The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 31, 1919, Image 11
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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.
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This, warmth-giving, congestion
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S A EL
Lag 1ardwamre1 tocj~jk
Having bought the Moseley & Rowland hard
ware stock at a bargain price we will have a
Clearance Sale of the entire stock, beginning
next Monday morning, at the Moseley &
Rowland stand.
We will cut the price deep to move out the
stock. First come first served. Somebody
is going to profit if they take advantage of
this sale.
JONES-A OR
HA RADWR 0.
LAURENS, S. C.
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