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IIVENT8 )F 1911) PASSI) IN REVIEWy Continued from 2nd page this section. eral of railroad's to succeed Wiliin G. McAdoo. The government's i1rst bl)ow at the I'lelicals' (luring the year wias deliy ered on Junmry 8 when Congressman Victor L. Berger and four other So clalt leaders were found guilty by a federal jury In Chicago or conspiring to interfere with the successful con duct of the war. On February 18 they were sentenced to 20 years' imprison ment. On March 2 Hlerhert Hoover was appointed by the president to be di rector general of Amerlean relief among he population of Europe. Because of the necessity for legis lation to meet the iew after-war con ditions, President Wilson on May 7, by Cble from Paris, called a speelal ses 'sion of coigress to convene May 19. On May 10 the (enmllipaign for the Vic tory Liberty loan. the list popular war loan, closed with a heavy oversub scription of the $4,500,000,000 hoitl issue. The special session of the Sixty .sixth congress opened on May 19 it)ih (the lIepublicaws in control of both house and serte for the first time since 1912. The house of represent a -tives was organized by the election of Congressman Cillet t of Massachuset ts 'as speaker. In the senate Senator Cummins of Iowa was elected presi dent pro tem. One of the first acts of the new house was to pass the womfin suffrage -amendment to the Constitution by a vote of 304 to 89. The amendment was agnin brought up in the senfite on June 4 anl this time was adopted by a vote of 56 to 25v The activities of anarchistic ele tnents were manifested on June 2 when bomhs were exploded simultan eously at the residences of ten men in eight Eastern cities. On July 1 the war-time emergency prohibition act went into effect anl for the first time in history the sale of liquor was illegal t hrouglhou t tho Uniltel States. On July 12 l'resident Wilson) vetoet the agricultintral appro priation bill becnuse ofi a "rider" re pealing the daylight saving iaw. Con gress prompily passed a separate hill .repealing the clylil:ht saving law and when President Wilson vetoerd this measure, both houses lassel the bill over his veto on August 20. The country was aroused during the summor by a series of race riots, the first of whieh occurred in Washinflgton on July 21. Four persons were killed in the rioting at the capital. On July 27 the most serious race riots of the year began in Chicago. It was found necessary to cnll out state troops and before order had been restored 33 persons had been killed and hundreds Injured. In recognition of tie services whicli he rentered as comnmanier-in-cief of the American expeditiontary forces, (jeneral Pershing was ma(e a v.wneral for life by act of congress. Isn (om mnipme was hande'd to imi11 :. ho landed oi Sept'eliber S at 1011r with the F'irs;t division. The United Stjates enterii a number ot distinguiishd'l otlielais fr-omi abroad dlrin tihie att mr prt 4,f the year," in1cuitehg gdiAll crvier of Belglumi, Hillg Allert and Quiee: E'lizabethb of Ilii.r, anrd the prinace of Walies. Durinig the closIng week; of the yenar a determ: ined attacixk up1(m the ,war-t ime prohib1mIitin net. held the cat tentioni of thie 'ounrt ry. Oin October 27 P~resident Wilson vet oed the stringent pr'ohibitioni (enforceiet bill1 patssed by congress on the groumdl tha t thIe ermer-gene'y for wichel theu prioiitioni lawi hadc beien ennet edl. hioel Imessedl. Congr-ess immred at ely epissedc thle bill oveir thle presiden't's veto an tulIt be cenme a law. At fo-ks were mnade upon the prohibition law In fedteral coeur'ts in all sections oft ibe couintry aind varly ing dlecisi ons w.ere gi ven. Appen'i Iwas' taiken to the l'eitedi States Sumpremie coiurt which't on 1)'eiiimber 1.5 iiphoild the aciit. Labor andi irdustrial. Seriousa' indutiil disltrbanes were preva'ilenit dirin;: lice greaterl lpart of the yenu I in all enuntur.ie's thazt inl lhe-n engaged InI wnr I. IThe ser'ies ef gr'et stikels in the Uncitedl5t Mines un s iin augui'atede con .Jauaruiy 1) by awa Outt of' miiiine woerej s in New Yoerk. This strike was sef short duiation, heew ever, as' it etmded on .11acnary I2 p.I endl ting an nrb'litrat ion ofi the dlispcute bcy time war huihor boare d. South Aimeri en apptarenitly wa's affect ed aiso, by new coniditionis as great strikes were in progress duing Jfranuary in Arge'ntIna and Peru. On February 6 the counitry~ w~as startled by annmourneemnmt of a gern eral strike ini Senttle called in sup port of striking suhlpbullders. Author ities anniouincedl that this strike was forced by the radical Itabor element and prompt- merisuires were taken by liiayor Ole I ianson to suppress it. As a result the strike ended on February 10. On February 16 a nation-wIie strike of building trades workers was started11( and Mn .ar('h 41 the marine woi'kers in Ne'w York again went out. On April 15 a strike of girl operators tied up the t leleie serviee through oult the New Ea'lad at ies, but tis wias ended on A pi 20 by a ('otpro mise wage ine'rase. O n July 15 lie I aliId ing l'uiployer's' aissoclationi of ('hlienio, combiinitig a strikn of bmuildim: w'.orkIers', iockeid out 200,000 emiployee's. O n thle samie damy Boston street car emiployees wen'it Oin strike. Chicago sur'fac'e anmd ele'vated car men strulck on July 29 hut the strike ended three days liater with a comnromtke wnge agreement. Rill way shopimen throughout the country struck on August 1 for ain increase from 08 cenlt to 85 vents 1 an iioir, but the strike was calen (ld ' on August 141. Oin August 7 tliere wax inauguated fi New York one of Ihe ilost unuiusual strikes in record-a walkout of actors. 1he strike spread to Chicago alld wis not settled huntil Sept'mber 0 when tilhe netors won. On September 9 the hrgest part of tile Hoston police force went oil strike after the suspensiol of patrolmen ac tive inl forming a union. Mioting fol lowed in which sevel pl1sons were killed. The striking policemen voted on September 12 to return to duty. On September 22 steel workers throughout the couniry went on strilke, demanding wage inevcises and shorter hours. Many plants were closed for a short time but tihe strikers soon weak ened and within a few weeks prac tically normatl conditions were re stored. On October (, aim industriil confer ence called by President Wilson, rep resenting labor, cap itl and the public, opened its sessions in Washington, but after ineffectual at.tepillts to agree upon it proposal to recognize the prin ciple of collective bargaining, tihe la bor mombers withdrew on October 22 and two days later the conference cnme to an end without having ne complished any result. On October 15 bituminous coal min ers were ordered to (uit work on Oc tober 31 uponi failure of the miners and operators to agree upon ia new schedule of wages and hours. TIe leaders of the miners refused to con silder an appeal by President Wilson to call off the strike, pending an ef fort to effect a compromise, and the government proceeded to take vigor ous steps to prevent the shu'ting of the mines. Theo department of jus tice obtained an injunction from Fed eral Judge Anderson at Indianapolis to prevent tile leaders of the union from directing the strike, whleh, how ever, began on November 1. The shortage of coal, espelci ally in the Middle and western states, becane alarming 1and the situation was ren dered worse by a severe cold wave. The fuel administratlon amd local commllssiolls put into effect drastic orders for conservation of coal. Pres ident Wilson then proposed thpt tihe millers accept a wage Increase of 1-4 per cent and)(] retu-n to work at once and that a comnission of three to be appointed by him investigate and set tle wages and conditions for the fu ture. This plan was accepted by the miners onl 1eeember 10 and coal pro dtetion was resunmed. Mexico and the United States. Conditions in Mexico continued to provide 1 perplexilng problem for the Unilted States government during the year 1919. A report on July (1 11l11t: armen Mex lerns hand attacked and robbed i boat l(mad of American sallors near Tnm. plo caused hitter feeling and on Au gust 17 tlls was intensified by tile cap ture of two United 1 States army avla tors by bi'lnits. who bld thom for S15,C'~'- an I. T le rlsom was paid by the I'llited Stes gverlillelt on August 1., and a troop of cavalry, ne. comlpanied by airplanes, crossed the horder in search of the bandits. Pres idelit Carriiza (inlinded tile with drawal of the United States troops, 11111 Is demild was lgilored-. The 1mn11t1ile expediIt ion a1t tacked a hlandit stronlghlohl enl Autguist 21, k illing four 10n1n, but on August 241 thle pursuit was aban1 idonledr and1 thle trops04 ret urlned to the Unitedl Sta tes. Theui relion s bet ween Mexico and1( the1 UiIted St ate(s realched 21 crlsis on Novernlber 1!) willn Secrelar o' (f State lan31ing dlispaitchled aI no0te demandtl~ing the I inmledilto u'lncondulIt ional release of WuVilliam ii O. .Jeinkinls, [Ulnted~ States I'onsula21r agent at Il'uebla, who had been arr'esteId on cha21rges oIf comlpile ity wtith handl~its inmi kidnauited him11 anld Iheld 1 hm for $15100 ranosoml. A few daiys ilatei Jeniini s was released on hali, but tils dlidt not relieve the1 strained reilions. Aeronautics. As ai reslt of It' great delivelop Ilient if aviationl eltiniig thle warP, rapid trores wiasII made~li d,' ur ((iingt'h year (li Many 8 thr ee' UTnitedi States navy sea uh i's started(5 froma New Yorkh or. Itle lirst Itrans-AtIlara tic ilight . b~y way of 111 faifax, N. S.; Tr-epassay Hay, Newifundhmla~d, andl the Azohres. One of thiese~1111 lmcitnes thle NU-J airrived. it Lisbioi, Portugal, 011 Maly 27, hav lng 'omplIleted the firs't flghlt across the( Atlantic inl actual flying time Of 20 hours, 47 mlinutels froml Newfound h21nd1 to Por1tulgal. Fiog caulsedl the oth er two plane~s to lose thleir course. Two BrItish aviators, Iharry (G. I Iawker and1( Lieuiteniant Comlmander Mackenzle (Grleve, left Newfoundland onl Maiy 18 In the first attemp~t to cross the Atlantie wiitout stop. Engine trotuble foiredh themll to di'esed 850 miiles froml Irelandi and11 the aviators were picked uip by it palssin~g v-essel. Th'ie fh'st nonlI-5top fliht across thle by C a pt. John11 AlIcock. lIrbitish flyer, Ameruaican; navl~iga Ior, wiho covered till 1.hu01 miles fromi Newfo['undalandl :o fre :ad in Ill hurs uad I 2 minulltes. The11 firit i hdIrIgibule it-:i., cairryling :1 lperson, sarItedu fromii klidiburgh onl it.lel a 1 '. .l Il de tthe return trip Sw p. Atransconitinental airplane race was Started sI'll, Itaneously at San Franels co and New York on October 8 with 05 Competitors. Five aviators were killed during this race. bleut. Alexan der Pearson was declared (tie winner. On Deemiber 10 Capt. Itoss Smith of Australia completed an airplane tril) fromn England to Port Darwin, Australia, in :0 days. Necrology. Death took a heavy toll among the leaders in niy fields of world activ iy durint; 1919. The most prominent of Americans who passed away during the year was former .President Theo lore Roosevelt, who (lied suddenly at his home tit Oyster Buy on Janutary 6. he folwing ire anmong (he more prominent men and womei who died during tilt year: January -1, Count (eorge F. von Ilertling, former (German chancellor; ,1antinry 8, Maij. ((m. J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A.; .1nunry 12, Sir Charles Wyndham, Engli b actor; January 31, Nathimiel C. Goodwin, faimols Amierlenn comedinii; Februnary 17, Sir Wilfried La1turier, formi-er premier of Canada; lebruary 22, Villiam P. Bor land, representative in congress from M issouri; Dr. -Mary Walker, fornier armi*y sitrgeoni and noted its filn advo ente of male attire for women; Febrii ary 27, George F. Edmunds, former United States senator from Vermont; March 10, Mrs. Amella E. Barr, au thor; April 4, William Crookes, fi mous British chemist and piyslcist; April 9, Sidney Drew, comedian ; April 21, Jules Vedrines, noted French avia tor; May 3.9, Edward Payson Call, prominent newspaper publisher of Boston, Philadelphia and New York.; May 29, Robert Bacon, former secre tary of state and former ambassador to Franc ; June 5, 'Manuel Franco, president of Paraguay; June 11, John C. Spooner, former United States sen ator from Wisconsin; June 12, James A. Tawney, former representative in congress from Minnesota ; June 14,. Ernest Lister, governor of Washing ton; July 2, Dr. Anna IHoward Shaw, former president of National Woman's Suffrage association; July 20, Sir Ed wnard Joln Poynter, English painter, president of the Royal academy; Au gust 1. Oscar lammerstein, theatrical and opernttle producer; August 11, An drew Carnegie, veteran steel inanufac turer and philanthropist ; August 28, Gen. L oouik Boha, premiler of the Union of South Africa; September 0, Admiral Flaron Charles Williat Beres ford, Iritish navaI commander and (ritic: Septemrw- 9, John Mitchell, la bor lender; September 21. Theodore P1. Sionts. president of the Inte borough Itapir Transit comanly of New York. and former chairman of the istlhimian ennal commission ; Septem her 27. Adelina Patti, famous operatIe singer; October 19, William WValdorf Astor, forier American millionaire who became a Biritish peer; October 21, Alfred TI. Itlligling, hend of the fit mous circus fami1ily; October :10. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wileox, writer ; Novem ber 1. Col. J. D. Bell, commandert in chief of' the G. A. It.; November 12, Thomintis S. Martin. United Sites sen ator -rc.i Virgrial-m : D)eeilemr 2. Ienr3 CIly Firick, steel naigna te and philm thropiat. To abort a cold anecL prevent comn plications, t hke '..;oi Lb(cl~ that are m.U:YX1ez:-, ue- and sure. ed n-id imrhLoved. Sld oanly in ::ealed packages Price 35c. SATISFYING RELIEF FROM LUMBAG Sloan's Liniment has e punch that relieves rheumatic twinges This, warmth-giving, congestion scattermng ciriculation-suiinnlatinog remn edy I'>cnetrates w'ithomut rubIbintv rip ht to th e achinug spot and br1 igs q iik re hief, surely. cl''any. A\ wonder ini i hIp for extern:l pinis. Sipraini,: traini, sti Gt~ youtr bottleI toda~y-costs lit tie, menai. uch. A\sk yot-urm dit;t for it b~v nlam'. l\eep it handvol for the whole family. IThe big bottle is ecnit omy. 33c, 70c, $1.40. 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