** mm
karajah of Indore bt Bombay. India.
March ll—Nationalist govoramaat la
China announced execution of II Chi-
nese officers and soldiara raapooslbla
for Nanathg maaaacro.
March li—All Italy eoMhratad ninth
anniversary of Fnaclal party. _- '
March If—Famous Tower of Chario-
magne at Tours. Franco, hull! la
Twelfth century, collapsed.
March IT—Dictator Pllaadahl defeat-
ed by Communists la arganlaatloa af
new-Polish parliament.'
April lb—Turkish assembly b a sold
Uhl separating church and otala.
April II—Attempt to assassinate
King Victor Emmanuel af Italy In
Milan by dynamite hoWtU moults* la
It deaths.
April 1*—Gen. Oscar Carmo.ia Inaug-
urated President of Portugal.
campaign ax-
aassed the Haugen
fMha ol
'psndiloraa
May 1 —House
farm relief bill
Mav 4—Senator '| j Walsh with-
drew a* ,-arididat* for Democratic
Presidential nominal Ion.
Mav b—House passed Whit* bill ta
oaewurag* the merchant marine
Max - Mason resigned aa president af
Oalveialty of Chicago.
N-
INTERNAT10NAL
alveiaity of Chicago.
May T—H<>uae idiasvd Mil raising any
1 llb.bbb government employee#
*«JI
HE
llb.bbb government employees,
ay- b—denata paaaed flood control
5
10—Renats passed
Me diplomatic
to avoid a veto
bill to reor-
servic* promotion
If—President Coolidg* signed
relief bill
_ !•—Senate yotad full
ton rotarna
tl—Senate paaaed finance
publicity
tor tax
May II—Senato passed finance hill
awtting taxes It0b.l7f,bb«.
■toy II—Hones overrode President's
veto of post i, I nay raise hill.
May II— President Coolldge vetoed
McNary Haugen farm relief bill.
Tb—■ oSgreae passed the Muscle
aelag
•koafa bill and tha bouse passed the
Moulder Jam bill Senato failed by 4
vwteo to pas# farm roiMf bill over
president's rote.
May M—Hones and senate appravad
ganferencs report gf bill roi
OSgoe tilt bbb Cbb.
*^May Osmium adjourned.
Boulder Dam bill unSnisbad
before top seas is
Sg&SQBiTa
t_Kre *id#nt Cost Idg# lot
UeTlebtP die vlt.'iHl. veto or
K
MIL
Ivors*
tyaburg
I acted
vet
bits
1 i
li—Pr as ideal bad Mfk-
Sbu
sad Bib Onnllds*
motaata*
sosveat
vsntlon
Jan. I—United Stales marines da-
feaicd Nlraraguan rebels in two-daya’
ba'tle at Quliall.
Jan. Ib—Pop* Plus XI Issued en-
cyclical rejecting the movement for
urltv of all Christian churches.
Jan Ib—Pan-American conference
opened in Havana: Cuba, with speech*#
bv Praaldania Coolldge and Machado.
Jan Tt—Rumania and Italy began
conference on formation of bloe of
southern European nations
Jan Jb—United States marines la
Nicaragua captured Sand I not strong-
hold at El Chipoto
Jan II—Germany and Lithuania
• 'rncd arbitration treaty.
Jan Id— Pan-American congress re-
Jvctsd Mexico's plan for reorganisa-
tion of Pan-American union.
Feb b—New Franco-Americas arbi-
tration treaty ■ signed oa one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of signing af
flrM treaty by the two nation#
Feb to—Plan to make Pan-American
anion aa American league of nation*
> Havana conference
aarvlco between Amrr.
_ ,__.^J«F
Feb
ipru II-
bln victory ov
lung province.
April Ib—Nationalists of China an-
rnunccd occupation of almost all of
Shantung province, and cut railway
despite warning of ths Japanese.
May 4—Chinas# Nationalists > battled
with Japansaa at Tainan.
May a—Two hundred thousand Ru-
manian nsaaanta mat at Albatulla and
demanded the resignation uf the BflX-
tlano government.
May ll —Hipolito Irlgoyen declared
Preaidsnt-EIrrt of Argentina.
Mav TO—N-rtlonallst party routed In
German election# Socialist* making
big gains
Mav .I—Grebk cabinet resigned
Mav IS—Chinese Nationalist* can*
rured Paotlogfir key to Peking de-
fenses. • • *
June I-Marshal Chang left Peking
for Mukden and was fatally Iniured
whan bla train was bombed.
June ■—Chinese Nationalists began
occupation of Peking.
Juqe »—Chlang Kat-xhek. south
Chines* generalissimo, resigned
June 14—British hones of commons
rejected Church of England's revlssd
prayer booh.
thousand German ship
_______ far mors pay.
OcL b—Textile workers of Now Bod#
ford. Maaa, accepted wag# cut sad
ended strike. . ___
OcL lb—Indiana coal minors and a*- hurt la all refinery bxplobioa at Bv
_ IT—Commander H C. McDonald.'
English aviator, started solo night j
from Newfoundland lo England In
small plans and was lost.
OcL IS—Tucker and Collyer. flew
from New York to Loo Angeles la 14
hour# il minute# ,
OcL IS—Oraf Zsppolla began Its trip I
back to Germany.
Noy. I—Oraf Zeppslla arrived at i
Frledrlchackafea. Germany
v Nov 4—Tucker and Coll
continent record holder# tail
Man toll.
Holbrook Bllna. actor.
Juno IT—Bobert Bruce
Shakespearean, actor.
June It—Leo Dltrlcksteln. actor.
June Ib—Avery Hopwood. Americas
c.amr effective Dec. 1, 1927 on cslle
longer than 480 miles and saved the
telephone using public $1,600,000 in
1928. The reduction that immediately
preceded this became effective Octo-
ber 1, 1926 and represented an annual
u>cfWWh
csss?
playwright.
July
Howard Elliott, formor
Ident of Northern Pacific railway
•—Oboi
Ivor, crc,se-
ll led la Ari-
sons la «ra«a »f also#
It—International civil aviation
Dec
sonferenc* opened In Washington
Dec. IT—Delegatee to aviation soa-
terenc* celebrated fit Kitty Hawk. N
C. the twenty-fifth^anniversary of '
Kitty
_____iniveronry of t
Sight by tbe Wright brother#
DISASTERS
Jaa Twenty-on# men killed by
nfln* explosion at Weal Frankfort. III.
Fok Ib—Twelve men kdled and I*
_---- ------------.---- hurt In oil refinery explosion at Bv-
sreiora ^gread ap a wage seal# ere'L Mas#
Oct Ib—Bmsrgancy board consider- Thirty-niae klllad la fire la Ballinger
lag waatarn railroad wags dispute gold mine al Timmins, oal
. - - . _ --- isiiway,
July b—George K Chambarlalu. for-
mer senator from Oregon.
July II—H R. Rathbon# eongrous-
man-at-'larga from Illinois.
July If—Giovanni
slatasman. \
Dr. C. L Summer# pediatrician, to
Baltimore
July M—Ellen Tarry. English ae-
tres#
July It—Dr. Oeorgs Colvin, prealdaat
af University af Loulovlll#
July II—Hear Admiral W, M. Folgor.
retired la Boatoa.
July,If—T B. Walker, multlmtttlea-
rn lumberman and art astro# |g
Minneapolis.
tb—Fade
iral Judge D. C Weater*
haver at Cleveland. Ohio.
Julv
lag western railroad wags dispute
recommends* wage Increasesof Ilf ^er
boat without change la rales
with certain changes la operation.
Nov. It—American _ Federation af
>ld mine al Tlmmlne. Oal
Fob. II—Thirteen killed by mine as-
ploaloa at Whitehaven. England.
■ k iicvciaiiu, wo iv,
Aag. T—Prof. B. C. Havre af Ualvgff-
< of llllnala
nwv, si—Rmui nan raurrkuvn i
Labor, la eoaelon la Now Orleans de-
clared war <-n displacement af work-
oa kv machinery.
Nov. Jl—Wasters railroad dla»uto
settled, trainmen getting IH ear oaat
VMfcfc'
AERONAUTICS
Feb. 14— Mine ea ploaloa al
Uad. Ark., klllod II men.
. March ib—Two hand red killed by
Mount Barret landslide la Santa# Sm-
all.
sola, la Cblcaa*-
Aag. ll—James B. _
company area Ideal to
IamMIi
la Hyaai
if the elimination of
I higher mtoa for appointment and
mesaengcr calls which will hereafter
• be provided at regular person to per-
| non rates.
“Several Influence! have m a d~e
possible thix further reduction in
One ia the increasing reliance
of tho public upon tha telephone for
buaineaa and social communication be-
tween distant points, which undoubt-
edly has been stimulated by tha eoM-
tinuous improvement that has been
made ta the speed with which out of
town calls have been handled.
Approximately $280,000 a year will
bo saved to tho longdistance telephone
users of Texas under tha new rates tt
was estimated by the Southwestern
Boll Company.
reproM
talked
Smith
Frixxe
Bryant
State
Bayloi
solo, 1
road in
finrnis!
ovonin
Covi
progn
Misaei
Jaa. 1—Lindbergh flow from Belles.
British Honduras, to San Salvador.
March II—Baa Fraactagsite da a#
water sapply for Loo Angela# broket
bib drowned.
IT—Earthquake to . Udine
Hair, killed tea sad Injured
George B. Harvey, pub-
lor ambassador to Great
-uudhsrgl
end urea.
h lahded la Teguct-
to Baa Jos#
Jan.
gala# _________
Jaa. T—Lindbergh flow
Coita Kira.
Jaa b—Lindbergh landed at Panama.
Ja# Jb—Resuming—bla Caribbean
tour. Lindbergh dew from Panama to
Cartogon# Colombia.
Jan. IT—Lindbergh flew to Bogota
Dirigible Los Angeles made landing
r ri'-rlani, carrier Hereto- —
Jan. Tb—UAubmin m—
ta Carara# Veneau#la.
Jan. II—Lindbergh flew l.SIS miles
from Caracaa to the Virgin Island*
Feb I—Lindbergh bopped
Juan, Port Rico.
Feb 4—Lindbergh flaw to dan Do-
mingo
F»b I—Colonel Lindbergh ended bla
Latin American tour al Hhvana.
Coatee and Lebrlx. French avlatora
March
province.
many.
Marph
•1 — Earthquake shattered
gmyrna killing many seraoas
April II—Explosion destroyed
ball In Weal Plain# Mo_ kllllm
da are
______ .. .. ___________. JlBff 4-
April 14—Forty-tbreo hilled by
earthquake la tha Balkan#
Peru.r mahy~lHu»!|tr0U*
April II—Barthquakn. la central
lined Corinth
Aug. IS—Vtaceuat
stoteemaa.
Aug tb-<Ol
Heist and ft
Britain.
Aug IT—Maranal Emils Fay oil# to-
rn ou a French atratejrtol
Aug II—A. R. Borll# gave rare af
North Dakota
Aug. tb—Mary Garrett Ray. suffrage
leader, m New Rochelle, N. T.
Sept. I—Rear Admiral O F. Wtos>
low. rollred.
Sept Ib—William Whitman, eottoa
manufacturer, la Brooklln# Maa#
Sept, tl—Roy K. M
If
BEAUTIFICATION
CONTEST CAUSES
REAL CLEAN-UP
Ornct ruined Corinth and killed many
persona
•«., "-fjra'Ti?. »»«4L
ttlfT r*.. «iifb4
liny li—Min#
. »■. .Vis-
apt. II—Roy K. Moulton, n
humor tel In Bt. Joseph. Mo.
apl tl—dir Horace Darwin,
that and son of Charles Darwin.
dept lb— R. F. OuteaulL now
comic artlal
man. id NUW IUIU.
Sept. IP—Brig. Gel
St II well, rallresd
to Baa *•••
June Ib—Tornado In-Oklahoma klllad
July l—Volcanic
July
tbb dr
! arup
Philip
pplne#
wiped opt
town of Llbog la
7—Chilean army transport sank.
o—mw—w, —an. W. R. Blxhy. fog—
mar chief of army engineers.
OcL *—Georg# Baban. film actor.
Oct. b—Larry lemon, motion ptetpre
oo mod lan.
who flew across the south Atlantic, ar-
rived at Washington.
1*—Lindbergh
'owned,
b—Eight
OcL II—Mr# Augusts B. Stetson, fa-
mous dtaclple of Mary Baker Bddy. to
Canlrat
ill.
mada
■ Ightv from Havana to It. Lout#
F*b. II—Bert Hinkler completed nolo
flight from England to Australia la Ib
f'tb II—Dirigible Lap Angeles began
nonstop flight to Panama Canal Zona.
Feb *7—1.0# Angelaa arrived at
Franco .leld. Canal Zona
Fob. I»—Woodrow Wilson na
medal and llb.bbb awards* ta
Lindbergh.
March T—Cootea and Lebrlg ended
Ihalr transcontinental and Araarlren
flight at San Francisco.
March 11—Capt. Wa
klllad. It Injured la
train wreck afar
Mound# ill. .
Italian submarine sunk Ja collision,
with IT man aboard, all of whom per-
hinl
Aug. 14—'Thirteen klllad. Ifb Injured
In New York eubway wreck.
kepi It—Fourteen killed by torna-
does In Nebraska and South Dakota
Destructive hurricane sweat Porto
Blco and Leaser Antilles: hundreds
klllod.
•opt. 14—About tb porsons killed-py
torbado la and near Rockford. III.
Sept. Ib—Tropical hurricane reached
reotral Florida, doing, great damaga
Rochester. N. Y.
Oct. II—Dowager Empress Mario bt
Rusal#
OcL 14—William J. Flynn, farmer
‘ ef U. B. secret service.
chief
• CANTON, Jaa. 2.—Wash pots, tabs,
barrels and rubbish disappeared from
view to bt supplanted by trass, shrub-
bery and trees in ths yard beauti-
fication contest recently ended a t
Edfftwood 1 n Vaa Zandt
“Thirty five women entered the con-
test in two classes, and eiffhtoen fin-
iahed anil haA tjw.tr verAa scored ae.
OcL IS—Benjamin Strong, governor
of New York federal Reserve bank.
o hunk.
Sir Frank Dtckaea. Bngllahr painter
nnd president of Royal Acadeiu:
nnd hilling t.IO
larch 11—Capt. Walter Hlnrhcliffe. B™ iO*ndrtd. Spain.
union an a »n-n
defeated In IbV
Rndfophona ai
lea and German
.... II—Fan-American congress
turned dowp Argentlna'a daman* for
declaration (gainst tariff watts he-
___^ _ uwtfl
tween American reppMire
Fab ib—United States refused to lot
Fuu-Amerlcnn conforouco dictate It*
Immlsrettou policy.
Fvp lb—Monorto Fueyrredon up-
— * bis resignation us bond of
«MN ~
nounced
tlon
down.
Fob tb—Fan-American congress ad-
* —- --—-----ntottons a
journad after adopting reqolutTona gen*
orally aattafnotary to lb# United gtataa
Fob tl—Hungary dretrevad dvo car-
loads of machine guns ofcippod from
Hair on on# of (pgplrv by '
of Nnttoi
invli
I—Five
American , martnre
ay Nicaraguan
tr make treaties with all I be
r**d|t no wore renouncing war ns a ao<
’nf ♦*#
r.VmV„u.°rn^Td,:p:f^
June I«— Yugn-dlavlan deputy klllod
two Croatian deputies nnd wounded
British aviator, and Elsie Mackey
- fir --------
'hopped off from London
Uc flight to U. k. and wore
BopL tt—About lib perlsbod to thb-
Are in Madrid, dpaln.
OcL J—French submarine sunk by
fugo-SInvInn government re-
four in row In parliament.
June II—Tho Chinese Nationalists
changed name of Poking to Peiping.
July |—General Obragon elected
President of Mexle#
July 4—Yui
signed. _
Alfred Loewensteta. Belgian multi-
millionaire. disappeared from his plan#
over the North so# _
July ||— Chinese Nationalists effect-
ed fiscal unity of the country after
sight.day conference „ .
ontar’o govern xaont set sad great
atoms nf liquor ready for smuggling
Into United State#
July
Idanl-Blact
March lb—Mra.
Il.bbb-mlln flight
Auatralia
or tranantlan-
ore losl
Keith Minor on
from England to
cnlllalon
lost.
Oct.
with Greek steamer: 41
wreck In Run
Nov. b- ~
r-ono killed to train
March tl—President Coolidg* are-
rented Colonel Lindbergh with Con-
gressional Modal of Honor.
Thirty-•
_ a mania.
_____ b—Several i
strops* w bfdntisg i_____„
Nov. Ik—Liner Voatrla sank $4b mile*
off the Virginia napoo: 111 loot Ilk
Sicilian towns So-
i of ML Btn#
nd preeident of Royal Academy.
Oct. tt—Adolf Bren# Jewish lander,
in Chlcnso.
Charles A. Town*. tornUr 0. k sen-
ator from Minnesota.
Dr. A. H Putney, International tow
nnlhorlty In Waahlngton.
Mire France# Newman. American
novelltL _
OcL II—Gearffo Bah McCutcboo#
American novelist. In New York.
OcL 14—Cardinal do Lot, In Rom#
OcL Ib—Rov. R. A. Torrey. a van go-
llsL at Ash villa, N. C.
Brig. Gen. J R McQutgg. formor na-
tional commander of American Legion.
OcL tb—Robert Lansing, formor are-
rat ary of nut#
Richard Hudi
manufacturer, In Franc#
cording to tho ruins of tho contest”
says the boms demonstration agent.
Mrs. Mary E. Brandon, "Tbe in-'
proVement spread to other communi-
ties nnd • total of 42 ysrdu were made
more beautiful at a cost of $388.44 of
which most was spent for 876 shrubs
snd tree* and 1480 evergreen hedge
plant# Ten new lawns were mads, 12
houses given underpinning. 7 walks
built, 2 old wells fixed and cleaned
jout, two fences built snd painted
snd many other changes mads
such as repairing gates, hauling off
rubbish, hanging gangs doors pro-
perly and remodeling door stops.”
• I *
I
HudsuL American
pry manufacturer. In Franc#
Nov t—Bilan Sctdmor# writer up Far
March «b—Major do Bernard!-ef Italy
ret now speed record for alrplanre at
tbb.t mil## an hour.
Stinson nnd Haldemnn mad# now as-
‘ of M bourn It mlnntre
Nov. 14—ramfic storms to the Philip-
pi Europe
-Koohl. Von BuoPOfoM Ud
i bopped off from Dublin
trk in tho piano Bremen.
April It—I
Pltamaurtre _______
for New York in tho plans Bremen.
April tl—The Bremen aviators land-
ed an Greenly Island. Strait of Boll#
plnaa and an
Do# I—Earthquake to
Chile wrecked revere! towns
about Mb poraon#
NECROLOGY
■ooutbora
and klllad
'Mast.
Nov. S—Dr. Frank Cran#
SShJTSiw.,
R f?o# Sabin von Be________
venter of radium palaL at Bast Oraag#
N. J.
fm
tin
Mr. and Mr# M. D. Smith and
daughter spent Christmas in Rising
ngllsb channel.
July II—r
Bttugul on
Lula Moro
from Mexican
nn#l.
Revolutionary attempt to
unhid by loyal troop#
mo# labor loader, resigned
ip esblnet and fled.
od an Greenly Island, atinlt of B«
1*1*. being the drat to onak# on
wont nonstop flight norowrlho Allan
April If—Nobile star * ‘
na hla nlrahl^jtqjln for
Porluxnl cru-
ral ,o I- Moron*
HRnhMM
■.....jtaare a sraaaa
prtmnto of Bn
Novambor it.
of fork, nwolnt*
torbury and prim .
arts agreed to rerito
Chin# ItMrln »
rnlng
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rll It—Notfll* atm
___la nlrahlp Italia foi
aware Arctic r*i
raw. Alaska, to
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Ja# *—-Lot# Fuller, dancer. In Pari#
Kittt# president of Boar# Hoc-
la Chicago.
Drag Cm
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net rare
railroad
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