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amendment.
Jan. 29~8tate department proclali
(ratification of prohibition amendment
set Jan. 16, iwo, as date whoa it U el
Chronology 1919
(l.V?U|>Ucd by W, lMckurtl)
DOMESTIC
Jan. *?Michigan legislature mt|ik>d pre
mbliton oonstitutlonal amendment .. ,
Jan. 7?l.?*1alauire? of Ohio, Oklahoma
and Colorado ratified the prohibition
j^mendinent
Supreme court declared coueUtutlonaJ
! tlie aot forbidding shipment of ilqtySr into
dry territory.
Jan, 6?Berger, Krn??. Oermer. ttugdan:
and Tucker Hocialle**. convicted in Chl
I chko of sadltlop and disloyalty.
Tennessee. Idaho and M.tluo legislatures
ratified prohibition amendment.
Jan. ??West Virginia ^atitied prohiu*
I Uon amendment. ^
! Attorney General Gregory resigned. ?f.
factlve March 4.
Jan. 14?Prohibition amendment ratified
by Illiuoie, Alabama. Arkansas. Califor
nia, Indiana, Kansas and'North Carolina
Jan. 16?Iowa. Utah, Colorado. Oregon
and New Hampshire rattfVsd dry ameitd.
m Nebraska ratified prohibition
amendment, making the thre*-fourths
majority necessary. and Missouri *?*.'
Wvoinhg followed
fWty-si* 1. W. W,'i oenvlcted ot ***?
(?piracy In Sacramento, Cal.
Jan. 17?Wisconsin and Minnesota rati
JBad prohibition amendment.
Jan. 21- Nevada ratified prohlbltloo
{amendment.
claimed
nt and
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Jtfva.
Feb. 10?Suffrage amendment beaten la
'*>y one vote.
Feb. 1&? Merger, Kruse, Oermer, Bng?\
Jdahl and Tucker, socialists,- sentenced Co
ifQ years' Imprisonment for violating ??
Plonags act, . i
( Feb. 26?New revenue law, signed by
? president, went Into eftpot _
{ Feb. rl?H. C. Wallace, Taooma. ap
? pointed ambassador to France.
' A. Mitchell Palmer made attorney ?en?
1?Norman Hapgood made mlnla
'ter to Denmark.
{? March 8?Victory loan blU passed by
? senate.
March 4?Congress adjourned elne die.
April 7?Thomas Nelson Page, aihbasaa
j<k?r to Italy, resigned. ? ^
?April 16?Hugh Gibson appointed first
IU. 8. Minister to Poland.
i April 29?Postmaster General Burleson
? directed return of cable companies to pri
vate ownership May 2.
April 30?Plot to kill many prominent
I Americans with mailed bombs uncovered.
? May 1?May day riots In many cities.
May 7?PreuUlant called extra session of
j congress for May It.
May. Id?Special -session of congress
lopeited; OlUett elected speaker.
. Frederick Glllett elected speaker of next
?I house.?'?L?:?~
May 20?President Wilson's cabled mes
sage read to congress. '
i May 21? House adopted woman suffrage
i constitutional amendment resolution.
? May 27?Dr. Lynn Harold Hough elected
I ''president of Northwestern university.
| June &?Anarchist plot to destroy homos
; of law enforcement official* In eight east
'ern cities attempted. Two persons killed.
June 4?Senate adopted wgman suffrage
, constitutional amendment resolution.
] June 6?Postmaster General Burleson
[surrendered operation of telegraph and
.telephone systems to the companies.
June 10?Legislatures of Illinois, WIs
. consln and Michigan ratified woman suf
: frage amendment.
I July 1?Wartime emergency prohibition
? jlaw went into effect.
I ' July 11?Federal trade commission re
;ported to President that packers plannod
complete control of all foodstuffs.
f July 12?President Wilson vetoed agrl
; cultural bill becauso of Its provision re
pealing daylight saving law.
July IS?President A. C. Townloy and
) Joseph Gilbert of Nonpartisan league of
North Dakota found guilty by Jury at
? Jackson. Minn., of conspiracy to teach
' ^ July 21?Race riots In Washington, four
! persons kll|e4
? July 27?Race Hots In Chicago; two
killed, many hurt.
. July 28?Chicago race war spread; 66 in
fall were killed and hundreds hurt -
July SO-State troops In action to quqll
(Chicago race riots. . .
July 81?Government relinquished con
trol of the telegraph and telephone sys
Aug. l?Congress repealed dayllgbt-sav
'n^ug.W6?President Wilson ordered civil
and criminal proceedings against the "Big
! Five" packers,
1 Aug. 8?President Wilson addressed con
gress on high cost of living.
Aug. 14?Henry Ford won libel suit
against Chicago Tribune, with nominal
1 ? o"
Aug. 16-Presldent Wilson vetoed the
daylight-saving repeal act
? Aug. 20-Dayllgnt-savlng ? repeal bill
passed over president's veto.
A. Mitchell Palmer confirmed by senate
|<a? U. 8. attorney generel. ^
Sept. t?Bill to make Pershing general
for life passed by congress.
Sept. 8?President WUson started on
I 'speaking tour of county. ^ .
Sept. 4?Pershing nominated general and
confirmed by senate.
Sept. 6?Secretary of Commerce Red field
pm?a~"br~
senate '? r~
Sept. 6?Charles M. Galloway resigned
as federal civil service commissioner, and
attacked Pdstmaster General Burleson.
Sept. 7?Great fake stock swindle plot
bared by arrests In Chtcdgo- '
Five hundred convicts at Pontlao, lit,
revolted and killed a guard. .....
Sept. 6?Genets Pershing landed at
New York and was given great reception
g^EoPt Brooklyn, clect
ed commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.
? Sept. 18?Thanks of congress given to
General Pershing. , * ..
Sept.- 26?President Wllsoa's trip ended
*^Bept. 'tt^Great mob In Omatia lynched
negro prisoner, fought ^police, set fire to
I ? courthouse and almost killed Mayor E. P.
Sl8ept 90?Brand Whltlock made ambas
"3S SJSfw&tt. men ?nr ,wv.n no
groes killed In race war at Elaine. Ark.
I ^Oct. f-KIng and queen of the Belgians
i ?''Set4 ij^InTematlonal trade conference
v.toM prohl
bltlon enforcement bjll and house r#;
PGctS ?^-Sepate passed nrohlbitlon en
iforccment bill over presidents veto and
JtlS?S2?s*^natlonal "congress opened in
**Octcret ary of Commerce Redfleld
retired from the cabinet. - .
Nov. 4?Republicans won elation in
Massachusetts, New Tor* Kenti?*y
and f Democrats Won hjft.-- New Jersey,
?Maryland and Mississippi Wets won In
7 Triin<^rAxl* of Redo hy
federal agents all over country.
Nov U-L W. W. members fired Into
American feglon parade at Central^.
Wash, killing four ex-soldiers; one of
"Trta'S? 'SpM^irrlvoa ./wartlnrton
President Wileon left his bed for first
Js^-Franklln D*OHer elected na
tlortfil commander of American legion.
nTv. It?Secretary of the Treasury Car
ter Glass appointed IT. 8. senator from
VNovn,*i-House adjourned.
Nov. 16?Benate adjourned ?
Nov. ?-U. 8. Senator Newberry of
Michigan and IS* others Indicted for
1?Rel^ilar session of oongrees
S?President Wilson's message
read to congress.
Congressman J. w. Alexander of Mis
souri made secretary of commerce.
IXv K>?Republican national oommUtee
set the convention for Ju?*s f In Chicago.
Deo 11?Dr. H. A Garfield resigned as
fuel administrator.
-i
Dsc 17?His packer* agree to discon
tinue all thslr utile IJnes.
Dec. 10- - Victor Berger, convicted Social
ist. re-elected to oongresa from Fifth Wla
eoiula district
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. V- -Hi out strlks o 1 marine workers
of Now York begun.
Bloody battle* Utwrtn strikors and
troop* In Buenos Alios.
Jan. lli New York strlks staled pending
arbitration by war la I.or board
Jan. 13-General strlks lit Lima and
Caltao, Peru.
Jan. II?Groat strlks In England. Scot*
laitd and Ireland.
Feb I Bulldlug Trades Employees' as
sociation declared a lookout In Nsw York.
'4Ftb. v-tlenoral strike In Heatlle to sup
port striking shipbuilders %
?Fsb. I0~feeattle general strlks called
off.
:%SNub)h 4?Marias workers at New York
struck again.
Apill 16 Nsw England telephone work*
srs struck.
April #V-Nsw England phone strlks
MUM& ? ? \
May 14-Chicago milk drivers struck.
May 1*--Great general Htnke In Wlnnt
BMC,
May l?- Chicago milk wagon drlvsra
won ... atrlke.
May 8*-Uensifit strike called in Calgary
and Edmonton, t. iinadu.
May fP-OenersI ?u Ike in Toronto.
June ??Toronto strtko called off.
Juns I?Commercial telegraphers' union
members in southeast struck.
June ?-^l>titroll carmen struok.
June 10?General strike of telegraph op
erators started .
June tt?Gbuipers re-elected president
of A. IP of u
June It?A. F. of U declared for 44-hour
?revk for all crafta and U. 8. oalployoea.
Juljr II?Building Employere* association
of Chicago locked out W,000 employees
because of carpsntero' strike.
Boston strast car men on strike.
July 28-Strlke of Atlantic ceasl ship
workers enddd,
July 3&?Chicago aurfaoe and elevated
car men struck
July SI?Police of London and English
provinces called on strlks, but few re
sponded.
Aug. i?Chicago atreet bar strike ended
by compromiee. '
Hallroad shop workers of U. 8. struck.
Aug. ?? Broonlyo- Rapid Transit work
srs struck.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded In
CT9<M6d Wfig?>d.
Aug. 7?Actors on strike In New York.
Aug. 12?Actors' strlks spread to Chi
cago.
Aug. 14? Railway shopmen voted to ro
turn to work :
Aug, M?Pacific coast rallwaya tlsd up
by str.'li??.
Aug. 25? President Wilson* granted ?
cent an hour raise to railway shopmen
and Issued explanatory statement to pub
; llo.> calling for Industrial truce.
Aug 26?Hallway shopmen's fcommlttee
rejected I'revident Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. 2!>? Pacific coast railway men
voted to call off strike.
Sept. 8?Actors won their strike.
Sept. 9?Three strikers killed In riots
I, In Hammond. Ind.
Unionized police of Boston struck.
Sept. 10?State troops called to Boston:
sevon persons^ killed In riots.
Steel workers' committee called strlks
for September 22 against Unltsd Statss
Steel corporation.
Sopt. 19?Carpenters' strike In Chfcago
district ended by victory for union.
Bapt. 22?Great strike of steel workers
begun. Two klllsd and several hurt in
riots In Pittsburgh region.
Sept. 27?British railway men struck.
Sept. 29? Strike begun In Bethlehem atoel
works.
Oct. 1?Lockout and strike In printing
trade In New York; many publications
suspended. (
Oct. 5?Serious strike riots In Gary, Ind.
British rail workers' strike ended by
compromise.
Oct 6? Federal troops sent to Gary and
martial law proclaimed In Gary, East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
^Indtjstjjial conference opened In Wash
Oct. 10?New York harbor tied up by
strikes.
Oct. U?Nation-wide strike of soft coal
miners Ordered for Nov. 1.
Oct. '15?New York harbor workers'
strike called off.
Oct 22? Labor bloc withdrew from In
dustrial conference because Its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
Oct 2fr-IndustrTal conference dissolved.
Miner? rejected all offers of compro
mise
Oct. ??International congress of work
ing women opened In Washington.
International labor eonference opened
In Washington.
Oct. 81?Government obtained Injunction
agalnet the coal atrlke.
Nov, l?Strike' o( soft coal miners be
No V. ??Viederal Judge Anderson otdered
mine leaders to call off strike by NoV. 1L
Nov. 11?Miners' union officials canceled
the atrlke order. ? ,
Nov. 23?New York printers voted to
abandon strike. V
_lJov. 27?Government's efforts to. end
r coal strike by negotiation 'failed, miners
rejecting offer of 14 per cent Increase In
wages.
Deo. 1?War time coal order renewed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New. InCtatrlal conference opened In
Washington. ?*"
Deo. 2?Genera! strike in Rome, Milan
and Florence, Italy. Fnri
Dec. 8?Fuel Director Garfield lsauod
drastic orders for conservation of coal.
Deo. 9?Compromise offer from Presi
dent Wilson presented to miners' ofll
clals. \ i
- ? Dec. 10?Miners accepted President Wil
son's offer of 14 per cent wage Increase
and oom mission to determine scale and
conditions for future, and called off their
strike. f
Dec. IS?London tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck.
Iv i\ ?? Trr^^r-' " ~ . I
FOREIGN
Jan. 80? Royalist revolution t>roke out
In Portugal.
Jan. 81?The Irish parliament met In
Dublin and proclaimed tha Independence
of Ireland.
Jan. 25?Portuguese royalists defeated
In several battles.
' Feb. 17?Portuflfceae government an
nounced royalist rebellion was ended.
March* Wireless telephony estab
lished between Canada and Ireland. ??
^ A^rll IS?Open rebellion In the Punab,
June II?Serious anarchist riots In Zu
rich. Swltserland.
July 1?Great food riots In For II, -Italy.
July ??King Emmanuel of Italy Issued
decree that profiteers will be fitted ft,000
and Imprisoned and goods confiscated.
July 11?Resignation of Viscount Ishll
as-Japanese ambassador to United States
announced by government at Tokyo.
July 28?Doctor Psssoa inaugurated prss
Ident of BrastL i
Aug. ??Antonio Almeida elected presi
dent of Portugal. '
Aug 8?About 80 killed la food rtolB In
Chemnlts, Germany.
Aug. 12?Shah- of Persia fled his country.
President Tlnoco of Costa Rica fled. Ba
tlsta Qulroi took the flfflcc
Aug. 18?Viscount Orey mads British
ambassador tp* America.
Aug. 18?Suppression of Sinn Felners In
County Clare. Ireland, cadsed much fight
-fept. g?Honduras revolutionists forced
President Bertrand to flee the country.
Ktn]uro flhldehara appointed Japaness
ambassador to United States.
Sept. 2s?Luxemburg voted to retain
Grand Duchess Charlotte as ruler. rr?
Oct. 7?Norway adopted prohibition, ex
cepting wines and beer, by plebiscite.
- Nov. ft?Grand Duohess Ofcarlotta of
Luxemburg married to Prince Felix cf.
Bourbon-Parma. ?
Nov. 18?Lady Astor elected member of
British parliament.
Nov. IS?Radicals routed In French elec
tions.
* Nov. 28?British government proclaimed
suppression of Sinn Fein and like organ
izations throughout Ireland.
' Dec. 18?Assassins attempted to kill Vis
count FVench, lord lieutenant o^Xreland.
MEXICO
AptH tt^beneral Blanquet. revolutionist
leader, killed in fight.
May 28?Vlliuitaa proclaimed revolution
ary government with Gen. Felipe An
jlTtr a*'provisional president.
June 14?Villa fsrcee began an attack ea
JUIACW. ???-r-? "V >riar -
*io capiu
No*. :^-U. S. requested re
lease of Consular Agent Jenkins, arrested
at Pusbla on charge of oeaiplioity with
XV?n? ? ?v?rn Ani*ni'?ni in hi raao
having tot it killed or wounded by shots
from viillitea, American troops crossed
to Juarex and attacked the Villa force*.
June W-Americun troops routed ViMla*
tee at Jusres and returnad to Kl Paea.
July (-Armed Mexicans attacked and
robbed l>?>atload of American sailors near
Taiuptco.
Auk. 16 British char ire ordered from
Mexico by Carrnnxa. . .
i ? Aug. 17-Two American army aviator*
feeld fur ransom by Mexican bandits.
Auv 1# IJ. 8. troops entered Mexico in
pursuit of bandits.
Aug. '-'I-Carransa demanded withdrawal
of U, ?1. troops and President Wilson re
fused. Punitive expedition killed four ban*
dits.
Aug. 24 Pursuit of Mexican bandit* by
U. 8. troops abandoned.
Au?. tS- Complete victory of Carranaa
tn elections announced.
8ept. i?President Carranxa tn addreae
to congress defended Mexico MxainNt ac
cusations, denounced League of Nations
and defied Monroe Doctrine.
Sept. 2?U. 8. army aviator shot by Mex-'
leans near I*aredo, Tex
8ep|. f?Mexican government protested
- against U. 8. aviators (lying over Mextoo.
Mexican rebel oriranixattons appealed to
United Stales to restore order In Mextoo.
, Nov. %?Zapatistas surrendered to gov
ernment force*.
Nov. 16-General Angeles, Villa'* chUf
aid. captued.
|1 '
bandits who kidnaped hinu
, Ner. K-gmke rejects* the O. I. (*?
quest for the release of Jenkins.
Gen. roHp* Angeles executed.
' Nov, .go-Secretary Lansing stnt re
joinder to Mexico's defiant note, r?peat
,'In* request for Jenkins* release.
Deo, ??Consular Agent Jenkins released
ton ball
; tfcq, ??President Wilson asked senate
to leave llsxlcsn matter to him.
i.Deo. If?Mexico replied to U. t. that
Jenktn* case was clo?*d by his release,
and refue?d to drop the prooeedlngs
against him
? ' \ i
Changing Japanese Condition*.
Abe Kohet, a rich Yokohama mer
chant, bequeathed 1,1)00,000 yen to b#
used for the public welfare of Kann
fawa prefecture, placing the matter
entirely In the hands of the governor,
Inouye. This Is by no means a Military
case of Its kind, a? It may be remem
bered that an Osaka merchant, not
long ago, donated 1,000,000 yen to con
struct a public meet I uic house, which
Is now complete and In use. However,
It shows a Change In the psychology of
the people, with whom the family has
been the unity of society, and family
property and possessions have been
kept Intnet from one generation to the
next, even by the expedient of "ndopi
lug other people's children to ?keep
up the fatally lineage whenever no
Jjelr 1h born. This change Is welcome
for It Indicates a contribution to the
betterment of the social welfare ef
Nippon,
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' Glv^n Now Lease of Life. *
St. Duncan's, the school for blinded
sailors and soldiers In Knglund, ha*
accomplished Its greatest wonder.
Sergt. Alan Nichols, who lost his sight
and both -hands In the wnjj. has been
taught to type. A spcfttaMV construct
ed machine for the mind ,and pair
of filuinln'jin hand*, each llfger I X'fng
tnovabl:, have enabled him tn ?Mtss a
two hours* left. . Otjiy t.\-.? cm 11 ciiojtf
fllV neeessirv.
Our* Kan tout; Now Broke.
Now York, N, !',??"Dead broke" and
out of a Job Crowe, who year*
ago kidnapped Kdward A. Oudahay, Jr.,
Uxlr.y (ippliotl ut Salvation Army head
t|uar*er>i (or a job and enough money to
(< l? Ki ;tpl| youug Cv4|h|y HI ChtOH|?, ?*>n
gratulating liiiu on hi* engagement juNt
annoflAml. Hoth his requests weru graut
ed, iHtl after he had Umii installed us
watchman ?>f the Army's hut in Uuion
Square hi* message was Hashed went.
The ransom he received for young
Cqdaluiy wa* kjhmU long "g<>.
Negro 1>mmI 4 Ago of ?s?i.
Parkernburg, W. V* , IKv 27 William
%
Peyton, a negro, one of the oldest men
in the United States, died yesterday at;
l^ittle II.><-king, Ohio, near I'erkeravillo,
at the ago of 154H year*. li| his youth
iv.vton wt\H u -hivo of 11 Virginia family
by the mum> of <)reel, which later moved
into \Ve*t Virginia. Ah u slave and
iih a freed man he nerved this family
through six generations, It ia said. Pey
ton was in full poatftxtfriOn of hia mental
faculties until wllhln a few week* of
hia death.
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