The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 01, 1925, Image 2
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* Chronology *
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INTERNATIONAL
Jan 2t—l!u4;arla nave ox-Kinfr Fer
dinand pernilsslon to return, and Yuko-
Sluvla sent an ultimatum to Sofia, ob
ject Ink 10 this, to the see - ret Increase
of the cliulimrtan army and to liulitn-
rliin menace to At'Kean ports
Jan 11 ('ommittee of experts he.ad-
ed by ! tlctural Int.ve's bff(an examina
tion of tlermany s capacity to ptty.
Jan 2J- Anj<lo - Anierican . ll/iuor
aearc li, and,ship liquor treaty slrned.
Jan 27 — Italy 'and Yujco-Slavla
sinned treaty of friendship.
Jan. 31 i;reat Itritaln recoKitlxed
Soviet Uussittn government.
Feb. in—Italy recognized Russian
Ko v ern ment
Feb 13 Norway recognized Russian
go vetnmen t.
b’et) It; — Naval disarmament confer
ence opened lit Rome.
Feb 21 — Fifty-seven Americans
f warded f I,non.onu in claims growing
out of Lusitania sinking.
Feb. 25—League of Nations naval
disarmament conference broke up In
a r<>\\
March 6—^Council of ambassadors
decided to discontinue military control
In Cermany.
March 8—(Ireece recognized Russian
government
April 9—Reports of the Dawes com
mittee of ex peris on (Jermany sub
mitted
April 11 — Reparations commission
approved Dawes committee report and
asked allies.and Cermany to accept It.
April 16-—Ccrman 'government ac
cepted Dawes committee report.
April 20—Creat Rrltaln. Relglum,
Italy. Jnnan and Yugo-Slavla accepted
Dawes plan, France demanded Us re
vision '»
May 28—Japan formally protested to
United States against Japanese exclu
sion clauses In immigration law.
June 2- Soviet Russian government
recognized by China.
June t;—Unkts'd' Sjates
signed treaty designed
smuggling of liquor and
June 7—For first time
horse was transported
from Lellourgct to Amsterdam
June *10—Miss Mleanor M. tlreen of
New York wedded to Prince Vlggo of
royal Danish family.
June 13—Treaty signed providin'* for
evacuation of Santo Domingo by Unit
ed States military forces
June 16—UJalmar Rrantlng. Sweden,
elected president of International La
bor conference.
(Jreat Rrltaln demanded from Mex
ico'.an explanation of the expulsion of
Gordon Cummins, Its agent.
June 18—Great Rrltaln severed rela
tions with Mexico.
Lieut. De Muyters of Relglum won
Rennett balloon race for fourth time
American reply to Japanese protest
on exclusion was that right to regulatf
Immigration was never surrendered
and that exclusion act differs from old
agreement only in being made statute
la w.
Denmark recognized Russian Soviet
government
July 15 —Owen D Young of New
YoFk accepted position as fiscal agent
of Dawes plan, allied premiers opened
meet In London.
July 18—MmJ Robert Imbrle. Amer
ican >lce consul In Teheran, Persia,
murdered by religious fanatics.
July 20—-Allleil military control com
mission hr >ke off relations with Ger
man war department because of Its
demands and actions
Aug 8—Anglo - Russian- treaties
signed. -• — *
Aug 16—Allies and Germans reached
full agreement for putting Dawes ui'an
Into effect; France, promis’j^l to evacu
ate Ruhr within a year
Aug 18 — Amer(tyui™lMjy'-"®couta won
chief prize at International jamboree
In Copenhagen.
France evacuat*- two towns In Ba
den
German cabinet approved of London
agreement.
Aug 24 — French chamber of deputies
rat 1 fled London agreement
A n g 26 —French senate approved
London agreement.
Aug 29—German relchatasf- passed
the hills for putting the Dawes plan
Into operation
Aug 30—Dawes plan agreement for
ma II v signed in London.
Sept. 1 — League of Nations assembly
met. eleetlng Giuseppe Motta of Switz
erland .as president
Sept 2—Germany made Initial pay
ment of S5.000.0ti0 under Dawes plan.
-ytept ?—.Seymour Parker Gilbert.
American, appointed permanent agent
general of reparations.
Sept 6 Assembly of League of Na
tions adopted Franco ; Rritish plan for
a disarmament conference
Sept 27 Japan refused ■ to sign
League of Natl ins peace plan because
It prohibited waps* based on Internal,
policies of nations
Sip: .V 1 Arbitration commission of
l.e.itue of Nations surrendered to Ja
pan, adopting plan authorizing league
to arbitrate Internal affairs of nations.
<>ct 1 — Pan - Ameraqin congress
opened in Atlanta. Ga
(lot 2 - League of Nations assembly
adopted arbitration and security pro
tocol 0 with Japal se amendments.
(at 4—Russia signed agreement with'
Chang Pso Lin. war lord of Manchuria,
top over .management of Chinese
Kastern railway and. opened diplomat
(Hio*o* in,Peking and Shanghai
i ict dne-D.i'ves plan loan of $200.*
0on,nna 'offere 1 to the a or hi
not 11 Great Britain and Turkey
mobilizing to fight over Mosul.
(lot 21—France and Belgium begun
eootioinio evuouation of the "-Ruhr
t 24 NR xio.i closed her consulates
teat Britain
t 2 7- League of Nations council
to solve A n glo-Tu rk ish .. dispute
Mosul ' il fields. •
: ^ France recognized the. Sa
go v ct n ment of Russia.
evaluation of The Ruhr
ind completed
ea v u e opunoll ordered sta-
'nTimifrl-'m Moigjil region
: Persia, yiejding k, t'nited
, lie- de'l! '1(1 iXeolited more (if Itll-
‘ rte s slay et s
N'ov 14 .Agiaou.eni signed fop 1 re
funding of Poland s debt of $ i 7t4;f>60.-
(i • o l' n i t eii S1.11 es
,\o\ 17 Inti-nmi lomil oonference on
( 1 ouni trade optm <1 tit Genova.
Nov 21- 'New British government re-
tea the Ang!" Russian tfeittU s 111-'
Kited w the M ioliottald cabinet.
-itre.ii 'Britain demanded
r inde: -nj! > of $2.3"ii.mMt for
Sir Bee Stack, sirdar, apol-
tim r 'irt of ass.is-ins arid con*
• o . i ii itig i in suda tv.
i- .v'pt refu id part of Rrlt-
i it paid i lo- indemnity
ague ,,f Naiiotts received
;t igainst action of Great
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, o' ii.i'-n tad tvi. ,ty
1 —': k.'. v \ nf ).an government yielded
i i i - a demands
■iny -iv natiotis in International
oottfetence voted iti favor of the
can plan .for suppression of-thj>
1 4—Anglo-German
v made nubile
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<il' M'.ifij,’
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and Aust ria signed commer-
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United States accepted League
s invitation to participate In
m..! i onferericc on limitation
In arms
7 British government pro-
■\r. list registration by Irish
o with League of Nations of
sh treaty.
FOREIGN
elected presldet"
I — X tsci.uni Klego Klyoura mad-
premier of Japan
J an a—\ entselus
of Greek aasemb.Y.
Jun. 16—Gonzales Cordova elect*
President of Kcuudor.
e'«n, 2-2—Baldwin government t
England rea'vned. R.nt.suy MacDonal
Labor chief, became prime minlater
and announced his cabinet.
Jan. 24—Premier Poincare aubmltted
to French chamber a balanced budget.
Jan. 26—Prince Regent Hlrohlto of
Jap an and Princess Nagakd married.,-
Jan. 29—President Obregonis forces
took Esperanza from Mexican rebels,
who sustained heavy losses.
tTurkey abandoned prohibition and
made liquor a state monopoly.
Jan 31—Serious anti-government
-rlohi In Tokyo; diet dissolved and new
elections ordered.
Feb. 2-*-AIexls I. Rykov elected first
prime minister, of Soviet Russia to suc
ceed Lenin.
Feb, 3—Mexican rebels, defeated at
Cordoba, evacuated Vera Cruz.
Feb 4—Venlze Ins resigned as pre
mier of Greece; Kurfumlarls succeeded
hi in.
Feb. 13—Bavarian separatists mas
sacred by natronallsts In Plrmasens and
Kn Iserlan ten
Feb 17—Separatist government in
the Palatinate superseded by interal
lied commission.
"TMarch 3—Turkish assembly deposed
tlUeM'aliph and abolished the caliphate.
'•.March" 8—Greek cabinet resigned;
Papanastaslnn became premier.
March 13—German relchstag dis
solved.
March 16—Horaclo . Vasquez elected
president of Santo Domingo.
March 19 — Honduran rebels routed
forces of dictators n id took Teguci
galpa; United States marihes landed
March 22—Persian parliament de
posed shah and put bis two-year-old
son on throne
March 23—Greek assembly voted to
depose the' Glucksbourg dynasty and
for establishing of a repubUc, subjeevt
tn result of plebiscite
,March 30—German People's party
declared for democratic monarchy.
April I—Lule.in.nrff freed. Hlttler
and others convicted of treason In Mll-
nlch "iiutsch ’
April 6—Italian elections won by the
Fascist 1.
April 13—Greeks voted for a repub
lic^ '■*■*
May 4—Gerhiaii relchstag elections
won by parties supporting Dawes plan
May 5—Honduras factions and Cen
tral American nations* signed treaty
of peace on United States cruiser
May 11 — Premier Poincare's National
bloc defeated in French elections hy
Socialists,' radicals and Communists.
May 13—Premier Poincare of France
and cabinet resigned, effective June 1.
May 26‘—Cabinet of Chancellor Mar-*-
of Germany resigned.
May 31 — Insurrection broke out In
Albania.
June 1-—Chancellor Solpel of Austria
wounded by Communist.
June 2—General Averesou led grca.t
peasant protest against Rrutlano gov
eminent of Rumania. *
Albanian government resigned as
rebels attacked Scutari
Juneib—Chancellor Marx of Germany
and bis (ahirot reappointed.
June 6—German relchstag adopted
Dawes reparations plan.
June 7—Francols-Marsal formed new
French government.
Japanese cabinet resigned.
June 10—French parliament defeatjed
Francols-Marsal cabinet and President
Mlllernnd resigned. Herrlot elected as
lire tiller.
June 13—Gaston Doumergue elected
President of France.
Albanian revolutionists victorious,
having captured Tirana. ,
June 14—Premier Herrlot of France
completed his radical Socialist cabinet.
June 16—Mussolini's rule In Italy
threatehed because of kidnaping and
murder of Matteottl. a Socialist deputy
June 17—South African elections won
by Nationalist-Labor coalition. Gen
eral Smuts defeated.
June 18—Mussolini by energetic ac
tion survived crisis In Italy.
June 20—Failure announced of third
attempt to scale Mount Everest, two of
party being killed.
• July 7—Plutnrco Ellas Dalles elected
President of Mexico.
July 2S—Brazilian government troops
drove rebels from Sao Paulo after 23
days of fighting.
Aug. 28—Revolt against bolshevism
began In Georgian republic.
Aug 29—Chinese armies, .confronting
each other near Shanghai, threatening
renewal of civil warfare.
Sept 2P-Flghting began near Shang
hai.--
Sept. 7—Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian
war lord, declared war on the Peking
government.
Sept. 9—Resignation of President
Alessandrl of Chile, forced by military
group, was not accepted by senate, but
he was given six months' leave.
Sept*— 10—Chang Tso Lin sent six
armies against Peking.
American sailors landed In Honduras
because of revolutionary movement..
Sept. 12—Trotzky sent to the Cau
casus to suppress rebellion in Georgia
and Azerbaijan.. ,
Sept. 26—Spanish troops administered
to Moroccan rebels severe defeat and
relieved besieged gnrrisohs.
Sept. 30—France turned out balanced
budget for first time in ten years
Oct.-3—King Hussein of Hedjaz ab
dicated at_ demand of citizens of Mecca
an l Jeddah.
Oct. 5—Chang Tso Lin won big vic
tory at Kengtlen.
Emir All. son qf ex-King Hussein,
accepted throne of Hedjaz.
Oct 8—British Labor government
defeated in house of commons on vote
of confidence
•Chang s Manchurian troops won hi
battle near Shanhalkwan^ and occupi
that city. _ .
< tet 9—British parliament .-prorogi/ed
and gene.'ul election set for **ct.
Carlos Solorzano elected President
.of Nicaragua.
< >ct. 12—DirigP.de ZR-3. built In/Ger
many for l'.oiod States, started on
flight to America /
net 13—Shanghai abandoned nj
Chekiang generals All foreign de
tense forces nioldlized
Oct 20—German relchstag dissolved,
Chantellor .Marx having fulled to ree
organize Jthe cabinet satisfactorily 1
p. king-4MiA*4»« lost 10.OOU men in two
days' battle.
Oct. 21—German Nationalist party
declared In favor of restoration of
in • i tin re try aint against Versa i 1 les treat y
and Dawes plan
net. 22—General Feng Yu-hslang
seized control o.f Peking and called a
peace conference.
Oct 23 -Ontario province voted to
retain the. teiiim rance act.
Oct 25—President Tsao Kun of China
resigned. —
,) t .t 29.—Conservatives won great
victory in British parliamentary elec
tions, Labor government beaten and
Liberals almov wiped out
\ 0 v l—Gen. Gerardo Machado. Lib
eral. elected Presidotu ^Of Cuba.
Nov. 4 -rMaci>on.i Id cabltiet in Eng-
latid resided and Stanley Baldwin was
tiitrust.il with job of forming new
government.
Nov. 6—Baldwin government took
olllce In England with Winston
Churchill, Liberal free trader. In cabi
net.
Monarchist military party In power
in Yugo-Slavla with Pachltc'h as pre
mier.
Nov/ 7—German budget balanced for
first time since I be war.
Nov. IS—Chancellor Selpel of Aus
tria resigned and was succeeded by
Rudolpn Kainek.
Ge.ii Wvi Pei-fu reached Hankow and
established an independent military
government of Yangtze and Yellow
rive i pro viircr-sr
French parliament: granted amnesty
to Calllaux and Malvy, convicted of
treachery during war.
Ndv. 19 Cabinet^ of Finland and
"■Portugal Resigned
Nov. 20—Nil Lee Stack, sirdar of
Egypt, assassinated, by an Egyptian. .
Nov. 23—Mussolini averted ^attack In
parliament by pr imislng to nuntsh
Fascist! excesses »nd curb Fascist ut-
leran* *?s. „ .
Nov 22—Ismet Pasha resigned as
premier of Turkey and was succeeded
by Fethl Bey.
Nov.* 24—Tuah Chl-jul Inaugurated
as chief of .ew Chinese government.
Premier Zaghloui Pasha of Egypt,
yielding to, part of Britain s demands
because of murder of Sir Lee Stack, re
signed Zlwar Pasha became premier.
Nov 28—British Sudanese regiment
at Khartum mutinied and battled with
loyal w:’»Ps
- N«v 29—Sudan mutineers surren-
di red.
Nov. 30—General Otlles Inaugurated
•President of Mexico.
Dec. 1—Communist revolt In Es-
thonia quickly suppressed.
Dec. 6—Rival war lords of China
! quit fighting by agreement.
Dec. 7—Parties supporting German
republic won relchstag elections.
Dec. 9—King George, opening parlia-
tent, said Great Britain would build
i lie Singapore naval base.
JHIEBA*
NWELL. PEOPLE. BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA.
JANTARY 1, 192.'..
Dec. li-^Chancellor Marx
rrany and cabinet resigned.
of Ger-
DOMESTIC
Jan. 1—United States fleets sailed for
winter maneuvers at Panama.
Jan. 8—Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce ordered by federal trade board
to stop unfair tactics against farmers
co-operative market.
Jan. 9—Radical Republican senators,
combining with Democrats, elected
Senator Smith qf South Carolina chair
man of Interstate commerce committee,
defeating Senator Cummins
Jan. 15—Democrats selected New
Y'ork and the week of June 26 as place
and date for their national convention
Jan 21—Senate committee heard
sensational testimony concerning lease
of Teapot Dome oil reserve to Sinclair.
War Finance corporation went to res
cue of falMYig banks in Northwest
wheat region.
Jan 29 — President Coolldge named
Silas H. Strawn, Chicago, Republican,
npd T. \V Gregory, Texas, Democratic,
special counsellors in naval oil reserve
lease cases.
Jan. 31—Senate adopted resolution
tor annulment of naval reserve oil
leases. ‘
Feb. 2—Albert B. Fall refused to
testify In oil lease Inquiry; President
'Cpolfdge nartied Alice Pomerene, Ohio,
ns coTinselt it In place of T. ~W. ■ Greg*
ory
Feb 3 — Former President Woodrow
Wilson died.
Feb 4—Charles Henry Levermore.
Philadelphia, announced as I3ok peace
plan contest winner.
Ft*b, ,11—Senate, passed resolution
asking President Coolldge to demand
resignation of Secretary of Navy
1 Jen by, and President refused
Feb. 14 Stravvn s nomination as spe-
(i:*l oil case-counsel withdrawn.
Feb 15—Owen J. Roberta of Phila
delphia nanied oil counsel hy Presi
dent.
Feb. ]6—J. P. Morgan gave his $7.-
QjlO.otlO library lo public at memorial
to his father, who founded It.
Feb 18—Secretary of the i Navy
Denby resigned, ettecilve March 10.
Feb.-19—House as committee of the
whole. Voted fur Democratic lax plan.
Feb. 21—President Coolldge nomi
nated Charles B Warren of Detroit to
•te ambassador to Mexico.
Feb. 29—C. R. Forbes, former direc
tor of veterans' bureaq, Indicted by
federal grand jury in Chicago.
House passed compromise tax reduc-
t'oi till.,
March —Seriate passed resolution to
investigate Attorney General Daugh
erty.
March 12^—Senate Investigation of
Attorney General Daugherty opened
with sensational evidence of question
able deals:
March 13—^Chlef Justice Curtis D
Wilbur of California Supreme court
appointed secretary of the navy.
March 17 — United States army avia
tors began flight around world from
Santa M mica, Cal.
March 18—Soldiers'bonus bill passed
by house. 3SS*to 54.
Senate adopted resolution for con
stitutional amendment to have Presi
dents inaugurated the third Monday tn
January and new congress to gi Into
office, 'he first Monday In January after
election.
Hugh S. Gibson confirmed as minis
ter to Switzerland.
March 24 — Archbishops Mundelein
Chicago and Hayes of New Y'ork ele
vated *o the cardlnalcy. ,
Mar-'h 28—Attorney Gefieral Daugh
erty resigned at request of the P/resi
dent.
April ?—President Coolldge tnamed
Harlan Klske Stone of New York to be
attorney general. '
April 12—House passed Immigration
bill Including Japanese /exclusion
clause.
April 18—Senate by a vote of 62 to
6 passed bill excluding Japanese Immi
grants and reducing Eujmpean imml-
gratlon 50 per cent.
22- Harry K. Tha-w declared
Philadelphia Jufy.
23— Senate passed the bonus
\pril
sane by
April
bill.
April
5—\V. T. Viyb Orman won na
tional balloon raCe 7n Goodyear 111.
April 26—House /adopted resolution
for child labor amendment to Constl
tutic n
April 29—Gjv AV. T. McCray of In-
•diana convicted /of using mails to de
fraud
A-pril 29 — Mc/'ray resigned as gov-
ernoi of Indiana
April 30—Former Governor McCray
of Indiana sentenced to ten years in
prison and lined $.10,000.
May 3—/’resident Coolldge vetoed
the Bprsum pension increase bill.
May 5-/Senate adopted Democratic
tax reduction bill
May "/-Methodist general conference
accepted unification plan of north and
south branches
May/ 10—Senate passed tax bill as
revisod by L>emocrats.
MaV 11 —Major Martin and Sergeant
Har/ey: .reached .Port Moller, Alaska,
11 day* after tnelr pTane was wrecked,
ay 12—Congressman Langley of
K^nt-ucky found gutltj; on rum plot
urge and •.eiit k> nced to two years In
Yison.
May 13—Senate by margin of one
vote sustained President's veto of Bur-
sum pension bill '«
May 15—President Coolldge vetoed
the soldiers bonus bill
May 17—House '"overrode veto of
bonus bill. 313 to 7s
Army world aviators flew from Attu
to Paramashlru Island. Japan.
May is—Cyrus Woods resigned ns
ambassador lo Japan
Mav- 19—Senate- passed bonus bill
over veto, 59 to 26, and It became law.
May 2°—Army flyers reached Minato,
Japan, and flew thence to Kasumi-
gaura, near. Tokyo
May 27—Methodist general confer
ence modified the bah on dancing and
theaters %
June 2 — President Coolldge signed
the tax reduction bill. -
Senate passed resolution’ proposing
twentieth amendment to Constitution
hv which congress is given power t'o
control labor of persons under
eighteen. -
June 3—McNary-Haugen farm relief
hill defeated in house.
June 4 —American army aviators
flew from Japan to Shanghai.
j U n., 5—House passed bill ,to set
aside 'Mg tract of land on upper Mis
sissippi for wild life preserve.
June 1—Congress adjourned,
president . Cou+tdge vetoed measure
alio whig salaTJ invrease to postal em
ployees. \ ’*
j U n e 9—Suprerne.,court upholds con-
stitutlonamy of law prrrfttpjJliut sale
or Importation of mart Ittfiior for medi
cine.
j utle jn—American army flyers left
Hongkong .or Haiphong. French Indo*
China
JUne 10—Republican national con
vention opened in Cleveland Ohio.
June 12—Calvin Coolldge and Charles
G. Dawes nominated by Republican na
tional convention
> Bandits held up ina.ll train.-near Ch4-
cago, getting loot estimated at $2.-
OOti.ttOO
June 17 — Farmer-Labor progressive
convention opened In St. Fauh:
June 1 —American aviators Hew 500
nilT*s to Bangkok. Siam • -
June 19 — Farmer-Labor convention,
dominated by communists, nominated
Duncan McDonald of Illinois for Pres
ident and William Houck of Washing
ton for vice' president. Farmer dele
gates bolted , . i.
June 23—Lieut Russell Mauuhan
fl>w across United States In l.S hours
20 minutes
June 24—Democratic national con
vention met in New York.
July 1 —Coast-to-coast air mall serv
ice inaugurated
Julv 5—American flyers reamed
Karachi. India
July 9—John W. Davis of West Vir
ginia nominated by Democrats 'on one
hundred and third ballot as- candidate
for presidency; Charles W. Bryan, gov
ernor of Nebraska, nominated for vice
presidency
July 13—United States flyers reached
VI* nna -WastrU.
Julv 14—United States flyers given
big reception upon arrival In Paris.
July 16—United States flyers reached
London. . ■ -■ t
July 21—Nathan Leopold, Jr., and,
Richard Loeb. both .of Chicago, entered l
plea of guilty to the charge of murder/
ing Robert Franks, fourteen-year-old
son ot a mfUlonalrt <
July 30—United States flyers flew
from Brough. EngJand. to the Orkney
Islands. V \ 1
Aug. 3—Federation of Labor In
dorsed LaFollette-WheeUr ticket.
Lieutenant Nelson. United States fly
er, reached Iceland; Lieutenant Wade
forced down and his plane wrecked.
Aug. 5—Charles B. Warren resigned
as ambassador to Mexico. >
Two United States flyers reached
Reykjavik. Iceland.
Aug 12—Grand Arany of Republic
held annual parade InfBoston.
Aug 14—Dr. L. F. Arensberg, Union-
town, Pa , elected commander In chief
of G. A. R.
Aug 21—American aviators flew
from Iceland to Fredericksdal, Green
land.
Aug. 26—Post Office Inspector W. J.
Fahy arrested in Chicago for com
plicity in-big mall robbery In June.
Edgar A. Bancroft of Chicago named
ambassador to Japan and James K.
Sheffield of New'York ambassador to
Mexico.
Aug 31—United States aviators flew
from Greenland to Indian Harbor, Lab
rador
Sept. 8—Republicans won Maine elec
tion, Ralph O. Brewster being elected
governor, and Senator Fernald re
elected. • •
World flyers reached New Y’ork.
Sept. 9—President Coolldge greeted
the_ world flyers at Washington.
Sept. 10—Leopold and Loeb. brutal
young murderers of Chicago, given life
Imprisonment.
Sept. 12—First Defense day tests
participated In by "many millions. .
Sept. 13—General Pershing retired.
Sept. 15—Anierican Legion conven
tion opened in St. Paul.
Sept.. 19—Janms A. Drain,' Washing
ton, elected commander of Anierican
Legion
Sept. 28—American flyers arrived at
Seattle, formally completing the cir
cuit of the globe In live months and
twenty-two days.
Oct. 14—United States Senator Frank
Brandegeo of Connecticut committed
suicide in his Washington home.
Oct, 15—-SR-3. America's German-
built airship, arrived at Lakehurst,
N. J
Oct. 24—rlneome taxes . made
causing widespread protest.
Nov. 1 — Pneumonic plague broker out
In Los Angeles. Many deaths.
Circle; state troops sent.
Nov. 4—Kepuoncqns swept tap coun
try in national elections except the
Solid South; Coolldge and DaAves elect
ed by 10.000.000 plurality/ with 382
votes In electoral college/ to 136 for
Davis and Bryan and 12 for LaFollette
and Wheeler. New coifgress Repub
lican.
Nov. 7—New Y’ork/law compelling
Incorporated secret /organizations to
make memberships/ public upheld as
constitutional
President Cool|d&e appointed a com
mission to formulate farm legislation
Nov 11—Theodore Douglas Robinson
appointed assistant secretary of the
n a v y.
Nov. 13—W M. Batier apnolnted
senator from Massachusetts to succeed
tlie"late H/nry Cabot Lodge.
Congressman Hill of Maryland ac
quitted ivt elder and wine-making trial.
Nov. /2—Secretary Wilbur s annual
report /showed the navy was steadily
and rsipklly deteriorating
Now. 24—hornier Postal Inspector
VV. / Fahy convicted of $2,000,000 mall
robbery -ear Chicago.
ov. 25—United States Indicted New
rk Herald-Tribune and publisher
nd managing editor of Kansas City
Journal-Post for printing income tax
returns.
Nov. 29—Secretary Weeks reported
the army was unprepared to repel at
tack and air force was deficient.
Dec. 1—Short session of congress
opened
Dec. 2—Presldenl—Coolldge senf bud
get message to congress, recommend
ing tax reduction.
Federal court quashed Indictments
against K.insas City editors for Income
tax publicity.
Dec. 3—President COolidge's message
read to congress, sounding note of
prace. prosperity and economy.
Dec. 4—President and Mrs Coolldge
visited Intern a tiotval Live Stock ex
position in Chicago
Dec. 7—Dr. David Starr Jordan
awarded Raphael Hermen prize of $25',-
fiOO for best educational plan calcu
lated to maintain world peace.
Dec. 8—James B. Duke gave $46,000.-
000 and George Eastman gaye $12,500.-
000 to education and hospitals. ,
Dec. 9—New York Tribune Company
acquitted of Illegal publishing of in
come tax returns. —^ —
House passed Interior department
appropriation bill carrying total of
$238,000,000
Dec. 11—Senate passed $140,000,000
bill for rehabilitating the navy
Dec. 15—Congress held memorial
meeting for Woodrow Wilson
Dec. 16—Governor-elect Hiram Bing
ham of Conmectjcut elected senator to
fill vacancy caused by death of Frank
B. Brandegee
Dec. 18—Body of Samuel Gompers
interred at Tarrytown, N Y.
Dec. 20—Congress recessed for the
holidays.
near Amalfi,
March 26—landslide
Italy, killed 100 persons. .
March 29—Twenty-six coal miners
killed by explosion at Yukon, W. Va.
April 28—Mine explosion at Wheel
ing. W. Va., killed 111 men.
April 30—Tornadoes In Southern
states killed 113 and did vast damage.
May 27—Forty-five killed Jn torna
does In Southern states.
May 31—Twenty-two Inmates of de
fective girls' school near Los Angeles
burned to death.
June 12—Forty-eight seamen. Includ
ing three officers, of the Pacific .battle
fleet, killed in turret explosions on
battleship Mississippi.
June 28—Millions in property los
and 150 dead in tornado which swe
L'rain, Ohio.
July 27—Japanese steamship/ Is
wrecked, 152 drowned /
Aug. 14—Reports from China said
floods had caused over 13,00i/ deaths,
and 15,000.000 were in dange/ of star
vation.
Aug. 28—Eighty killed hurricane
In Virgin Islands.
Sept. 13—Earthquake An Turkey de
stroyed 102 villages tynd killed hun
dreds
Sept. 16—Mine ex/ilosion at Sublet,
Wyo., killed 39.
Sept. 21—Storms'in Wisconsin killed
53 persons. / >
Oct. 20—Foum*-in killed and 15 hurt
by explosion on U. S. S. Trenton.
Nov. 12—ILnndreds killed by earth
quakes on l/land of Java.
Nov. 14—TMilllon-dollar tire In Jersey
City, N. J4 made 2,000 persons home
less. /
6—Eire on Jersey City docks
00,000 damage.
Nov.
did $2
SPORTS
Jan. 12—Willie Hoppe beat Cochran
for world’s-billiard title. :
March 14—F. 1. Fleming. Champaign,
IL., won national amateur three-cush-
iur. title. ,*
April 10—*-Wlllle , Hoppe defeated
Edouard Horemans of Belgium, retain
ing the 18-2 balkline title.
May 1 — Ralph Greenleaf, Philadel
phia, won world's pocket billiard title.
May 17—Black Gold won Kentucky
Derby.
Ma^.25—Bob Cannefax won world's
three-cushion billiard championship.
May 30—Joe Boyer, Detroit, won In
dianapolis fiOO-mile automobile race.
May 31—Tommy Gibbons defeated
Georges Carpentier of France.
Pennsylvania university won Ameri
can Henley regatta.
June 6—Cyril Walker. Englewood. N.
J., won national open golf champion
ship.
June 7—University of Minnesota won
i itercollegiate rifle match
June 17—University of Washington
won Poughkeepsie regatta.
June 20—Yale beat Harvard In an
nual regatta
June 27—Waiter Hagen, American
pro, won British open golf champion
ship.
July 5—Olympic games officially
opened In Paris*
July 12—Black Gold won Chicago
Derby
Jujy 13—America won Its eighth con
secutive Olympic track .and field cham
pionship In Paris games.
July 17—Yale won eight-oared Olym
pic race.
July 19—Helen Wills and Mrs.
Wightman won womens doubles ten
nis title in Olympic tourney.
Julv 20—Helen Wills and Vincent
Richards won Olympic tennis singles.
The United States led the world's
nations In the Olympic standings with
83 points; France second with 40
points
.July 26—Jimmy Johnston of St. Paul
won Western amateur golf title.
Aug. 11 — Edith Cummings won wom-
in's amateur Western golf title. __
Aug 15—American athletes won first
place In Tullteann, Irish national
games, at Dublin
Aug. 16—Helen Wills retained wom
en'^ national tennis champion ship.
Aug. 29—Grand American handicap
shoot won by H. C. Deck of Plymouth,
Ind.-
Sept 1 — Wise Counsellor beat Epl-
nard in first international horse race.
Sept. 2—BUI Tllden retained hafional
tenuis championship, defeating W. M.
Johnsto'ti.
Sept 6--William Melhorn of St. Louis
won Western golf title.
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell' Hurd won
women's golf championship.
Sept. 11—Harry Wills defeated Luis
Flrpo of Argentina In 12-round fl|wU.
Sept. 12—American—tennis teinnf-de-
Australians. retaining Davis
INDUSTRIAL
Jan
port of
Jnn
British
every
raised
16—Harbor workers In
Norway went on strike
20—Engineers and firemen of
railways began strike against
decrease of wages.
Jan *22—New Y’ork Central
waxes of 15."00 employees
Feb. 12—Five tnousand teamsters of
Chicago struck for more pay, winning
next/.day on a compromise.
Feb 19—Three-year wage contract
signed foF central bituminous field '
Feb. 27—Chicago garment workers
struck. ,
April Jv—Fifty-five Western railways
gave 5 per cent- wage increase to con
ductors. brakemen and switchmen
May 13 — Western trunk lines subrnit-
ted wage dispute with engineers and
firemen to federal railway labor board
June 11—C/iisson workers ended
s'rike in Chicago, work resumed on
many large biilidings
June 19; Post office employees of
Canada struck, tlelng up Dominions
postal service.
Jun*- 24—Forty thousand garment
workers, at ruck In New York.
■ July 14—Sh opera Its and clerks
unions of Pennsylvania railroad Tost
115.0.00,001) suit for back pay
July 22—Federal trade commission
Issued a 'Yens- and desist" order'
against all steel corporal ions using
Pittsburgh plus price system
Aug _ 27—Recei vers named for Wil
son & Co., great packing concern of
Chicago.
Aug 28—Pore MarqirelLe—road joined
th-* N'K'Ule Plate.merger of the-Van
SvveiTngen brothers
‘Sept. 1 — Federal -trade commission
accused Chicago Retail Lumber Deal
ers' association of untair* competition .
.Sept. 9 Fatal plantation strike riots
in Hawaiian islands.
(-a t a AlumInum.Company of Amer-
Icii vajpcusin) of quest Iona tde practices
by tederal trade commission.
(ict. 6 — Bis riot of striking silk
workers in I’aVerson N J
. Oct 2"- Supreme court ruled. "Fed-
era I courts must grant jury trials tn
VonT«*m:»t cases growing out of labor
snincs. . ■ * j
Nov 6—Federal Judge WUkerson
Upheld powei of federal railway !ab*%F
hoard to cion be. I witnesses to appear
Nov 15—Burley tobacco growers of
f'hio. Indiana Missouri, ’Tennessee and
Kentucky agreed to cut out tin* j925
crop
Nov 1 "—Convention of American
Feneration of Labor opened in El Paso,
Texas
Nov 21—National Grange in conven-
' Ion went on record against child la
bor amendment' f * Constitution
Nov 24—;A F of I, voted against
support of new political party.
Wages of .Maine textile workers re
duced ip,per cent.
Nov 25—Samu-B Cioriipers re-elected
president ot A F of B
Nov 29—Railway labor board voted
$4 ii0li,uuu wage increase to engineers
and firemen on Weste'ii lines
Dec 4 —Pan-American lalKir confer
ence opened in Mexico City.
feated
cup
Sept,
feated
cup
Sept,
second
lish
Sept.
13—American golf team de-
British team, retaining Walker
16 —American polo team won
and deciding game from Ehg-
20—Walter Hagen won profes
sional golf championship
Sept. 27—Robert T, Jones. Jr.. At
lanta. won national amateur golf cham
pionship
eLadkln defeated- EpJnard, French
horse, in second international race.
New Yorn' Giants won National
league pennant.
Sept 29—Washington Senators won
American league pennant. v
Got. 1—Cornmtssloner Landis black-
Usted Jimmie . O'Connell and Coach
Cozy Dolan of the Giants for trying to
bribe a ’’hlladelphla player to throw a
game. _ .
Oct. Tn—Washington Senators won
world's championship.
Oct 11—Surazcn beat Eplnard In
third International race
Oct. 13 — Anthony Woostroff, Newark,
won National A. A U. pentathlon.
Nov 22—Yale beat Harvard at foot
ball.
University ot Chicago won Western
ponference football championship.
Nov 29—Army defeated Navy at
football.
NECROLOGY
Jan. 1—Mrs. Martha Foote Crow, au
thor and educator, in Chicago,
Jan 2—Rev. s. Raring Gould, emi
nent'. English aulh ir and hymn writer
Nathan B. Scott. former United
States senator from West Virginia
Jan. 9—Dr. Basil Gildersiee ve. fa-
_ n^uus American savant
Jan 15—Dr. Maurice Francis Egan.
American diplomat, author and educa
tor
Jan 21 — Nicolai Lenin, premier of
strv-tet Russia. -
Gen Lee Christmas, fanjou? Ameri
can soldier of fortune
Jan ’7 — W W Appleton, puolisher.
In New York
Jan.- 2s—Theophlle Braga. ex-I’resl-
dent of Portugal
Feb. 3—Woodrow Wilson, . twenty-
eighth President of the United States.
Feh 12—Dr Jacques Loelr. lamoufs
biologist
Feb 18 —lit.* Rev Alexander B. Gar
rett, presiding bishop of Protestant
Episcopal church in America, at Dallas
Feb 21—Congressman H G. Dupre
of Louisian i.
Felt 24—Forni'er .CongreSjsman J. L.
Slavden of Teikas. /
Feb. 26—George Randolph Chester,
author and playwright, in New Y’ork.
Mrs Lydia Coonly Ward, magazine
writer, in Chicago.
Man h 6 Former Ootvgreasmatr Jv M."
Lew of New York
March H—A H Smith, president of
New York Centra) railway.
March 9—Daniel Ridgeway Knight,
American artist, in Paris
March 16—laipez Gutierrez, de facto
President of Honduras.
March 15—Judge F. E. Baker, t’nited
States Circuit Court of Appeals, In
Chicago. - —r—— _
l nit**d States District Judge G. W.
Jack of Louisiana.
Dr W. O Stillman, head of American
Humane association, tn Albany, N. Y.
DISASTERS
Jan 3—Explosion in starch factory
In Pekin, 11! j killed 36.
Jan 10—British submarine with crew
of 43 '■sunk in collision.
Jan 25—Thirty-three coal miners
killed b\ explosion at Johnston City.
111.
Jan 26—Coal mine explosion at
Shahktown, Pa., klllea 40 men
Feb 5—Forty-two men killed when
pond broke through Into" Iron n^lne
neat Crosby, Minn. • '
March )—Explosion of TNT at Nixon,
N. «L killed 18. Injured scores and de
stroyed the plant and town.
March 8—Explosion entombed and
killed 17$ miners at Caatie Gate, Utah.
.March 20—Newton Fuessle. American
novelist.
March JO—Commander Roy’ P. Em-
rtch. U. S. N f
Dr. P A. Baker, genera! superin
tendent National Anti-Saloon league.
April 3—Ch a fits—A—Mima, editor and
nUblisher Scientific American.
April 7—Marcus A Smith, former
senator from Arizona.
April 10—Hugo Stlnnes, Industrial
magnate of Germany.
April 14—Louis H. Sullivan, eminent
architect, in "Chicago. ,V
April 19—L. H. Boynton, professor of
architecture. University of Michigan. -
F X. Leyendecker. American artist.
I April 21—Eleonora Duse, famous
Italian actress, In Pittsburgh
Marie Corelli, noted English novelist.
April "J—Lindm W. Bates. American
waterway expert. In Paris
April 24—G. Stanley Hall, noted
psychologist, at Worcester, Maes.
April 25—Charles F. Mu/phy. chief
tain of Tammany HaT*.
April 27—J. C. Roberte, owner St.
LO May S l—Henry/k. Byllesby, Chicago
fln*ancler and engineer.
flI Mav 2 Dean C. Worcester, scientist
and former/secretary of Interior of
the PhlllPPm* 8 '
May 67/Kate Claxton. once famous
af May/U H. H. Windsor, publisher of
Foph/ar Mechanics.
G/orge Ketinan. writer and traveler.
vCjy 14 Baron Constant d'Estournel-
<9 ‘French leader for disarmament
May 20—Sir Edward Goschen. Bfit-
* S May Pl 26^-V!ctor Herbert, ^ilierican
C °Jurie*V— E. C. Shankland. noted civil
<*miineer. In Chicago.
June 6—E. S. Bronson, president Na
tional Editorial association, at El
Ren", Okla. ■’
June 9—Fetor Clark Macfarlane, au
thor and playwright.
June 17—Frank G. Carpenter. Ameri
can traveler and writer, in China.
June 18—Judge R. M. YVanamaker of
Ohio Supreme court. , , "
July 5—A. A. Adee, second assistant
secretary of state
Julv 7—Calvin-Coolldge, Jr., younger
son of President Coolldge . ,
July 17—Mrs Isabella Stewart Gard
ner of Boston, patroness of art and-
music.
July 18—Maj. Robert Imbrle. Ameri
can oviofc consul at Teheran. Persia.
July 24—Palmer Cox, author of
"Brownie" stories for children.
July 28—Edward Feple, American
dramatist. . ,
A*ug. 2—George Shiras, Jr., former
justice of United States Supreme court.
Aug. 3—Joseph Conrad, noted novel
ist, in England. _
Former United States Senator C. L.
Townsend ol Michigan. —*—. f .
Aug 6 —Dr R G. LeConte of Phila
delphia, famous surgeon.
- Aug. Hi—Mary Stuart Cutting. Amer
ican novelist.
Aug 14—Francis Ferry Elliott,
American author. „ .
Aug 15 —Dr. B W. Stppey of Chi
cago. famous' stomach specialist.
Viscount Knollys of England.
Dr Richard Green Moulton.- former
professor of literature. University ox
Chicago, In England. .. . .
Aug 18—LcLaron B. Colt, United
States senaTor from Rhode Island.
Aug. 20—Miss Lucy Page Gaston of
Chicago, noted anti-cigarette crusader.
Aug. 21—('harles B Lewis (M yuad).
famous humorist, in Brooklyn.
Sept. 1—Joe Boyer, automobile racer,
.killed In race at Altoona. Fa.
John H. Blackburne. veteran English
chessmaster.
If J, Case. Inventor of harvesting
machinery, at Poughkeepsie. N. Y.
Lieut Gen. S. B. M Young. U. S. A.,
retired.
i*ei>t. 3—Edward F. (Pop) Geers,
noted harness driver
Dario Resta. automobile racer.
Marla T. Daviess. American author.
Sept 15*-Fr.ank Chance, noted base
ball leadbr.
Jimmie Murphy, automobile racer.
Charles Zeublin. educator and pub-
Tlclst, in Switzerland
Sept. 16—W. L Douglas, ex-governor
of Massachusetts.
Sept. 19—John W. Sehaeberle. as
tronomer, at Ann Arbor. Mich.
Sept. 22—Ex-Senator R. J. Gamble of
South Dakota. j -
Congressman W. R. Greene of Mas
sachusetts '
Sept. 23 — Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer.
President Harding's physician, at Ma
rlon. Ohio.
Sept. 25—Estrada CaT>r*JNx. ex-presi
dent of Guatemala.
1 CIvnrlotT.*' Crabtree tLotta), veteran
American -ctress, In Boston,
j Oct'. 2—Sir William Price. Canadian
tapltallst.
■ Oct. f>—Warren Garst. former gov-
(ernor of low 1.
! Oct. 6—Dr W. A. Shanklln. president
bnieritus of Wesleyan university.
“Oct. 7-—<'harles L. Hutchinson,- Chi-
cago banker and art patron.
Oct. 9—Prof. W. A. Lory of North
western university, noted zoqloglst.
Oct. 11—B H Farr, leading author
ity on peonies, In Reading. 1’a.
Oct 12—Anatole France, eminent
French writer. V
Edgir L. Larkin, astronomer,' at Up
land. C^L
Dr. D C. Seelye. first president of
Smith opllege.
Oct 14—T'nTted Sfateg Senator Frank
Brandegee of. ConViectfcut. 1
Oct. 17—rll-i U. K-i>h-laqa L.. fymar Chi
cago newspaper publisher.--f
Oct. 18—Admiral Sir Percy ^-Scott.
British gunnery expext. ’
Oct. 22—F. Wight Neumann. Chicago,
noted Impressarlo.
Dr. H. A. Buchtel. former governor
of Colorado.
Oct. 23—John E. Wright, former Chi*
cigo Journalist
Oct. 25—Se-retary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace.
Laura Jean Llbbey, noted novelist.
Henry S Cooper, manufacturer, of
Kenosha. YV’Is..
Oct. "26—Lew Dockstader. famous
minstrel.
Dr C. F. Newcomb. Canadian an
thropologist.
Oct. 27—Percy D. Haughton, noted
football coach.
Gen W IV Haldeman, Yammander ir.
chief of Confederate Veterans
Albert H. Loeb. Chicago capitalist.
, Oct. 28—Jhmes B. Forgan, veferan
Chicago banker.
Edward Bell. American charge'd’af
faires in Peking.
W. E. Lewis, publisher of New York
Telegraph. *— ■
Thomas C. Harbaugh, writer of Nick
Carter stories .
Oct 29—Frances Hodgson Burnett,
author and. playwright.
E IL Sawyer, author of many "dime
novels.” 1
Nov. 1-r-W. W. Slhray. assistant com
mission *r general of immigration
Nov. 2—Kal Nellsen, Danish sculp'or.
T E. Cornish, first president of Bell
Telephone company.
Michael Gavrilovich. Y’ugo-Slavlan
minister to Great Britain. -
Nov. 3—Ex-Senator Cornelius Cole of
California. »ge<4 one hundred and two.
Nov. 4 — Ferdinand W. Peck, pioneer
Chicagoan
Gabriel Faure, French composer.
Nov. 5—Gen. Anson Mills, U. S. A,
retired, in Washington
.Nov, 9—Henry Cabot Lodge. United
Slates senator from Massachusetts
W K. Kitchln. ex-guvernor of North
Carolina.
Nov. 14—Dr Samuel Plantz. presi
dent of Lawrence college. Appleton,
Wis.
> ,Nov. 15—Herman Mack, prominent
hotel man of Chicago.
Edwin S. Montagu. English states
man.
Nov. 16—Gus J Karger, veteran
Washington correspondent.
E E. Rice, veteran theatrical pro-
due cj'_
Mrs. J P. Morgan. Sr.. In Highland
Falls, N. Y
Nov. 17 — Mgr. Gregorius, ecumenical
patriarch of Greek Orthodox churcli, in
Constantinople. - —
Nov jjs—Ex-Congressman J. H. Ste
phens of Texas.
A. N McKay, general manager Salt
Lake Tribune
Nov 19—Cardinal Log-ue pf Ireland.
Thomas H. Dice, moving picture ^troT
duce'r » —1 :
Nov. 20—Gen. Sir Lee Stack, sirdar
of Egypt.
Spy. °.l—Mrs. Warren G. TTardlng, at
Ma-rjon. Ohio.
Nov. 22—Hermafi Hyermans. Dutch
author and playwright.
"Nov j»4-—UL- S.. Fairchild, secretary of
the treasury in Cleveland's cabinet.
Nov. 27 — Duke of Beaufort.
Nov 2.8.—Dana M Evans, athletic di
rector of Nonhwestern university.
Nov. 29—'Giacomo Puccini, fam
Itallar composer.
Dec. 2—Con I’ Kennedy, noted out
door, showman. ■ •;,
Dec. 5—Clprlano- Castro.'former Pres
ident of Venezuela.
Dec. 6—Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter,
novelist.
W. C. Brown, former president New
York Central.
Bishop II. J. Alerding of Fort Wayne,
Ljid. | ,
Dec. I—William C. Relck, Journalist.
Dee 8—Chief Grand Rabbi Isaac
Friedman of Vienna, in New York.
Dec. 9—Mablon Pitney, former Su
preme court justice.
Dec. 10—August . Belmont, financier
and sportsman.
Ed war & Hoislag, American artist.
Dec. 13—Samuel Gompers. president
American Federation of Labor.
Dec. 14—Congressman T. F. Appleby
of New Jer«ev
Martin IT Glvnn, ex-governor of Nesu,
York
famous