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^ NORMAL iN 1920 [ / European Nations, Especially, Are Beset With Troubles Dur| Priori of Readjustment. 4 t II I * > I MMQPH. EVENTS SEtnEWEO ... sr. >4*^ ^ A <\ .J ?|Uure of Senate to JU.tffe Peace ~\r j 'JMfc i-otves United SUtpa Tecb/ O^Njf et War?Presidential ; Effcticn Holds Interest. ^ .j'/ _l y; ^? mmmm?mmm ~ i^H ;/. i* PONALD F. f liBQS. t ' TSe wpr!(j thronghont ihi><fc&r 1020 . w passing through the troublesome >f T^j?4iBsfment and reaction that b*gao with the c*ose of the World it$r. Qt ail the ^reat powers tWt had jtfMI lQvoly?4 In the conflict, the Unittfl. States alone remained technically 1b a state of war with Germany ^ fJW Laimre <h ute equate iv ritiij the pea*e treaty. For all practical. purposes, however, tbe United gatts vfrs at peace fcod conditions in tfcis country were more nearl j normal fjiaiji in most or the nations of Europe c ted accepted tbe settlements agreed upon by the peace conference Although tbe great war had ended, : tilt jworld waa not at peace in 1920. TWM*} disputes and jealousies put of the war resulted In a * -*3? ftn l^er minor conflicts. xte Irish problem remained uriand the situation in the EmertieTsie frew mpre serious as the year progressed, Bf "the "United States, <Jeminor radical activities and the uncertainties accompanying the read of bnsiaes^ and Industrial ctpdltions, there was continued prosperity and optimism. INTERSATIONAL AFFAIRS ? The Wo?ld war was formally ended January 10 when German^ and fourteen of the power* aUisd f gainst her ' * tfie war exchanged ratifications of Treaty of Versailles at Paris. The v United States, bewever, was not among the nations participating in tills ceremony, as tbe treaty bad not been ratified by tfee senate. $be League ?C Rations came into ? !tu*J bj&infc at Paris January 16 when &e executive council held 4U&- fir?* ?eattoy witb representatives from BelBraaS, ?nglan4; Itajy. Fraaee, Japan, Greece and Spain particlpatThe Kalian government made a e jfcepi toward securing. p^ace with Ha twatief witfa^Dteaia? and Eathouht. Tbe Turkish peace terms were eomplcted on March 3, and a week later tfce Allies decked to use force to impose the terms afco^, $^rt?y, sending iroops co ^Upy Cqrtetant^ple. She pitted forces ocwaied the Turkish iaix&al without opposition. polish troops b?raa a spring offenl five agaiost the B^i^Bolsheviki in rijWrted heavy filing: at mnny points oft the 400-mile front. NThree days latft Roland offered peace terms to Ros'providing for restoration of t6e * m^orn ct im, return of art an? otber treasures, and an. indwimity for inv&siot is since 1$14. EoliSh troop* cdiwmstered t &ver* defeat to tfce BelSlHrtttl St Potlotto April i3. * Use Fores an# tnrraiatens negotiat; ed a treaty on April 27, recognizing IffcruinIan independence frpm Russia. A combined army ^Pol? aid tflcrainlans then latmcbecfaa offensive agslibst the Russian %efP fctfceS, capturing Wfev fri May $ and the great port of on May 11. Bolshevik troops Invaded Persia at v Astara jfaf IS.twcing the Withdrawal ^ Btffish trcopi4 Boishevlk: troops - or the Pollftli front were reinforced trid !4on<&etf an attack on a ninetyteffe frdotr*?e&bi! to opeii co&mriniditfon with Itef Prussia. OnJrnjeS they succeeded in Ranking aft# drying back Genera! Msadski's P6lish troops. " *lte aBflftae council continued its effeHs to complete the peace settlements. /fhe treaty wfth Hungary was ??&rl4 af Versailles, AMbassa&&' *V*aB*eer SfjnJdg for the tJfiited feites. Tttrker ras granites fifteen ^ day* a<k * le&al time to present Its I- $!<*** regarding the treaty with that ceafttry. WfcBe these peace negotiations were is- pregress, fighting continued at many points. Orer 500 Italian prisoners were fflle* by Albanians at Tirana on Jane ^ I? A) retaliation for the assassination ot Essad Pasha In Parte on June 13. r - Supported by British troops and battleships at Malta and Constantinople, tfc* ?rotl? befan a campaign to oast tfce Turkish Nationalists from part* of *9tft ' ' On July 7 tbe Bolshevik troops captored Rovono, throwing the Poles into retreat oti entire front. Poland Op?pa$ negotiations for an armistice *89 coe?e COilLUtUCy wr a ncrfc ivuvu B Rft was reported that Kuscia bad orHHE&jiered the postponement o? the negoHHpltiaifons and the capture of Warsaw. Bolshevist troops captured Loraza and 1^1 4jr^t-IJt0Vsk? aDd began a drive on August 1. Durin? the next ptwo weeks they con tinned to advance I tni on Aflgtrst 17 were within twelve 1.^1 TDe rous 11 capjuu | felted dootoed, but on the 17th the I launched * great counter-ofHK;'Nv? and drove the Bolshevikl back ^L fe,disorder. Heartened by the crush I J* *** given the Ruisfan forces, I K rejected the Bolshevik peace I French foreign sui'pf ised the othier powers by giving recognition to i General Wrangel's de facto government In South Russia. j? The Turkish peace treaty was signed | on August 10 by all nations concerned except Serbia and the Hedjaz. Soviet j Russia continued its effort to make : peace with its neighbors by signing a rnoto T?tt>!o OTirl qcryfiolri" T4J 11 *-J ?**iu i. Wii HUU Armistice terms with Finland. On October 12 the Poles signed an armistice and preliminary peace irealy ijtrith Russia to become effective 6cJ; tober IS. > The cessation of hostilities on the : Polish fronts enabled the Bolshevik! to strengthen their other fronts. Directed by Trotzky, the war minister, | the Bolsheviki launched a violent offensive on October 31 against the South Russian armies commauded by General Wringel. They succeeded In | smashing General Grangers forces antl drove on through Crimea. The Bolsheviki forces captured Sebastopol - November 14. General Wrangel and the remnants of his army were on board American, *rencn auu British warships which steamed out of the harbor as the Bolsheviki entered the city. An agreement on the Adriatic question was reached November 10 at a conference between the Jngo-SIavs and the Italians and a treaty embodying the agreement was signed at Rapalio two days later. The Assembly of the League of Nations opened its first session at Cefleja November 15, Paul Hymans of Belgium being elected president. On November 29 President Wilson accepted an Invitation extended by the Council of tlie Leagueof Nations to act as meoiaior oecweeu ai-ujcui# buu ' Turkey. Two days later the Russia Bolshevik took Erlvan and announced the establishment of a soviet Armenian republic. Oa December 3 Armenia and j the Turkish Nationalists signed a treaty of peace. Several attempts to secure action on amendment^1 to the covenant of the League of Nations were voted down by the league assembly. Because of : this action the Argentine delegates to | the assembly withdrew on Cecfimber 3. On December 1 Austria was admit j ted to the league, the first of the allies 1 of Germany to be granted memberj ship, !: FOREIGN AFFAIRS With continual strife, amounting virtually to civil Trar, in Ireland, with spasmodic revolutionary outbreaks in Germany, with counterrevolutionary movements developing at integrals in Russia, with civil var in China and with political upheavals in Prance, Italy, , Greece and other countries, ! fhft nnrest and chaneinz conditions { growing" out of the World war were reflected In t&e,disturbed internal conditions of many countries of the old * world In 1920. ' One of the unexpected political de! velopments of the early days of toe ; year was the failure of Premier Cleiaenoeau to obtain election as president of France upon the expiration of j the term of President Poincare. Panl \ Descbanel was elected on January 17 1 ???<* fnit<swin?r ftfMTmncenii'ft ! cabinet resigned. Alexandre Mllierand formed a new -cabinet' at the re| quest of President Poincare. j The AU-Bnssian government in Siberia, beaded by Admiral Alexander B. Kolehak, was finally destroyed with the killing at Admiral Kolchak by Social Revolutionists at Irkutsk on Feb; rnary 7. i ' In Great Britain the government j took its first definite step toward a settlement of the Irish question on February 25 by presenting to the house ot commons its Irish home rule blfi, providing for autonomous rule under a dual parliament, representing: both the north and the south. On March 30 Ulster voted to accept the bilh A new counter-revolution, directed by militarist*, broke out in Berlin March 13. The revolutionists gained control of Berlin and Dr. Wolfgang Kapp proclaimed himself chancellor. The revolution was short-lived, however, ending in failure bh the 16th ? !>?? TYI? t?" oivri rocicmAri TT UUU The Irish situation continued to attract the attention of the world. On March 19 the mayor of Cork was killed by assassins. In the House of Commons the Irish Home Bale bill passed its second reading on March 31, 348 to 94. On April 4 Irish tax offices and records were burned at many points and wire commuhicatlon | from Belfast was cut.. _ j In Mexico the presidential campaign developed a revolution which resulted eventually in the overthrow of the Carranza government. On April 10 the state of Sonora withdrew from the republic and fighting between the Sonora troops and federal forces began.. By April 21 nine Mexican states had jbined the secession movement. The revolutionary movement gained rapidly, ana on May t rresiaent vurranza fled from Mexico City toward the eastern , coast. On May 22 Carranza, the fugitive president, was shot ; and killed by troops in his escort while asleep. A cabinet crisis In Italy on June 9 resulted in the resignation of Premier Nitti and his cabinet. Signor Orlando also resigned as president of the chamber. A new cabinet was formed June 17 under former Premier Giovanni Giolitti. On June 27 Italian troops mutinied at Ancona and "Red" uprisings broke out all over Italy in what appeared to be a concerted anarchist plot. On August 13 Mayor Terence MacSwlney of Cork was arrested by British troops for sedition In holding a Sina.FifcJ court at the City Hail. He was convicted.by a court qwrttal on ta*.l?tkiurf Ukta t$ *9 EsiUifc ^ "1 f I - ? 'v S ' f on, wl;?re be immediately entered up1 j on a hunger strike. Riofs and inj tendiafcism continued to assume more ; serious proportions at many points. 1 In the constitutional election held ,m Mexico September 5 General Al! vara Obregon was elected president. President Desclianel of France re. J signed September 21 because of 111 > j health and on the 23rd Premier Aiexjandre Milleraud was elected to succeed i him. Georges Leygttes, minister of 'marine under Clenience&u, became pre rnier. Further disturbances were reported In Italy during October. On the 18th leaders of the Socialist party and the General Confederation of Labor ordered demcnstratioia in every town in Italy in an effort to force the Italian i government to recognize soviet Russia, and on the following day many persons were killed and wounded In the course of a two-bOur strike called as a protest against the arrest of pollt>/ >?! riffanAr.vt? Ar.rwtelno tho olliPfl nftl> ley toward Russia. The government began a drive on the 17th to round up all advocates of violence in the country. After a hunger strike of 74 days, which had drawn the attention of the world, Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, died in Brilton prison, London, October &>. Great pressure had heen brouirhf tn hour to secure Mavor MaeSwlney's release, but the government stood firm iq Its stand against the hunger strikers. King Alexander of Greece died on October 25 as a result of a Mte by a pet monkey, and. it vras announced that the throfce would be offered to Prince Paul, third son of former King . Constantine. Peace in China seemed to be finally fissured by a proclamation issued by the government November 1. declaring that ther6 had been a reunion of North and South China and calling for the #iTpf>tfnn nf ft f?i? nArHflmpnt ' j Fierce rioting between Unionists j and Sinn Seiners broke out in North I Belfast, Ireland, November 7. Seri' ons disorders were reported also at Londonderry, where fife policemen | were shot and many ships burned or j wrecked The Irish home rule bill passed the house of commons on its third reading November 11. At Dublin on November 21, following the murder of 14 British officers, a force of troops raided a football gatne and fired upon the crowd, killing and' wounding a large number of persons. A political upheaval came in Greece wifh the defeat in the general election on November 14 of the party headed by Premier Venlaelos. Premier Yenlzelos resigned on November 17 and George Rhallis, former , premier and , leader amonj the followers of ex-King | Const an tine, formed a new cabinet ! On December 4 the Greek people, in j a plebiscite voted for the return of King' Constantlne. . On December 19 i Consteritlne returned to Athens in j triumph. S The Irish situation neared a crisis ! during the closing weeks of the year, i Wholesale arrests were made by the 'British authorities during the last ! weeks of November, among those . taken being Arthur Griffith, acting president of the "Irish republic" find ,1 many other Irish leaders. On NoI ' OSt T*?! t*V% tvlnffftVc cnf j T tUiUtl *V7 XllOU OVU . VVT j several large warehouses on the Liver; pool water front and killed two men. ; Martial law was proclaimed in south Ireland on December 10 and two days later a large p&rt of the business district of Cork was burned in reprisal, ! it was claimed, for Sinn Fein raids. DOMESTIC ' The year 1920 being a presidential election year, politics held the attention of the people of the United States during the greater part of the year. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio was nominated for President by the t^a^mMlAAns at PWnaon fnnii 19 Thai uuuvuug vuxvu^v uuuv Democratic national convention at San Francisco nominated Governor James M. Cox of Otao on July 5 on the forty-fourth ballot. In the election on November 2, the Republican national ticket was elected by an overwhelming majority, recelvf inj 414 electoral votes while the Democratic candidates received 117. The Republicans also won an ovenvhelm| ing majority in congress. By winning their long fight for equal suffrage, the women of the country* gained the right .to \ote for all offices in the November election, j The United 'States Supreme court ' on January 5 upheld the constitution i j?llfv of -wartime nrrihibition and the j Volstead enforcement act. On Janu' ary 16 nationwide prohibition, tinder j the eighteenth amendment to the Con! stitntion, went into effect. On January 10 the New York as! sembly, with bnt two dissenting voices, i voted to exclude the five Socialist | members of that body, pending trial on charges, that the platform of their party is revolutionary. The anti-radical campaign resulted in the indictment of 38 leaders of ihe Communist Labor party in Chicago on January 21. The railroads of the country were returned to private operatiou on March 1, under the terms of the Cummins-Esch railroad reorganization act. Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan was convicted in the federal court at Grand Rapids on March 20 j on charges involving the use of excessive campaign funds. lie and 1G codefendants were giveL prison sentences, but remained at liberty pending -.-v Av.fkA.nl tlio Vk* wVi at* st/in t?fc uli tu uic "iftntj vuui lo. The trial of the five Socialist members of the New YorJj: assembly ended with their expulsion from the legislature April 1. Several suits had been instituted during the early months of tlie year attacking the validity of the eighteenth (jfrohibitlon) amendment. All that tribunal decided that the amendment and tho Volstead enforcement act were constitutional. Bis increases in rates were granted .the railroads of ^the country bv the interstate commerce commission July 31 to enable the roads to meet increased wages. Passenger rates were increased 20 per rent, with a Pullman stirr-hniv^ nf-i- c-ent for the rail l! " =? ? I,roads?. Freight rates wore increased from 25 to 40 per cent iii different sections of the country. Tlie trial of the Communist Labor party leaders in Chicago, in progress for severul months, ended August 2 with the conviction of 20, who were glveu jail seutences. The five Socialist assemblymen expel led from tlie New York legislature in the spring, having been re-elected, were again unseated when the legislature met in special session September 21. Sharp drops in the prices of cotton, wheat and other farm products ! brought appeals for assistance irom the farmers of the country during the ; latter part of the year. Nigto riders } appeared in southern states in an ef1 fort to force the growers to hold their j cotton for a higher price and a niovei ment was started to secure the holding ( { of wheat from the market. * _____ NATIONAL LEGISLATION The continued fight or the ratification of the treaty of Versailles, with the League of Nations covenant, resulting in rejection of the treaty for the second time, occupied the attention of the United States senate during th^ odrltr mnnfho nf ftnil mnnnft j olized the, attention of the public, so far as congressional action was conI eeroed. The Cummins-Esclv bill, unj <ler which the railroads of the country j j operated after their return to private i control, and the army reorganization i bill were the principal pieces of legfs1 lation enacted before the first regular session of the Sixty-sixth congress j ended June 5. I On January 10, the house, by a vote ' of 32S to 6, for the second time refused to seat Victor Berger, Socialist, who had been re-elected" to congress from a Milwaukee district after he had been once barred by the house because of his alleged disloyalty dur! ing the war. j The Water Power Development bill, . which had long been pending In con. gress, was passed by the senate Jann! ary 15. A similar bill had been adopt* ed by the house in. July, 1919. Another long congressional fight* for the adoption of the Oil Land Leas- ! fng bill, was ended when the confer- j ence report was adopted by the house nti Pphmorv 1ft nnri fh* Q&nzto ivcrn days later. The senate then turned Its attention to the peace treaty. The original lodge reservations were again adopt* ed, with some amendments. The treaty, with the reservations, ?ame to a vote on March 19, and for the second time failed to secure the requisite twothirds majority, the vote being 49 to 35. The following day the rejected treaty was sent back to tie President With no prospect of the early adtp* tion of the treaty, resolutions declaim in? the war at an end were introduced in both the1 house and the senate, feotli houses adopted the Knox senate res* olution. President Wilson vetoed this resolution, however, on May 27. A few days earlier, on May 24, Pres* ident Wilson asked the senate for au? thority to accept the mandate fof Armenia that had been offered by the , supreme council. On June 1 the sen- j i ate "respectfully declined" to give the ; President the authority requested, bn June 3, the house voted. 343 td 3, the repeal of all war laws except the Lever act and the enemy trading act, the measure already having passed thft senate, but President Wilson withheld his signature from the act and it died, with several other important measures, with the adjournment of con-1 gress. On the day before adjournment, President Wilson vetoed the budget bill which had been passed by both houses. T%i At* I%AAA?MV/VW & wugicw 1CWUVUUCU VU t/CVCUiUCi U I for the short session. President Wll-1 son in his message, which was read the following Say, recommended that' the Philippines be given their independence. I LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL Industrial unrest which manifested itself during the period of reaction immediately following the war, becamt even more marfced during the yea?5 1920. Radical activities were involved in some of the labor disputes in this country, but this was true to a much larger extent in the labor troubles that beset most of ttye countries of Enrope during the greater part of the year. The first monih of llie year was marked, in the United States, by the abandonment of the steoi workers' ; ; strike which had been begun on September 22. Railroad traffic was tied up in ; France, February 27, by a general . strike of rail workers. The premier oollor) all thp sfrrilrprs infn fh<? nrmp and two days later the strike was settled by a compromise. Peace was declared between the bituminous coal operators and miners March 31, when they signed a twoyear agreement based on an award made by the coal commission named i by President Wilson. An "outlaw" strike of railroad switchmen began iu Chicago April 15, and spread rapidly to other part9 of the country. Federal officers arrested j SO leaders of the strike in Chicago, I Anril 15. on charges of interfering with 4' v ? the mails anrt violation of the Lever act. On April 19 the joint railroad wage board created by the Cummins-1 Esch bill, announced that It would not hear caf s o? man who were on strike. A new xJoal strike was .inaugurated ' Attn k .five thousand men going out because b of di.?satisfaction with the wage ! j awards made by the coal commission, a i The first of a long series of strikes H involving Bolshevik activities took place in Italy Jlarch 23, when work- t men aud peasants in Naples and the t provinces of N'ovra, Alexandra, Brex- 1 cla and Treviso, attempted to establish Soviets. Troops restored order and Ihe strike ended witMn two days, j On May 1 there were riots in Paris, f . and railway workers struck for na- j tionalization of the railroads. French ^ dock workers and -coal miners joined j, the strike on May 5. The French gov- ^ ,!ernnient took vigorous steps to end i j tJUe strike, moving lo dissolve the Gen- e erol Federation of Labor and char- c acterizlng the strike leader as Bolshe- a vists. The strikes were called off by \ !the General Federation of Labor on May 21.: ^ The Railway Labor board announced d ; its decision on wage increases on July s i20. fitvnrrliri* innrp.isps of from 20 to a 2t per cent to nearly 2,000,000 employ; eea, the total increase amounting to fe ;about $600,000,000 a year, about bal* a 'the raise that employees bad asked. The award was accepted by the rail- a road unions. s During the latter part of July coal s miners again struck in Illinois, Indi- a ana and Kansas but on July 31 they were ordered back to work, after an f appeal had been made by President ft fWilson. Serious riots occurred at Denver Au- j gust 5 in connection with a street car strike, many being killed and injured. D Federal troops were ordered to Denver \) to stop the disorders. n The Railway Labor board made another award August 10, granting an ( increase amounting to $30,000,000 a b year to 75,000 railway express workers. On August 30 President Wilson approved the majority report of the anthracite wage commission, awarding } . wage increases of from It to 20 per j cent. On September 1 anthracite opmtors and miners signed a two-.vear contract based on the award, but thousands of men remained on what they ^ wmprT "var'fltintl" in nrotest ocainst the award. j Industrial conditions grew more se- ^ rious in Italy during the late summer t and fall. An obstructionist campaign was started by 500,000 workmen on ^ August 22. On August 31, lh Lombartly, 300 metal-Working plants were f seized by employees and workmen's councils took charge of the plants. On September 14 the workmen's council ^ voted for co-operative. management j j and profit-sharing by the work- ? men. At the same time the workmen j took over 200 chemical works and ser- ? *eral textile mills. Premier uioum in- ^ tervened, and on September 19 the, em- j ployers agreed to his terms of settle- , raent, granting Increases of pay ret- " roactive to July 15. The workmen ac- 1 cepted the settlement and ordered the , factories returned to the owners. ? An Industrial crisis was precipitated J fn England on October 16 by a strike . of. 1,000,000 coal miners. On the 2Sth an agreement was reached for an In- I e crease In wages In consideration of a | 0 pledge on the part of the miners to ! ? help increase production. The fctrlke t was called off November 3.> ' I A severe business depression was * felt throughout the United States dnr- ? ing the closing weeks of the year. The * trend toward lower wages was marked by the announcement of the tertile i.* mills of New England in December of 1 a reduction in wages amounting to J 22% per cent. sports :< The revival of interest in sporting j . events of all kinds which was appar-! 1 ?nt in 1919, following almost a com- i E olete 9u'snension of athletic activities ! A during the war, was even more marked ? n 1920. _ ' ' " j The first of five races between Sir ;. J Thomas Upton's Shamrock IV, chal- i f /enger for the America's cup, and the T defender, Resolute, was held off New j York July 15. The Shamrock won the [ 5 first and second races, but the Resolute ; ^ took the n$xt three, winning the cop , on July 27. ' Charles Evans, Jr; of Chicago, won 1 t the western amateur golf championship 1 * July 17, and Jock Hutchinson won thfe j j western open golf championship A?r T gust 5. Edward Ray of England Won . the American open golf championship, j August 13. Charles Evans, Jr., won v the national amateur golf championship, September 11. . The United States, for the <?eventb consecutive time, made the biggest score in the Olympic games at Antr * werp, Belgium, with 212 points.. Finland was second with 103 and Sweden " third with 95. . ... ! Jack Derqpsey retained the heavy- * weight championship of the world by knocking ojit Bill Jlisko in Iho rJiird ^ round at Beuton Harbor, Midi., September 6. Georges Carpentier of a France, knocked out Battling Levlnsky, . October 12, and became light heavy- ^ weight champion or tne worm. A A sensation was caused in the base- ' ball world Just before the close of the season by the exposure of a con- ^ splracy by which the world's series of 1919 was "thrown" by the Chicago 11 American league tearo to the Cincin- ^ nati National league team. Seven * members of the Chicago teflm, including several stars, and one former member were accused of accepting bribes. *Unr- inter InrTipferi bv a Chi I auu UIWJ IIVOV4 *rw* : cago grand jury. Cleveland won the * American league pennant on October 0 2 and met the Brooklyn club. National ~ league pennant winner, Jn the world ^ series on October 5. Cleveland. won J( the series by taking the seventh game ' - lOi irom jjrooKiyu, utwuei x~. A baseball war was threatened by a (, conflict between clubs of the American hj league orer plans for a reorganization g, of the. game, Peace.was declare#, q iiiitsitt; tf. u? i ?an} of control was established with udge Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago s chairman with an annual salary of 42.500 a year. Roscoe Sarles won the 250-mile auomobile race at Los Angeles Novem>er 25. In this race Gaston Chevroet was killed in a collision. DISASTERS | wae nAtvino r?n ftml ?r ! j-Mt n viiu noa v,vui|;aiau^u<j ntv i rom disasters causiug great loss of! Ife during 1920. Tornadoes iu the i Jnlted States and earthquakes in Italy j ,nd Mexico, caused the greatest de-) iruc-tion. Several thousand people were report-: <1 killed by a violent earth shock in entral Mexico January 3, the danige being particularly heavy in the western part of Vera Cruz. More than 100 persons were killed, oany were injured and heavy property nmnirp 'Cvnc hv tnrnnrlne?; which wepc Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Ohio nd Illinois, March 28% Three hundred persons were killed >y an explosion ot a munitions dump .t Rothensteln, East Prussia, April 11. Another tornado caused heavy daioge in Alabama, Tennessee and Misisslppl, April 20. More tlian 150 perons were killed and property valued t $2,000,000 was destroyed. Fifty-i.Ine persona were killed by a ornado In Cherokee county, Okla., lay 2. ' " ; Great floods were reported in Japan Lugust 10, with heavy loss of life. A severe earthquake in the district lorth of Florence, in Italy, en Septemer 7, destroyed 100 towns and killed bout 400 persons. Disastrous earthquakes occurred in }hile and Central America December 9, and later in the month. NECROLOGY Death took many persons prominent q national and world affairs in 1920. Lmohg those who were best known or uost active In their particular fields I labor, were the following: January 3, Nicholas SIcard, famous French painter; January 8, Maud Pow11, world's foremost woman violinist; anuary 16, Keginald DeKoven, Amerean composer and music critic; Janlary 23, Richard L. Gariier, author and xplorer; January 24, Rev. Cyrus "ownaend Brady, widely-known author. February 4, Edward Payson Ripley, or 24 years president of Santa Fe ailroad; Ohio C. Barber, organizer it fho motAh toi/ln?trv r . FVhmarv 11. I Jaby Deslys, noted French dancer; February 12, Julius Chambers, New rork author and explorer; Februaiy ,8/Gen. William E. Mlclrle, for many fears adjutant general of the United Confederate veterans; February 20. tear Admiral Robert E. Peary, t\ S. retired, discoverer of tlie< -Corth role1. March 1, John H. Bankhead. senior Jnlted States senator from Alabama ; Jarch 3, John J. O'Shea, Catholic auhor and editor; March 24, Mrs. lumpbry Ward, famous English notUst; March 2$, Elmer Apperson, pi neer automobile manufacturer. April 1, Dr. William Martin, U. S. retired, yellow lever expert; April !, Laurent Honore Marqueste, French culptor; April 7, Edward Harold Molt, Lumorlst; April 11, Ferdinand Eoybet, "rench artist; April 15, Theodore X". Tall, pioneer in telegraph and tele>hone industries. May 1, William Barrett Ridgely, forcer controller of the treasury; May 9, iishop John H. Vincent of the MetfJidlst Episcopal church, founder of the Chautauqua assembly; May 11, Wfriam Dean Howells, famous American .rt?fo3fct' Mnr 16. Leri P. Morton, for aer vice president I Jane 3, Rev. Charles Augustas Stod-1 lard of New Tork, autfeor and theo* | oglan; June 13, Mme.*Gabrielle Chat-1 otte Bejane, famous French actress; i fane 18, George W. Periins, New York j Lnancierj June 26, Re*. Dr. William leery Roberts, for more than thirty j ears stated clerk of the Presbyterian j ;eneral assembly. j July 4, Major General William C. I JOrgas, former surgeon general of the Jnited States army; July 30, John ?* "?& - i ,-.J Lrbutimot Jjisner, lormer uro?. imu ?u he British admiralty; July 11, foraer impress Eugenie, widow of Napoleoa IT; July 22, William K. Vanderbilt inancier and former railroad prpsi-I lent . j August 1, y. Frank Bfonly, ex-govrnor of Indiana and Prohibition canlidate lev president in 191G; August Isham Randolph of Chicago, noted ngineer; August 10, ."James O'Xeil. t'a- j qous Irish actor; August 36. Sir Nor-1 nan Lo^kyer, eminent English sciolist; August 26, James Wilson, former ?*4 acrvtdiiTfnrp r Sentembei' 15. KClCLttlv yj. 4 talmundo de Madraxo, famous Spansh portrait painter; Septembflr 25. acob II. Schiff. American financier ncl philanthropist. October 2, Winthrop Murray Crane, j orraer United States senator from 1 fassacliusetts; October (>r Charles <orrfs Williamson, noted English auhor; October 12, Mrs. Ogden Mills, soiat leader In New York and Paris; >ctober 13, Charles M. Alexander/ fanous singing evangelist. November 2, Louise Imogen Ouiney, | .merican poet and essayist; Xovem- j er 9, Ludwig IH, former king of Ba- j aria; November 10, Henry Tliode, ! oted German historian; November 18. j 'rankliu Fort, former governor of , Tew Jersey; November 22, Ole Tbeo- 1 aid!, Norwegian violinist; November 3, Margaret Brewster, American rrlter. November 30, Eugene W. !hafin, prohibition candidate for pres- j lent in 1908 And 191*2. December i5, Francis Lynde Stepson, mlneut attorney of New York; D&- : 1 1n TJ.i-r.sin IT" n^cra .iiitnmii. i CUlUfl" J.U, ?lUiOI.C 4J. */uufei, ?v.. 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It acts on the stoaaeh, liver, bowels and kidneys, improves rtlMoUnn rcrttl fV?<-?rrt iftyWrtWrtl biliousness, corrects ccnctfo&tion and quickly relieves sick headache. Get your eyrtian tiiorousWjf cieapsed ana purliled fcr oncc: stomach, liver end bowels workir.? together in vigorous harmony, and you v/iH not have to take modicioe every day?Juaft take one NU Tablet occasioncily to keeft your sy3te:n in, good condition and Always l'cel yottr best Eemembef it is easier ar.d cheaper to keep well than it is to get v/elL Get a 25c box and try it with the v iinHavolni,j;ti? that it wnct (rlva CaII SUrfeS? S Tablets) j*, w? yow (^i#t? M wM M M m www wT K- 5 ,.- X.^^SSvB mimbibphbbbm^ "10799" ' ' "? '_ ^- ! T":- '?VJ* .^r? ?? \>! *'J:-P k?y ''''.TK men J I Jfi JSUL Ml nrti " \ , r.'?' &. **- h; ? -jk; , \_' '[ in New York City alone from kidney trouble Jast yeer. Don't idlow yourself to become a victim by neglecting pains and aches. Guard against this trouble by taking COLD MEDAL The world's standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric add trouble?. Holland'8 national remedy sine? !S96. All druggists, three sizes. Guaranteed. Look- for the ntme Gold Med*I ?m iktj ki* PERSONAL FROPERTY FOR HB SALE. Consisting of t$fcee head of mutes, two wagons, one buggy and harness, two cows and two yedrlings, hogs, furming irrfylernehts, corn and farider, etc. Sale to take placfc at my home Tuesday, December 2jlst, at 10^. m. ' Mrs. Mattie S<ihumpert ll-23-4tp. |. I II * ' " I I HI [NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTS BY HIGHWAY COMMISSION. Sealed applications are hereby solicited by the highway commissioners of Newberry county for appoint* ments to .the following, position for the vear 1921: SuDervisor of roads, four chaingang guards, physician at county home, ferrymen on Bfoad and Saluda rivers and at Hcndersdn's on Enoree river. Applications (except as to physician) to be accompanied r petition or. letters of ertdorscmei.^, ,to state salary wanted, and shall be filed before January 1, 1921. Right reserved to rdject all applications. GEO P. BOULWARE, Chairman. | 12-14-St-ltaw. [ II ' ' ' M ? i I ll III! If| Rub-My-Tum cures bruise** est*, boras, sores, tetter, eta?Adv. ; 1 . . ; ^ CJfo + a nf Q/tnfli r!?irn1ino / County of Newberry, ; > Court of Common Pleas. W. P. Coleman, Plaintiff, f vs. Isaac Coleman and George Scotc, Defendants: By order of the court herein I will sell before the court house at Newberry, S. C., to the highest bidder, within the legal hours of sales, at public outcry, salesday in January, 1921, the fallowing described tract of land, to wit: I All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being" situate in No. 8 fnumshin. rrmntv of NewberrV. State of South Carolina, containing one hundred (100) acres, more Or less, bounded on the north by land of p. B. Werts, on the east by the public road from Newberry court house to Higgins Ferry bridge on S&ftlda river, and the west by lands of J. S. Ruff and on the south by land of Belton Abney and James Abney. j 'fertns of sale: 1-3 cash and the A balance in two equal annual install- M merits, credit portion to be secured dfl by bond of the purchasers and mort- fl| " - .3 i-_ gage OZ tue premises sum auu mi ucin. interest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, inter- fl est payable annually; said bond and mortgage to provide for ten per cent, 1 I attorney's fee in case of collection or suit by an attorney, and that in case of the failure to pay the fittt installment when due that both Installments may become due and payable at once at tlie option of the hold er thereof. Purchaser to have leave to anticipate the payment of the credit portion in whole or part. The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the master at once upon the acceptance of his bid one hundred dollars caish as evident# of good faith and shall be requlVed to comply with the terms of sale within ten days from day of sale ftlid i.1 i : i ? ? x tne purcnaser wiu du requirea 10 pay the taxes for the year 1921. Purchaser to pay for papers, revenue stamps and recording. H. H. Rikard, Master. neater is,-. 1920^ \ . -o.V.V ' V -V .. . v' ' -Ki-mmM v-V. ' v. ' : .-. ;