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Jon, 2—President Dlnz of Nicaragua
asked l nlted States intervention to
stop .Mexican aid to rebels.
Jim. 6—American marines and tailors
landed at Corlnto and entrained for
Junnnfsua, capital of Nicaragua.
Cantoneso forces occupied British
Concession In Hankow: warships sent
to the place.
Jan. 7—United Slates warned Mexico
nut to Interfere with its policy In
NIcaYfigua.
Radio 'telephone service between
London and New York opened.
Jan. 13—Peru refected Secretary
Kelloggs plan for settlement of Tncna-
Arica dispute.
Jan. 20—Mexican government ac
cepted “in principle” proposition to
arbitrate oil land disputo with Unit-
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Jan. 2G—Secretary of State Kellogg
declared government's intention of de
fending American lives and property
in China.
First British troops landed at
Shanghai.
Jan. 31—Interallied commission
turned over control of German dis
armament to League of Nations.
Fob. >1—United States notified by
three powers that lis reservations on
adherence to world court were 1 ot
accepted.
Feb. 10—I’rerident Coolidgo asked
the powers to consider extending
limitation of naval armament to ail
classes of vessels.
Fell. 19—Japan accepted Coolldge
naval confercneo plan with reserva
tions.
Feb. 20—Sweden and Belgium signed
pact never to make Avar on each other.
Feb. 21—Italy rejected Cuolidge
naval conference plan.
Feb. 23—British government' warned
Russian Soviet government that re
lations would bo severed if the latter
continued its anti-British propaganda.
Feb. 24—United States- transport
Chaumont with 1,200 marines arrived
at Shanghai.
F“b. 28—Great Britain accepted
Coolldge proposal for naval limitation
conference, with certain reservations
concerning? cruisers.
March 1—Complete American avia
tion expedition landed in Nicaragua.
-March 24—United States government
ordered nil Americans out of interior
of China.
March 2S—American consulates
along- upper Yangtso closed
April 4—France rejected United
elates Invitation to naval limitation
conference.
April 0—Italy nnd Hungary signed
n treaty of amity nnd arbitration;
oweden and Austria ratified a treaty
lnaking war illegal under all eir-
vCUms tanecs.
April 0—Marshal Chang raided Soviet
embassy In l’eklng, seizing lied con
spirators and documents.
April 7—President Coolldge ap
pointed Henry L. Stimson to investi
gate conditions In Nicaragua.
April 8—United Slates ordered 1.500
more marines to China,
April 11—United Slates. Great Brit
ain, France, Italy and Japan presented
Identical demand to Canton govern
ment for apology and reparation for
Nanking outrage.
Leagues of Nations preparatory dis
armament commission decided agree
ment between French and British
viewpoints was Impossible.
May 3—Third Pan-American com
mercial conference opened In Wash
ington.
May 10—All Nicaraguans ordered to
surrender arms to United Slates ma
rines.
May 12—English police raided
Soviet trade headquarters in London
anrl seised quantities of documents.
May 27—Japan ordered 2.000 troops
Vo China.
May 2S-yUnited States warship on
the Yangtso battled Chinese troops.
May 29—Great Britain warned Egypt
tho British must control Egyptian
•army.
June '3—Ousted Russian representa
tives departed from London.
Juno 5—Yugo-Slavia broke off re
lations with Albania.
Juno G—Albania appealed to League
of Nations to avert war with Jugo
slavia,
June 13—League of Nations council
session opened at Geneva: Germany
notified ambassadors’ council that It
had destroyed forts on eastern border.
Juno 14—Poland alarmed by Rus
sia's concentration of its reserves on
tho frontier.
Disputo over control of Egyptian
arms settled to satisfaction of Great
Britain.
June 20—United States, Great Britain
nnd Japan representatives began the
Coolldge conference on naval arma
ment limitation in Geneva, each nation
submitting a plan.
June 25—United States delegates at
Geneva firm against British proposi
tion for reducing slzo of battloships
and cruisers.
June 28—Japnneso at Geneva sup
ported British plan for reduction of
capital ships.
July G—Japan sided with United
States In opposing British demands
as to cruisers, In the Geneva naval
limitation conference.
July 8—Japanese troops occupied
Trtnanfu and Tslngtao, Shantung prov
ince, Chink.
July 17—Bandlno’a band of Nleara-
g. an rebels attacked United States ma
rines at Ooot.il and were routed by
bombing planes, 300 being killed.
July 19—British delegates to Geneva
conference went homo for consulta
tion.
r July 27v»—Amerloan Minister Sterling
presented his credentials to Irish Freo
State.
British delegates sent hack to Genova
with instruction to stand pat on their
demands.
Aug. 4—Naval disarmament confer
ence at Geneva ended in complete fail
ure.
Aug. 9—France agreed to reduce
Rhineland occupational forces.
Aug. 17—France and Germany signed
commercial treaty.
Sept'. 1—Council of League of Na
tions opened session in Geneva.
Germany made final payment on rep
arations for third year under Dawes
plan.
Sept. 3—France accused Rnkovrky,
Russian minister, of urging French
soldiers to revolt, and ho denied the
charges.
Sept- 5—Eighth assembly of League
of Nations opened; Dr. A. N. Guanl,
Uruguay, elected president.
Sept. 10—Sir Austen Chamberlain
told League of Nations Groat Britain I
Sept I &—Canada, ettna and finiunn
elected to nonpermanont seats In
League of Nations council.
O-'t. 5—America assessed counter
vailing duties on certain French and
German products ns result of tariff
increases by those countries.
Franco formally demanded recall of
Soviet Ambassador Raltovsky.
Oct. 13—Russia recalled Ambassador
Rakovslty from France.
__ Oct. 18—Lithuania asked League of
Nations to Intervene In its quarrel with
Roland,
Oct. 81—Dr. Friedrich von Pritt-
WIU und Gaffron selected as German
ambassador to the United States.
Nov. 11—Armistice day observed all
over tho world.
France and Yugo-Slavla signed a
treaty which enraged Italy.
.. N . ov ; . 24—-Italy and Albania made
tholr friendship pact a military alliance
as a reply to tho Franco-Yugo-Slaviau
treaty.
bit
suppressed by
Nov. 30—League of Nations prepara
tory disarmament commission met in
Geneva; Russia proposed total disarm
ament within a year, which was re
jected on ground that it must lie pre-
coded by international alliances guar
anteeing security,.
Dec. 5—Council’ of League of Na
tions met in Geneva.
Dec. 7—League of Nations council
referred I’oland-Lithuania quarrel to
Van Blocltland of Holland for a re
port.
Dec. 10—Premiers Pilsullski of Ro
land nnd AVnldemaras of Lithuania
made temporary peaco agreement.
FOREIGN
Jan. 3—Serious communist revolt In
Sumatra reported.
Jan. 10—Bishop Diaz nnd other prel
ates arrested by Mexican government
for sedition.
Jan. 11—Thousand natives massacred
at Wanghihpno, China, by bandits.
Jan. 1G—Serious anti-Christian riot
In Foochow, China.
Jan. 27—British government abol
ished shivery In Burma.
Jan. 23—Dr. Marx formed new Ger
man cabinet, Including three promi
nent Nationalists, and with no Social
ists.
Jan. 30—First Hungarian parliament
since 1918 met with great pomp.
Mexico ordered ull priests to report
to government by February 10. or be
outlawed.
Feb. 3—Military revolution started
In Oporto, Portugal.
Feb. 7—Portuguese revolutionary
movement spread to Lisbon, with
severe fighting; Oporto recovered by
government troops.
Feb. 9—Revolution in Portugal re
ported suppressed.
Feb. 1G—Cantonese captured Hang
chow.
March 1—Marshal Sun anrl his forces
quit tho defense of .Shanghai and
Sliangtungose troops gathered there to
combat the Cantonese.
March 4—French deputies voted to
conscript capital In futuro wars.
March 9—Mexican troops executed
many rebels captured In battle.
Mussolini wiped out all local auton
omy In Cyrenajoa and Tripoli.
March 20—Shanghai's foreign city
taken by Cantonese.
March 23—South China Nationalists
captur'd Nanking.: and Chlnkiang.
April 7—President Figueroa of Chile
took two months’ ''vacation,” turning
government over to Premier Ibanez,
virtual dictator.
April 8—Gustav Semgal elected Presi
dent of Latvia.
April 11—Chancellor of Exchequer
Churchill presented new British budg
et to meet deficit of 5110.000,000.
April 12—Lithuanian diet dissolved
and military dictatorship established.
April 17—Japanese cabinet resigned.
April 18—Baron Tanaka appointed
premier of Japan.
Egyptian cabinet resigned.
Moderate Nationalists In China set
up new government in Nanking.
April 20—Mexican bandits in Jalisco
attacked and burned a train, massa
cring about 100 persons.
April 22—Japan granted three weeks’
moratorium to banks in financial crisis.
Archbishop Mora y del Rio and seven
other leading Catholic prelates ex
pelled from Mexico for fomenting re
bellion.
April 24—Mexican troops killed GO
of bandits who committed tho train
massacre In Jalisco.
May 2—Premier Poineare announced
plans for wall of super-forts on
France's northern frontier.
May 4—President Figueroa of Chile
resigned.
Nicaragua peace parley adjourned,
after both sides agreed to disarm, re
turn to 'their farms and await a reg
ular election. President Diaz proclaimed
a general amnesty.
May 17—Vatican denounced Mus
solini's charter of labor.
May 22—Ibanez elected President of
Chile.
June 1—Toronto government began
sale of bottled liquor.
Premier Avarescu of Rumania re
signed. 1
June 2—Baron Cartier dn Marehlenno
resigned as Belgian minister to United
States.
Juno 5—Prince Iiabu Stirbey made
premier of Rumania.
Juno 21—Premier Stirbey of Rumania
resigned and loan Bratlano succeeded
him.
Juno 23-—William Cosgrave re
elected President of Irish Free State
executive council; De Valera and his
followers barred from dall elreann for
refusal to take the oath.
July 1—Canada began celebration of
sixtieth anniversary of the confedera
tion.
July 10—Kevin O'HIgglns, vice presi
dent and minister of justice of Irish
Freo State, assassinated.
July 20—King Ferdinand of Rumania
died nnd Prince Michael, six years
old, was proclaimed king under a
regency.
Aug. 1—Eruption of Vesuvius caused
inhabitants of surrounding villages to
11 ee.
Aug. 3—Canada’s war memorial at
Ottawa dedicated by Prince of Wales.
Aug. 11—Eamonn do Valera and
forty-four other FJanna Fall party
members took oath of allegiance to
King George,
Greek coalition cabinet resigned.
Aug. 12—Mexico excluded agitators
Rev
government
Aug. 14 — Gen. Chang Kai-slick,
leader of Nanking Nationalists of
China, resigned.
Sept. 13—Directorate of Spain modi
fied into a semi-military ministry op
erating without a parliament.
Scpi. 15—Irish Free State elections
gave government plurality of six votes
111 dall elreann.
Sept. 18—President Hlndenburg, at
unveiling of Rattle of Tnnnenburg
memorial, repudiated Germany's war
guilt. ,
fi-pt. 23—Baron Ago von Mnltzan,
German ambassador to United States,
killed in plane crash In Germany.
Sept. 25—Attempts made to bomb
trnin of touring American Legionnaires
near Nice, France.
Sept. 30—Loon Trotzky expelled from
the Communist Internationale at Mos
cow.
Dot. 3—Gomez and Serrano. Presiden
tial candidates in Mexico, revolted and
military units In Mexico City, Tor-
reon and Vera Cruz mutinied.
Oct. 4—Serrano, thirteen of his chief
followers and other revolters captured
by loyal Mexican troops nnd executed,
Oct. 9—Mexican rebels led by Gomez
annihilated by federal forces.
Oct. 10—New Spanish national as
sembly opened by King Alfonso.
Oct. 11—President Cosgrave of Irish
Free Stato re-elected by the dall.
Oct. 24—Moscow court condemned to
death threo former millionaires a3
spies for Groat Britain. '
Marshal Chang, in conjunction with
Wu Pei-fu and Tang Shcn-chi or Han
kow, announced general warfare
against the Nanking government.
Rumanian government frustrated
plot to put Prince Carol on the throne.
Get. 30—I’resident IConduriotls of
G’eece wounded by an assassin.
Nov. 1—Mustapha Kemol Pasha re
elected President of Turkey.
Canton Nationalists announced new
civilian regional government for
ICwantung and Kwangsi provinces of
Cliiija..
Nov. 4—Brazil arranged to get $36,-
000,000 gold from U. S. treasury.
Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, Mexican rebel
lender, captured and executed.
Nov. 7—Soviet Russia celebrated
tenth anniversary of tho revolution.
Nov. 11—Fascist grand council
abolished the ballot nnd old parlia
mentary system in Italy.
Nov. 18—Plot against President
Callcs of Mexico foiled hv seizure of
arms and men at New Orleans.
Mohammed Ben Mulai, third son of
tho late Mulai Yuscf, elected sultan
of Morocco.
Deo. 5—Portuguese government es
tablished six gambling zones in tho
country.
Dec. 11—Communists seized control
of Canton, China, after bloody riots.
Dec. 13—Nationalists regained pos
session of Canton; 4,000 killed in bat
tle. Nationalists severed relations with
Soviet Russia. ,
March 24—Roy a. Haynes appointed
noting commissioner of prohibition.
April 2—President Coolldge revoked
Harding’s naval oil reserves order and
turned tho reserves back to (lie navy,
April 5—William Halo Thompson
elected mayor of Chicago, defeating
Mayor W. E. Dover.
Sacco nnd Vanzottl, convicted mur
derers, denied new trial by Massa
chusetts Supreme court.
President Coolidgo vetoed tho Philip
pine act for plebiscite on independ
ence.
April 22—President. Coolidgo called
on country for $5,000,000 rolief fund
for flood sufferers.
April 25—President Coolidgo spoke
nt anniversary dinner of United Press
in New York, outlining government's
foreign policies.
Secretary Hoover took personal
charge of flood relief activities in
Middle West.
April 30—IT. P. agents broke up plot
to smuggle Chinese from Mexico into
California by airplanes nnd killed one
aviator.
May 2—U. P. Supreme court upheld
(ho Virginia law for sterilization of
mental defectives.
President Coolldge called for $5,000,-
000 more for flood relief.
May 17—U. S. Supremo court upheld
California’ null-syndicalism law.
May 18—Demented farmer dynamited
schoolhousc at Bath, Mich., killing 37
children and 6 adults, including lilm-
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DOMESTIC
Jan. 1—Gov. A] Smith of Now York,
nt his fourth inauguration, declared
himself a candidate for Democratic
I’resident la 1 nomination.
Jan. 7—House passed naval appropri
ation bill without "big navy” amend
ments.
Jan. 18 -Senate rejected Lausanno
treaty with Turkey.
Jan. 20-»-Senate, by vote of 48 to
refused to let Frank L. Smith, sen
ator-designate from Illinois, take the
oatii of office pending investigation of
Jus qualifications.
House passed army supply bill, add
ing >8,000,000 to budget bureau esti
mate.
Jan. 29—President .Coolldge, ad
dressing budget meeting, opposed mili
tarism and pacifism but declared for
adequate defense.
House passed compromise radio bill.
Fob. 1—Senate passed navy appropri
ation bill after adding money for con
struction of throe light cruisers op
posed by President, and Increasing ap
propriation for navy aircraft program.
Feb. 9—President signed bill appro
priating $10,009,0(10 for fighting corn
borer.
Feb. 11—Senate passed McNary-
Hnugon farm relief bill, 47-39.
l ib. 15—Hugh R. Wilson appointed
minister to Switzerland, J. Rutler
V right minister to Hungary and be
laud Harrison minister to Sweden.
Feb. 1G—Senate passed McFadden
bank bill.
Feb. 17—House passed
Ilaugen farm relief bill.
Ezra Brainerd, Jr., of Oklahoma con
firmed as member of interstate com
merce commission.
McNary-
Amerlran Medical association voted
that ro.drietions on medicinal whisky
should bo taken from Volstead act.
May 19—Mrs. Catherine Gassier con
demned to death In Chicago for murder.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, sen
tenced to three months in jail and fined
$500 for contempt of tho senate.
L. (’. Andrews resigned ns assistant
secretary of the treasury In charge of
prohibition enforcement nnd Seymour
Lawman picked for place; Dr. J. M.
Doran appointed commissioner of pro
hibition. replacing Roy A. Haynes.
May 25—Dr. O. 1). Davis of Chicago
elected national moderator of Congre
gational church.
Dr. Robert E. Speer of New Jersey
elected moderator of the Presbyterian
church In Ihe United States at general
assembly in Snn Francisco.
June 2—Flood control conference
opened In Chicago.
June 4—Gen. E. Jl. Crowder resigned
as ambassador to Cuba.
June G—President Coolidgo named
delegates to naval disarmament con
ference, with Ambassador Hugh L. Gib
son ns chairman.
Juno 13—President Coolidgo and hla
entourage left Washington for tho
summer White House in tho Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Juno 25—Fifty-five indicted at Los
Angeles in connection with oil stock
swindle.
June 29—Sacco and Vanzetll re
prieved for 30 days by Governor Fuller
of Massachusetts.
July 6—Fall-Doheny bribery Indict
ments upheld by District of Columbia
Supreme court.
July 7—Henry Ford apologized f.or
attacks on Jews In his Dearborn Inde
pendent.
July 8—James R. Sheffield resigned
as ambassador to Mexico.
July 9—Federal trade commission
ordered Laslcy, Zultor nnd Famous
Players-Laslty corporation to discon
tinue “unfair methods” In moving pic
ture business.
July 12—Northwest farm conference
tn St. Paul voted to support tlio Mo-
Nary-Haugen farm relief measure until
it becomes law.
July 15—Gov. Lon Small paid stato
of Illinois $050,000 interest refund in
satisfaction of judgment.
July 18—Saplro’s $1,000,000 libel suit
against Henry Ford dismissed after
payment of a substantial sum.
July 24—Charles Birger, southern Il
linois gang leader, sentenced to death
for murder; two accomplices given life
Imprisonment.
Congressman M. E. Crumpackor of
Portland, Ore., commuted suicide by
drowning nt San Francisco.
July 28—Secretary of tho Navy Wil
bur awarded contracts for building of
four new cruisers.
Aug. 2—President Coolldge an
nounced that he did not “choose to run
for President in 1928."
Aug. 3—Governor Fuller of Massa
chusetts refused clemency to Sacco and
Vanzetti, finding they had a fair trial
aral were guilty.
Aug. 6—Edward S Shumaker, super
intendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
league, nnd Jess E. Martin, attorney for
tho league, found guilty of contempt
by the Indiana Supreme court. Shu
maker sentenced 10 GO days on penal
farm and fined $250.
Aug. 22—Chief Justice Taft nnd Jus
tice Stone of U. S. Supremo court re
fused to intervene In Saeco-Vunzctti
case.
President Coolidge began a week's
visit In Yellowstone National park.
Aug. 23—Sacco and Vanzetti execut
ed in .Massachusetts state prison. Riot
ous demonstrations In many cities.
Sept. 9—-President Coolidge and party
left Black Hills for Washington.
Gov. Ed Jackson of Indiana Indicted
on charge of conspiracy to bribe For
mer Governor McCray, and Mayor Du
vall of Indianapolis Indicted for viola
tions of corrupt practices statutes.
"Miss Illinois,” Lois i 'dander of Jo
liet, won Atlantic City beauty contest
and title of “Miss America.”
Sept. 11—President Coolidgo arrived
in Washington.
Sept, 13—National encampment of G,
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Weak, Thin, Nervous
Woman Gets Strong,
Gains Weight.
Mrs. L. N. Crawford, Jr„
of Logansport, La., writes:
"I felt perfectly hopeless.
"Life wasn’t worth liv
ing, it seemed. I felt liko
giving up but, you know,
a woman with a family
just can’t do that. I was
weak, thin and nervous.
"I tried so many things
hut didn’t get better. Fin
ally I ashed my husband
to get mo somo Cardui.
After I had takon threo
bottles, I wa3 liko a new
person.
"I gradually resumed my
work around tho house and
went places. I quit suffer
ing. Now I am strong, in
good weight, and feel fine.”
Thousands of women
have been helped by Car
tful, in a similar way, Jn
tho last 45 years.
CMDUI
A Vegetable Tonic
Pree
Will be shown at the court house
in Dahlonog”, 011 the night of
January the Gth. “The Raiding
Parson” a picture that is now
being shown under the auspices
of schools and churches. Story
of tho life and works, suffering of
Rev. Robert Stewart who was
Pastor of the Lumpkin county
church for four years. Every
body invited. A free will offer
ing will be taken to help pay ex
penses for trip.
P- 5. — Also a five reol comedy
will lie run called “Tho South
Equator” Don’t fail to see these
two great pictures,
Get. 31—Secretary of Treasury Mel
lon submitted to house committee plan
for tax reduction of about $225,000,000
Nov. 1—Fall-Sinclair trial in Wash-
1 lngton halted by a Jury scandal.
Nov. 2—Mistrial declared In Fall-
Slnclalr case becauso of Chartres of
1 tampering with the Jury. b ° r
Corn belt, and southern agricultural
conference In St. Louis adopted reso
lutions indorsing McNary-Haugon hill
and condemning attitude of Borah
Reed of Missouri nnd Bruce of Marv •
I n n r?
Nov. 4—Harry Sinclair nnd H. M . iv
charged with conspiracy to fix the Sin-
clnir-Fall jury.
Nov. 8—F. D. Sampson, Renuhllnnn
nnd friend of horse racing, elected gov"
ernor of Kentucky.
Nov. 10—Judge Fend at St. Josonh
Mich., placed House of David under a
receiver and ousted Benjamin Purnell
Nov. 17—President Coolidgo recelvaii 1
Philadelphia Union League club's
medal of honor. ciuns
lei). IS—Radio bill passed by senate.
\ lucent Miyssey, first minister from
Canada, received by President Coolidge.
Feb. 24—IIouso accepted senate
, amendment to navy bill appropriating
I money to start building of three light
I cruisers.
.. - 25—President Coolldge vetoed
the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill.
, , ' Supreme court can
celed oil land leases given E. L. Do-
heny by A. B. Fall when secretary of
the interior on ground of fraud.
House passed medical whisky bill.
Senate passed hills for elevation of
battleship guns and other navy appro
priations totaling $101,104,000.
March 2—Senate passed prohibition
reorganization bill.
March 3—Senate ended 37-hour fili
buster by recessing until March 1.
March 4—President Coolidge refused
to call extra session as congress ad
journed.
Jury failed to agree in case of
Daugherty In Daugherty-MUler bribery
trial, but convicted Miller.
March 8—Thomas W. Miller, former
alien property custodian, sentenced to
18 months in Atlanta prison and fined
$5,000 for conspiracy to defraud gov
ernment.
March 16—Harry F, Sinclair, charged
with c'ontempt of the senate during the
Teapot Dome oil scandal Investigate
A. n. opened In Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sept. 15—D. R. Crisslnger resigned
as governor of federal reserve, board.
E. Ia Hawk of Sacramento. Calif.,
elected commander-in-chief of G. A. R„
and Denver chcson for 1928 encamp
ment.
Sept. ID—American Legion opened Its
convention In Paris.
Scpl. 20—Dwight Morrcw of New
Jersey appointed ambassador to Mexico,
Sept. 21—Roy A. Young of Minne
apolis appointed to federal reserve
board lo succeed I). It. Crisslnger.
Sept. 22—Mayor John L. Duvall of
Indianapolis found guilty of political
corruption.
Edward E. Rpafford of New York
elected national commander of Ameri
can Legion; Han Antonio selected for
1928 convention.
Sept. 24—Baltimore & Ohio railroad
celebrated Its one hundredth anniver
sary.
Oct. 3—President Coolidgo, opening
annual meeting of American Red Cross,
promised flood control and develop
ment of inland waterways.
Oct. 4—International radio congress
opened in Washington with 70 nations
represented.
Oct. Id—U. S. Supremo court canceled
Teapot Dome lease to Harry Sinclair.
(Jet. 12—Mayor Duvall of Indianapo
lis sentenced to 30 days in jail and
barred from public office.
Oct. 15—One hundred and two klans-
men indicted In Crenshaw county, Ala
bama, for floggings.
H. A Bellows resigned from federal
radio board and Samuel Pickard was
appointed to succeed him.
Oct. 17—U. S. Supreme court refused
to review padlock cases against Chica
go cabarets.
7 5 —Admlrji 1 Magruder, who
criticized navy i:i magazine article, re
Nov. 21—House ways and moans com-
mlltee agreed on tax cut not to exeeert
$250,000,0(11). exceed
United States Supremo court declared
invalid provision of Alaska dry law
prohibiting possession of liquor In
private homo for owners’ use
Nov. 22—Harry Sinclair, AV.' J. Burns
and tour others cited for contempt of
court in Teapot Dome case.
Nov. 23—Charles E. Hughes, as sne-
dal master for United States Supremo
court, recommended that the suit of
Wisconsin and other states against Chi
cago Sanitary District for diversion of
Lake Michigan water bo dismissed.
Co). Noble B. Judah of Chicago made
ambassador to Cuba.
Nov. 24—Hundreds of convicts In
Folsom, Calif., prison revolted; two
guards and seven prisoners killed. j
Dec. 6—'Seventieth congress met; 1
nouso • re-elected Speaker Longworth.
Dec. 6—President. Coolidge sent his
message to congress.
Mr. Coolldge told Republican' na-'
tlonal committee ho had “eliminated”
himself as a nomination possibility.
Dec. 7—Nntlonal budget of $3,556,-
957,031 submitted to congress by tho
President.
Senate refused to let Frank L. Smith'
t5\. . 10 oath of office as senator from
Illinois. ,
Republican national committee se
lected Kansas City for the 1928 con
vention and issued call for June 12
w o C ' 9— 1 Senate denied the oath to
S. A are of Pennsylvania; both his
case and Smith s referred to Reed com
mittee on campaign expenditures.
Dec. 13—Henry L. Stimson appointed
governor general of the Philippines.
Oklahoma legislators, defying state
courts, voted Impeachment of Gov. H
H. Johnston.
Dec 14—Oklahoma senato voted to
v the governor on impeachment
Loved of his command In Philadelphia
navy yard. 1
Oct. 26-
-Sonator Charles Ourtls of
found guilty by a District of Columbia Kansas announced his candidacy for
Pum.m.n court inrv the Republican Presidential nomlna-
try the
charges.
r.-LlTii 15 -7 n °. uso Passed revenue bill
Fng $29 n ofooo.OOo! 5C reductions aggregat-
ttpnrv T" De 6- r bovn Independent,
licatiorr° rd 3 maea2 * ne » suspended pub-
AVIATION
Fob. 22—De Pinedo, Italian aviator,
flew from Cape Verde islands to For-
nando Noronha, Brazil.
Fob. 28—Two army “good will”
planes collldod at Buenos Aires; Capt
killed °° S6y and Lleut ' ,T ' vv - Benton
May 2—Pan-American flyers ended
trip at Avashlngton urtd were given
medals by President.
May 8—Capt. Charles Nungesser and
Capt. Francois Coll of Franco started
on nonstop flight from Paris to New
York and wero lost in the Atlantic.
May 20 Capt. Charles Lindbergh
started nonstop flight from New York
to Paris. -
May 21—Lindbergh landed In Paris,
nn.vUi.yf mado the lligfht in 33 hours, 21,
First nonstop flight eastward'
across the Atlantic.
May 30—Fifteen balloons left Akron.
Ohio, in u r» n n a I endurance rnc.p.
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