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THE CARROLL FREE TRESS, CARROLLTON CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922. iSb----"— • • .■■•••••*$> S Chronology jjj °f |;j The IJedr 1922 $ Compiled by E IV. PICKARD l|$ «£), 1922, Western Newspaper Union.) INTERNATIONAL Jan. 8—War between Russia anil Fin land begun over alleged Finnish aid to Karelian rebel*. Jan. 6—Allied supreme council railed economic and financial congress to meet in Genoa In March; Germany and Russia included. Jan. 7—Conferees at Washington adopted resolutions forbidding submarine opera tions against merchantinsn and banning poison gas in warfare. Jan. 8—Brland agreed at Cannes to partial moratorium for Germany In re turn for defensive alliance for France with Great Britain. Jan, 11—Shantung controversy between China and Japan settled. Feb. 1—Washington conference adopted five-power naval limitation treaty with agreement on Pacific fortifications, f .domed resolutions declaring open door n China; approved treaty for restriction Hept 13 -Western portion of Smyrna burned; loss $00,000,000. many lives lost. Germany refused to deposit gold guar antee demanded by Belgium and defaulted on payment of private pre-war debts to allied nationals. Sept, lo—Great Britain Invited the do minions, France, Italy, Serbia, Rumania and Greece to Join in the defense of the Dardanelles. Kept. 18—France and Italy opposed mili tary operations against Turks. Sept. 18-Entlre British Atlantic fleet sent to Dardanelles. Hungary admitted to Dengue of Nations. Kept. 18— Rental Pasha demanded of al lies Immediate conference on guarantees for neutrality of tin- Straits and permis sion to send troops Into Thrace. Kept. 2b—Allies agreed to conference of eight nations on Near East, excluding Russia. Kept. 23—Allies Invited Turks to peace conference, agreeing to return Constan tinople, Adrianople and Thrace In return for freedom of the Dardanelles, j Sept. 26—Gniut Britain agreed to admit Russia to Near East conference concern- j lng the Dardanelles. Sept. 28—Greek troops revolted and King Constantine abdicated. I Russia, In note to the nlllos, demanded the restoration of Turkey In Europe. Sept, 28— Kemal Pasha accepted allies' Invitation to armistice parley, and to ; peace conference on condition that Con stantinople and all of Thrace be ceded at once to Nationalist government. Oct. 1—Turk Nationalists agreed to ar- I mlstlce conference at Mudanla on oct. 3 i und suspended military operations. Oct. 3— Armistice conference opened at Mudanla. | Oct. 10—Allies. Greeks and Turkish Na- i tlonallsts agreed to armistice convention j at Mudanla, providing for evacuation of Thrace by Greece wltnln 16 days and Its delivery to Turkey within 46 days. I Oct. 11—Mudanla protocol signed. Oct. 23—United States Invited Central •II oniiie, approveu neavy ioi ruuiuivni American republics to conference on ltm- of use of submarines and poison gas 111 J Ration of armament and other subjects, warfare; Mr. Balfour announced Great , ln_Washlngton Dee Britain would restore Wei-llal-Wei China. Feb. 4—Washington conference approved treaties relating to China and resolution •resting International commission to re vise the rules of warfare. Feb. 8— Delegates to Washington con ference signed all the treaties und the conference adjourned sine die. Feb. 10— President Harding submitted Washington conference treaties, with full minutes of conference, to the Henatc. Feb. 11—United States and Japan signed treaty defining rights of former on Yap and other Islands mandated to Japan. Feb. 16—International permanent court of Justice held first session In The Hague. Lloyd George and Poincare agreed on V-year Anglo-French pact and postponed Genoa conference to April 10. Feb. 28—Premier Lloyd George an nounced Great Britain abandoned protec torate of Egypt March 1—United States senate ratified Tap treaty with Japan. March 24—United States senate ratified feur-power Pacific treaty. March 27—United States senate ratified supplement to Pacific treaty, excluding Japanese mainland, and reservation straightening out tangle over declaration •n domestic affairs. March 23—United States senate ratified aaval limitation treaty and treaty on use of poison gas and submarines In warfare, March 30—United States ratified ntne- power treaty concerning China and treaty on Chinese tariff April 7—Germany rejected allied repara tion commission's demand that she Issue IMS,000,800 In additional taxes. April 3—Colombia and Venesuela signed boundary treaty. April 10—Economic conference of Genoa opened. Ruealan delegatee accepted the four domande of the other nations. April 18—Germany and Russia concluded treaty, canceling war debts and Breet- Litovek treaty and establishing full diplo matic relatione. Representatives of al- llee at Genoa conference surprised and angry. April IT—Paace parley between Japan and Far Bait republic broken oft. April 18—Allied and little eubents powers at Genoa barred Germany rrbm participa tion in conference on Rueeia- Aprll 21—German delegatee at Genoa agreed to keep out of dlecusetons of Rus- aian affairs. April 24—France and Japan, at Genoa, reached accord to oppose recognition of •anvUt Rusala; -conference deadlocked. by- Russia's financial demands. May 1—Soviet Russia, In great May day damonatratton at Moscow, defied the ''capitalistic nations of the world.” May 2—Memorandum of allies' condi tions for helping Russia handad to soviet delegates at Osnoa; Belgium refused to sign and France made reservation. May t—France withdrew her assent to proposals made to tha Russian govern ment by Genoa conference. French press -charged Lloyd George with trickery con cerning Russian oil fields. May 11—Ruaalana at Genoa replied evasively to allied proposals. May 14—Allies at Genoa Invited United States to participate In new negotiations with Russia to begin at The Hague June 16. May 16—United States declined Invita tion to The Hague conference. Russia •greed to participate. Germany and Poland signed treaty set tling Upper Silesia disputes. Great Britain asked Ilnlted States, France and Italy to co-operate with her in Investigating and stopping Turkish atrocities In Asia Minor. Tacns-Arlca conference between Chile and Peru opened In Washington. May 18—Powers at Genoa adopted eight months' truce with Russia and other so viet republics. May 13—Genoa conference adjourned, Uoyd George warnlna the Russians to be more reasonable. May 24—International bankers’ commu te* met In Parte to plan economic recov ery for Europe. June 3—United Statee agreed to help Investigate Turkish atrocities. June 8—France refused to agree to re duction of German reparations. June IS—Hague preliminary conference on Russian affairs opened. June 28— Russian delegates joined In con ference at The Hague and Insisted credits to Russia should be first topic handled. July 1—Japan completed ratification of all Che Washington conference treaties. July 8—Russians at The Hague, after submitting “amazing" budget, offered 600 concessions for $1,600,000,000 In crodlts. July 10—Germany agreed to give allies •ontrol of Its finances, hoping for a loan of a billion dollars, and asked moratorium •n reparations July 17—Deague of Nations council met In London to ratify the mandates. Amer ica and Great Britain having reached full agreement. July 20—Conference at The Hague ended without result owing to position of Rus sian delegates. July 22—Council of League of Nations f dopted British mandate for Palestine and 'rench mandate for Syria. July 27—Esthonla, Latvia, Lithuania and Albania recognized as sovereign states by the United States. July 3ft—King Constantine proclaimed Smyrna and Its hinterland an autonomous State under protection of Greece. Aug. T—Conference of allied premiers opened In London. Poincare threatened Prance would aot alone If necessary to aompel Germany to execute the Versailles treaty. French demands referred to ex perts. Aug. 3—DemuytiY, Belgium, won James Gordon Bsnnett balloon race In Europe. Aug. 3—French plans to coerce Ger- asany disapproved by allied experts. Aug. 10—Unltsd Stats* end Germany signed agreement for determination of war claims Aug. It—Allied conference in London broke up without result, i Aug. 16—Grmany defaulted on payment of 96,063,300 installment of pre-war debt* ' to allied nationals. Aug. 18—Turks opened great offensive i agaiaet Greek* In Asia Minor. Aug. 16—Reparations commission granted g#many six months’ respite. gint. 1—Greece, her armies routed by tho Turk*, offered to evacuate Asia Minor JfTurtMr would sign armistice. 4—Loague_ of Nationalist In Ge- Oct. 27—Allies Invited United States to participate In Near East conference at lauiaanne Switzerland, Nov. 13. Becre- tary Hughes replied United States would send observers. Russia Invited to part of conference dealing wRh the Darda nelles Oct. 29—Turkey and Russia opened con ference for economic accord. Nov. 12— Lausunuc conference postponed to Nov. 20. Nov. 2ft—Near East peace conference at Lausanne openurl, with return to secret diplomacy In effoct. Nov. 21—Eastern Thrace and Adrlunople turned over to the Turks. Dec. 2—Russia and nations on her west ern border openud limitation of arma ment conference. Dec 4—Conference of Central American republics opened In Washington. Nov. 30—Allies demanded from Germany apology and Indemnity for attack on al lied officers In Bavaria. Dec. 8—British troops forced Turks to let Christian refugees leave Constan tinople. Dec. 6—Allies presented plan for control of Dardanelles to Lausanne conference. America's position stated. Dec. 8—Turkey's plan for Dardanelles submitted at lAusanne. Virtually ac cepted by the allies. Dec. 9— Allied premiers met in London to consider German reparations. Dec. lft—German reparations plan re jected by allied premiers. Shantung province formally restored to China by Japan. Doc. 11—Conference of allied premiers adjourned to Jan. 2, France Insisting on forcible occupation of the Ruhr. Dec. 12— Baltin states served ultimatum on Russia at Moscow which Russia re jected and disarmament conference went on rocks. Dec. 14—Turkey agreed to Join League of Nations whdn peace Is signed and to accept measures for protection of minori ties. FOREIGN wmT: jkuguslln Edwards of Chile elected Boot. 6—Gen. Trlcouple, new Greek com mander la chief, captured ny Turks. Council of League of Nations blocked all plans for merging of Austria with any other nation. Sept. 8—Greeks began evacuation of gjnyma. Sept. 9—Turkish Nationalists .occupied , enc# Smyrna. ; Sept. 9-William Cusgravn elected presl- Sept. 13—France and Great Britain ac- | dent n f i r | a h provisional government, oeptnd Lord Robert t 8 8 f, Jill Sept. 26-Greek iroops revolted ana King tarnation a 1 company assurance- agautir Constantine abdicated. Jan. 7—Dali J.'.reann accepted Irish peace treaty b.i vote of 64 to 67. De Valera and followers decided to continue the fight. Jan. 9—Do Valera resigned presidency of Irish republic and was defeated for re-election. 68 to 60. Jan. 10—Arthur. Griffith elected president of Dali Elreann to establish the Irish Free State. De Valera and followers bolted. Jan. 12—Premier Brland of France re signed because hie ’policies at Cannes con ference were opposed. Poincare made premier Jan. 14—Parliament of southern Ireland ratified peace treaty. Michael Collins at head of provisional government. Jan. 16—Provisional government of Irish Free State Installed at Dublin Castle. Feb. 2—Premier Bonoml of Italy and his cabinet resigned. Feb. 6—Cardinal Achllle Rattl, arch bishop of Milan, elected pope, taking name of Plus XI. Feb. 12—Plus XT crowned pope. Feb. 22—Free State and republic advo cates In Ireland agreed to have referen dum on treaty with England and Free Slate constitution three months hence and to hold no elections until then. Feb. 23—Japanese diet rejected universal suffrage measure. Feb. 26—New Italian cabinet formed by Luiga Facta. Feb. 23—Princess Mary of England mar ried to Viscount Lascolles. March 2—Lady Rhondda won seat In house of lords, creating precedent. March SO—Irish Free State and Ulster representatives signed peace pact. Two Portuguese aviators flew from Lis bon to the Canaries on way to Brazil. March 31—King George signed Irish Wee State act. April 6—Portuguese aviators, en route te Brasil, flew from Canaries to Cape Verde Islands. April 18—Portuguese aviators flew from Cape Verde Islands to St. Taul’a Rock, 1,400 miles, but wrecked their plane on landing. April 21—Gen. Chang Tso Ling, governor of Manchuria, seised Peking and Tien Tain. April 28—Great battle between armies of Generals Chang and Wu Pei Fu opened near Peking. May 3—Gen. Juan Vincente Gomez elected president of Venezuela. Mav 4—General Wu's army victorious In battle near Peking; General Chang’s army In flight. May 21—Russian government passed de cree recognizing property rights within certain limits. June 1—Old Chinese parliament met and President Hsu resigned. Paraguay in throes of a revolution. June 3—General DledrlchB elected presi dent of Vladivostok government. June 6—Portuguese aviators completed their flight from Lisbon to Brasil. Japanese cabinet resigned. June 8—King Alexander of Jugo-Klavla and Princess Marie of Rumania married at Belgrade. June lft-Cuban cabinet resigned. June 11—LI Yuan-Hung assumed presi dency of China and made Wu Ting-Fang premier. Admiral Kato became premier of Japan. Juno 16—General Cnen captured Canton and Sun Tat Ben fled. National election held In Ireland, advo cates of treaty winning. June 23— Flold Marshal Sir Henry Wil son. M. P. for an Ulster dlstriot, assas sinated by two Irishmen In London. June 24—Dr. Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, assassinated In Berlin. July lft—Big revolution in Brasil crushed after several weeks’ fighting. July 18—Fact* cabinet In Italy resigned, owing to actions of the Fascist!. July 36—Bavarian government rejected national Gorman legislation for defense of the republic. Aug. 8—Italian Fasclstl captured palace at Genoa In face of heavy gun firs of regulars. Martial law proclaimed In sev eral province*. Aug. II—Cork, last stronghold of Irish rebels, taken by Irish Nationalist*. Aug. 14—Peace parley between warring factions in China opened In Shanghai. Aug. 21—General wu, military master of China, accepted policy of Dr. 8un for reorganisation of China like the United 8lat*s. Aug. 22—Michael Collins, bead of Irish Free State, killed in ambuscade. Aug. 27—Sweden by popular vote re jected prohibition. Aur. 30—General Crowder gave Cubs ten days to act on his legislative reform I p, s.v 7—Brasil began celebration of one hundredth anniversary of her In depend* , Sept. 27—Crown Prince George eworn In i tie king of Greece. ; rtulHuli, famous Moroccan bandit, sur rendered to the Spanish. | Oct. 16—King Ferdinand and Queen Ma rie of Rumania crowned at Albajulia. Oct. 19— British conservatives decided to abandon coalition; Prime Minister Lloyd i George and hla cabinet resigned; A. Boimr j Law invited to form new ministry, j Get. 21—New provisional government of i Dominican Republic inaugurated. I Oct. 2.1—Bonar Law elected head of Con- | sorvatlve party and accepted the post of prime minister. Oct. 24- Bonar r*aw announced his cab inet, and an election was called for ; Nov. if,. I Gel. 26—Japanese evacuated Vladivostok ! and troops of Far Kastern Republic occu pied the city. Get. 26—Italian Fasclstl prepared for j militant action and Premier Facta and 1 his cabinet resigned. King George dissolved British parlia ment and called new one to meet Nov. 20. Oct. 29—King of Italy invited Mussolini, head of the Fascist!, to form a new min istry. Oct. 30—Premier Mussolini announced new Italian cabinet. Oct. 31—Gen. Francisco Murgula, Mexi can rebel chieftain, captured and shot. Nov. 1—Angora National assembly de clared the sultan of Turkey dethroned, declared the sovereignty of the nation is in the hands of the people and changed the name from Ottoman empire to State of Turkey. Nov. 4—Turkish Nationalists took pos session of Constantinople and asked the allies to remove their troops. I Nov. 6—Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm married Princess Ilermine of Reuse at Doom, Holland. / Alttes refused to evacuate Constan tinople Nov. 13—King of Italy gave Mussolini ministry full power to make governmental reforms. Nov. 14— German Chancellor Wlrth and hla cabinet resigned under pressure of supporting parties. Nov. 16—Prime Minister Bonar Law won control of house of comtnona in British elections. Arthur Bernardes Inaugurated president of Brazil. Nov. lfr—Wilhelm Cuno accepted German chancellorship. Nov. 17—Turkish National assembly or dered arrest and trial of the sultan, and he started for Malta on a British warship. Nov. 18—Abdul Medjid Effendl, cousin of deposed sultan, elected caliph by Turk ish National assembly. General Feng lead coup d’etat In Poking, establishing martial law and ousting the cabinet. Dr. W. W. Yen assumed pre miership. Nov. 20—Cuno named new German min istry, Socialists and Communists being not represented. Nov. 24—Erskine Childers, chief aid of De Valera, executed by Irish Free State authorities. Nov. 26—Italian parliament gave Pre mier Mussolini full power to carry out reforms. German Chancellor Cuno given big vote of confidence by reichstag. Nov. 28—Five former cabinet members of Greece and one general were convicted of treason In connection with the Greek debacle in Asia Minor and were executed. Great Britain protested and broke off diplomatic relations. Dec. It—Prince Andrew of Greece de graded and exiled for high treason. Dec. 4—Parliament passed Irish consti tution bill; Timothy Healy appointed gov ernor general of Irish Free State. Dec. 6— Irish Free State came Into being. Dec. 7—Ulster parliament voted to stay out of Irish Free State. Dec. 8—Liam Mellowes and Rory O’Con nor, Irish rebel leaders, executed in Dub lin. Dec. 9—Gabriel Narutowlc* elected pres ident of Poland, Dec. 11—Pope held secret consistory and created eight new cardinals. Dec. lft—President Narutowlc* of Poland assassinated. Ukraine parliament voted to merge with Moscow government. Dec. 17—Moscow government ordered consuls of eleven nations to leave Vladi vostok. DOMESTIC Jan. 3— Henry P. Fletcher appointed am bassador to Belgium. Jan. 9-George Wharton Pepper ap pointed United States senator from Penn sylvania to succeed the late Boles Pen rose. Jon. 12—Senate by vote of 46 to 41 seated Truman H. Newberry of Michigan, with robuke for lavish expenditure of money in campaign. Jan. 26— House passed antl-lynchlng bill. Jan. 31—Senate passed foreign debt re funding bill, putting limit for payment at 26 years. Feb. 7—A. B. Houghton appointed am bassador to Germany, Theodore Brentano minister to Hungary and A. H. Washburn minister to Austria. Feb. 8—Senate passed the house co operative marketing bill. Feb. 17—Charles A. Rawson appointed United 8tates senator from Iowa to suc ceed Kenyon. Feb. 18—Federal Judge K. M. Landis resigned, effective March 1. Feb. 27—Supreme court ruled Nineteenth, or woman's suffrage, amendment Is con stitutional. Feb. 28—President Harding, In address to congress, urged subsidies for American merchant marine which will amount to 116.000,900 In first year and 830,000,000 an nually thereafter. March 2—Dr. Hubert Work appointed postmaster general. March 23—House of representatives passed soldiers' bonus bill. March 27—House voted to add 816.000,000 to rivers and harbors appropriation. March 29— House passed army bill with appropriations for army of 116,000. April 16—House, In committee of the whole, voted, 177 to 130, to amend navy bill to provide for 88,000 men Instead of 67,000. Senate voted to extend 3 per cent Immi gration law for three year*. April 19—House clinched "big navy" action by vote of 221 to 148, and then passed the bill. April 20—Pan-American meeting of women opened In Baltimore. April 21—Congress appropriated $1,000,000 for flood control and relief In Mississippi river valley. May 1—United States Supreme court found packers’ control act constitutional. May 2—Former Senator Albert J. Bever idge defeated Senator New in the Indiana Republican primaries. Samuel M. Ralston nominated by the Democrats. May 6—House passed $17,000,000 soldier hospital 1)111. May 20—A. H. Gelssler, Oklahoma, ap pointed minister to Guatemala. May 24—Interstate commerce commis sion ordered rail freight rates reduced about 10 per cent, effective July 1. May 30— Lincoln memorial at Washing ton dedicated. Juno 2—Senate passed army bill pro viding for army of 183,000 enlisted men. June 6—United States Supreme court held labor organizations could be sued for violations of Sherman anti-trust law. June 19— Senate passed navy appropria tion bill, providing for 88,000 enlisted men. Minnesota Republicans renominated United States Senator F. B. Kellogg, and Democrats renominated Mrs. Anna D. Olesnn. June 21—Illinois Supreme court upheld the convictions of William Brosa Lloyd and 18 other members of the Communist- Labor party for sedition. June 22—8trlklng miners In Williamson county, Illinois, slaughtered 19 strike breaker* and mine guards. June 24—Gov. Len Small of Illinois found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the state- June 27—Wisconsin Democrats nominated Mrs. Ben C. Hooper of Oshkosh for United States senate. June 28—Senator P. J. McCumbtr de feated for renomination in Republican primaries of North Dakota by Lynn J. Frasier. July 1—General Lord succeeded General Dawes a* director of the budget July 11—James H. WUkerson named to succeed K. M. Iandls as United States district Judge. July 18—Robert B. Howell nomine ted for senate by Republican* of Nebras 1 i and Senator Hitchcock renominated Gy Democrats. Aug. 11—John W. Davis elected prvl- dent American Bar association. Aug. 16—MaJ. David A, Reed appointed to succeed the late United States Senator Crew of Pennsylvania. Aug. 19—Senate passed the McCuiaber tariff bill. Aug. 23--House passed blit to create coal investigating commission. Aug. 24-3flcretary of State Hughes sailed for BiasU, Aug. 29—Senator Hiram Johnson renom inated by California Republicans Aug. 31—Senate passed soldiers' bonus bill. House passed emergency fuel bill, de signed to prevent profiteering In coal Proposed Midvale-Republic-Inland Steel merger cited by federal trade commission* as unfair competition, in violation of trade commission act. Kept. 1—House passed bill to prevent forced discharge of 1,000 army officers. Sept. 3—Associate Justice John A, Clarko resigned from Supreme court. Sept, f, Republicans of Wisconsin re nominated Senator LaFollette and Gov ernor J. j. Blaine. Former Senator George TI. Sutherland appointed to Supreme court. Senate passed trie emergency fuel bill. Sept. 7-Thirty-eight men Indicted for parttclpstlon In the Herrin coal mine massacre In Illinois. Sept. 8—Senate passed Borah hill creat ing coal Investigating commission. Twenty-one more Indicted for Herrin massacre. Sept. 11—Senate bonus bill accepted by conference. Republicans won Maine election by nor mal majority, Senator Hale and Governor Baxter being re-elected. Sept. 12—Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, Senator Townsend of Michigan and Senator Poindexter of Washington renom inated by Republicans. Sept. 16—House adoptud conference re port on tariff bill. Sept. 19—President Harding vetoed the soldiers’ bonus bill. Senate adopted conference report on tariff bill. Sept. 20—House overrode President's veto of bonus bill, but sonate sustained It. Sept, 21—President signed tariff bill. Sept 22—Congress adjourned. Conrad E. Spens appointed federal fuel distributor. Sept 23—Herrin mine massacre grand Jury completed Its work, having returned 214 indictments. Triennial conclave of Episcopalian church closed, denying inombers marriage with divorcees, refusing women place In church management, end passing other Important church legislation. Six killed In crash of army bombing planes at Mlneola, L. 1. Sept. 26—G. A. R. In annual encamp ment at Dea Moines. la. Sept. 26—United States Senator Froy- llnghuysen of New Jersey renominated. Sept. 28—Dr. J. W. Willett of Tama, lu.. elected commander In chief of G. A. R. Oct. 3-Mrs. W. H. Felton appointed United States senator from Georgia, to surceod the late Senator Thomas Watson. Oct. 6—Attorney General Daugherty In sweeping decisions ruled liquor off of American Blilps throughout the world and barred foreign ships from American ports If they have liquor aboard, sealed or unsealed. Oct. lft—President Harding appointed the coal fact finding commission. Oct. 16—Great Britain rejected Secre tary Hughes’ appeal for treaty granting reciprocal right of search and seizure of ships outside territorial limits. American Legion convention opened In New Orleans Oct. 20—Alvin M. Owsley of Texas elect ed national commander of American Le gion. Oct. 23—Judge Hand In New York fed eral court upheld Attorney General Daugherty's ruling against all ships bringing liquor Into United 8tatea ports. Oct 24—Supreme Court Justice W. R. Day resigned, effective Nov. 14. Nov. 7—Elections resulted generally In Democratic victories; Republican major ity in congress greatly reduced. Nov, 9— President Harding called extra session of congress for Nov. 3). Nov. 13—United States Supreme court held Japanese are not eligible to naturali zation. Nov. 18—Truman H. Newberry resigned as senator from Michigan. Nov. 3ft— Extra session of congress opened. Nov. 21—President Harding asked con gress to pass ship subsidy bill. Mr*. W. H. Felton sworn in to act for a day as senator from Georgia. Nov. 23—Pierce Butler of St. Paul, Minn., appointed associate Justice of Su preme court to succeed Justice Day. Nov. 24—Government began series of suits against contractors who built war camps, alleging fraudulent expenditures. Nov. 27—Senate defeated the bill for a loan of $6,000,000 to Liberia. Nor. ®—Governor Small of Illinois par doned William Bross Lloyd and 16 other Communists convicted of violating the state espionage law. House pasaod ship subsidy bill. Mayor James Couzens of Detroit ap pointed United States senator to fill out term of Truman H. Newberry, resigned. Dec. 4—Extra session of congress ended and regular session began. President sub mitted second annual budget calling for $3,078,940,331 for fiscal year 1924. Dec. 6—Two army officers and four en listed men killed In airplane collision at Langley field. Dec. 8— President Harding In message to congress called for strict and literal enforcement of the prohibition law, a thoroughgoing agricultural credit system. Improvement of transportation and out lawing of railroad strikes, and provision for drafting In war all national resources. Dec. 12—New Illinois constitution re jected by people. Dec. 16—Representative T. W. Harri son of Virginia, Democrat, unseated for election Irregularities. Dec. 16—Associate Justice Pitney of United States Supreme court resigned. Dec. 18—Governors of 16 states conferred with President Harding on prohibition enforcement. House passed navy bill appropriating 8326,000,000. INDUSTRIAL Jan. 22—United Htates railway labor board announced new code of working rules that reduces pay and eaves road* 160.000,000 annually Jan. 30—Omaha packing house butchers called off their strike. Jan. 31—Judge LandlB made (Inal wage award for 1922 for Chicago building trades. Feb. 3—Chicago Building Trades council accepted the LandlH wage award. April 1—Union anthracite and bitumi nous coal miners begun strike. May 10—United States labor board for bade railroads to use contract system of farming out JobB. May 28—United States railway labor board cut wages of maintenance of way employees 13.2 per cent—about $60,000,000 a year. June 6—United States railway labor board cut about $60,000,000 off the yearly pay of railroad shopmen; union heads or dered strike ballots sent out. June 16—United States railway labor board reduced wages of clerks, signal men and stationary firemen about $26,600,- 000 a year. June 23—Samuel Gompera re-elected president of American Federation of Labor. July 1—Railway shopmen went on Btrike. July 3—United States rail labor board "outlawed” the strilJ^ng mechanical crafts unions. July 4—Railroad maintenance of way employees postponed strike indefinitely. July 10— President Harding proposed that striking coal miners return to work at old scale and that new scale be arbi trated. July 11—President Harding issued proc lamation warning striking shopmen against Interfering with malls or inter state transportation. July 14— Railway stationary engineers, firemen and oilers ordered to strike on July 17. July 17—President Harding’s arbitration plan falling of acceptance, he told the mine operators to reopen their mines un der protection of federal troops and the flag. Sheriff and four others killed in mine- strike fight at Cilftonville, W. Va. July 22—A. F. of L. Inquiry board upheld iAndls award in Chicago and recommend ed reorganization of local building trades council. July 26—Interstate commerce commis sion, declaring existence of national emer gency because of the strikes, took charge of traffic distribution of fuel and food. Aug. 1—Chicago street car and elevated employees struck against reduced pay. Railway executives rejected President Harding's plan that strikers returning to work be reinstated in seniority rights. Aug. 2—Rail strikers accepted President Harding’s plan with reservations. Aug. f-jChicago street car strike settled by compromise. Aug. 7—President Harding proposed that striking shopmen return to work and tbat both sUUs submit seniority question to la bor board. Aug. 10 -Brotherhood men refused to move trains on the Santa Fc system un less guards were withdrawn from shop towns. Aug. 11—Many trains in West tied up by ! sporadic .strikes of brotherhood men. : Aug. 13—Railway executives accepted President Harding’s plan, with conditions. ! Striking shopmen rejected It. Aug. l.">—Operators and miners Bigned | agreement at Cincinnati ending coal strike except in Indiana and Illinois. For- ! mer wage scale holds. Aug. 3S—President Harding laid Indus- ! trial situation before congress and sug- I gested legislation making decisions of la- . bor board enforceable and creating a coal ■ commission. Aug. 22—Illinois coal strike Bottled, men : winning their demands. Sept. 1—Government obtained sweeping injunction in Federal court in Chicago re- 1 straining striking shop crafts from inter- j fering with operation of railways. Sept. • 2—Anthracite strike settled, old 1 wage scale continued. Sept. 13—Shopmen's Btrike broken by j separate agreements with many roads. Executive council of A. F. of L. demand ed impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty and Federal Judge WllkerBon. I Sept. 23—Federal Judge WUkerson aus- j tained the Injunction against the union ! railway shopmen. Oct. 1—About 2,500 Great Lake* seamen | struck. i Nov. 13—Chicago Building Trades coun- | cil reorganized on baaiz of LAndls award. Dec. 7—National Association of Railway Executives abandoned handling of labor questions nationally. DISASTERS Jan. 4—Greek destroyer blown up by torpedo explosion; 60 killed. Jan. 28—Roof of moving picture tlieater In Washington collapsed under weight of snow; 97 killed and 133 Injured. Fob. 2—Twenty-five men killed by explo sion in mine at Gates, Pa. Feb. 21—United States army dirigible Roma, bought from Italy, destroyed by fall and explosion near Hampton Roads; 34 men killed, 8 Injured. March 16—One fireman killed, score in jured In Chicago lire that destroyed Springer block arid damaged the Burling ton Railway Office building, with prop erty loss of $8,000,000. March 23—British submarine H-42 sunk In Mediterranean with crow of 22, after collision with destroyer. March 29—Famous church of Ste. Anne de Beaupre near Quebec burned. April 14—Destructive lloodB tfiroughoi.it Mississippi river valley. April 17—Fatal and destructive torna does In southern Illinois and Indiana. April 18—Four hundred carloads of war munitions exploded In Monastlr. Serbia, killing hundreds and destroying center of city. April 24—Sudden flood at Fort Worth, Tex., killed several score of persons. April 27—Levee breaks Tn Louisiana made 10,000 homeless. May 19—P. & O. liner Egypt etmk In col lision with French freghter; 98 lost. June 11—Great storm swept New York city and vicinity; GO persons killed and vast damage done. June 12—Three hundred drowned by flood In San Salvador. July 31—Great conflagration In European business quarter of Hongkong. Aug. 1—Forty persona killed In wreck of pilgrims’ train near Lourdes, France. Aug. 2—Fifty thousand lives lost In typhoon at Swatow, on China coast. Aug. 5—Thlrty-sevon killed and 133 In jured In railway collision ut Sulphur Springs, Mo. Aug. IT—Town* of Fairbanks, Silver Creek and Plmlo, Minn., destroyed by for est fires. Aug. 2C-Japanese cruiser Niltaka sank In typhoon; 300 Uvea lost. Aug. 28—Forty-seven men entombed In burning gold mine shaft at Jackson, Cal.; all found dead 22 days later. Aug. JB— Chilean ship sank near Co- quimbo; 81$ lives lost ' Sept. 28—Ammunition store* exploded by lightning destroyed Falconers rort. Italy, killing 174 soldiers and Injuring a thou sand. Oct. 6—More than 30 reported killed in disastrous forest fires In northern Ontario and Quebec. Several towns destroyed. : Oct. 21—Fifteen burned to death In New York tenement fire. Oct. 81—Webb City, Mo., wrecked by tornado. Nov. 6—Eighty men killed by gas explo sion In coal mine near Spangler, Pa. Nov. 10—Earthquake and tidal waves In Chile killed hundreds and did vast dam age. Nov. 19—Eighty lives lost when Mexi can steamer sank at La Bomba. Nov. 22—Eighty-four men killed by dust explosion in mine near Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 8—Business district and many homes of Astoria, Ore., burned; loss $16,000,000. NECROLOGY Jan. 2—Rennold Wolf, playwright and critic. In New York. Jan. 6—Sir Ernest Shackleton, British explorer, in Antarctic. Jan. 7—Prince Kalanlanaoie, Hawaiian delegate to congress. Jail. 8— Joseph Oliver, grand sire of Sovereign Lodge of Odd Fellows of Unit ed States, Canada and Australia, at To ronto. Jan. 10—Marquis Okuma. famous Jap anese statesman. Clarence B. Miller. secretary of Republican national committee. Jan. 13—Former United States Senator Joseph H. Millard of Nebraskal Jan. 16—John T. Kelly, veteran comedl- an. Jan. 17—George B. Selden, Inventor of first gasoline-driven vehicle, tn Roches ter, N. Y. Jan. 19-Archblshop Charles H. Gau thier or the metropolitan provinces of Ot tawa. Jan. 22—Pope Benedict XV. John Kendrick Bangs, American hu morist and editor. Viscount James Bryce. .Tan. 23—Arthur Nlklsch, famous orches tral conductor. Jan. 25—Miss Genevieve Reynolds, vet eran American actress. Jan. 26— Mrs. Imogens Hyama, creator of little Eva In “Uncle Tom's Cabin.'' Jan. 27—Mrs. Elizabeth C. Seaman (Nel lie Bly), newspaper woman, in New York. Jan. 28—Richard Westacott, United States vice consul In London. Feb. 1—Field Marshal Prince Yamaga- ta, elder statesman of Japan. Feb. 2—E. H. Shaughnessy, second as sistant postmaster general, victim of Washington theater disaster. Feb. 3—Gen. Christian De Wet. com mander in chief of Boer army In war of 1899. Fob. 4—Maurice FitzGerald, duke of Leinster, premier peer of Ireland. Feb. 5—G. W. Jnckson, noted engineeer- tng contractor, In Chicago. Feb. 16—John S. Miller, eminent attor ney, in Chicago. Feb. 20—J. F. Shafroth. former United States senator and governor of Colorado. Fob. 21—Col, R. G. Cholmeley-Jones. former chlof of war risk Insurance. Fob. 23—Viscount Harcourt, British statesman. March 1—Dr. J. C. Brainier, president omerltue of Stanford university. March 2—Henry Batallle, French dram- Maroh 6- -Col. John Lambert, millionaire steel magnate, at Pasadena, Cal. March 26—Charles Pope, former “glu cose king," In cnlcago. March 3ft—Sir John Eaton, Canadian merchant prince. April 1—Charles, ex-*mp*ror of Aus tria, at Funchal, Madeira. , April 3—Dr. Cyrus Northrup. president emeritus of University of Minnesota. Frederick Vllllers, famous war artist and correspondent, In England. April 4—John W Mldgely, noted rail way expert. In Chicago April 9—Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn, former chief of staff of Gtrman army. April 10—E. J. Murphy, veteran warden of Illinois state penitentiary. April 12—Henry M. Shrady, sculptor, tn New York. April 13— Sir Ross Smith, famous Aus tralian aviator, killed by rail of piano. April 14—Adrian C. Anson, famous vet eran of baseball, In Chicago. April 17—Henry V. Esmond. ' English playwright. John Foord, editor Asia Magazine, In Washington. April 23—Eduardo 8. Mujtca, Chilean statesman. Lord Leopold Mountbatten, cousin of King George of England. Itt. Rev. Troy Beatty, Episcopal bishop coadjutor ol Tennessee. April 26—Frederick VanRensselaer Bey, writer of tile Nick Carter detective sto ries. committed suicide In New York. April 23 Paul Deschanol, ex-pre#idcht of France. April 29—Richard Croker. former head of Tammanv Hall. In Ireland. S. R. Kaufman, well known hotel man of Chicago. April 30— Commander J. D. J. Kelley. U. S. N.. retired. In New York. May 1—John Vance Cheney, poet and essayist, In Sati Diego. Cal. May 2—Ada Jones, noted musical com edy actress. May 4—A. J. Gronna, former United Stutes senator from North Dakota. May 6—Henry P. Davison, New York banker. May 7—J. H. Patterson, head of Nation al Casn RegiKter Co. United States District Judge Beverly EvaiiB at Savannah, Ga. May 12—C. B. Adams, noted penologist, at St. Charles, 111. May 13—Dr. ltafael Zaldlvar, former minister from Salvador, in Chicago. May 30—A. C. Bartlett, prominent la Chicago business and civic life. June 2—Former United States Senator W. P, pollock of South Carolina. June 3—Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhun* (Marlon Harland), author, in New York. June 5—W. T. Abbott, Chicago finan cier. June 6—Lillian Russell—Mr*. Alexander P. Moore—famous stage beauty, In Pitta- burgh. Pa. June 7—Richard A. Ballinger, former secretary of the Interior, at Seattle. George Carmack, discoverer of tho Klondike gold fields, at Vancouver. Juno 8—Henry T. Oxnard, leader la sugar Industry, In New York. June 13—Horace E. Hooper, publisher of Encyclopedia Brttennlca. G. W. Aldredge, collector of the port of New York. June 19—Frederic C. Penfleld, former ambassador to Austria. In New York. June 21—Take Joneecu, Rumanian statesman. June 23—Wu Ting Fang, Chinese states man. June 24—William T. Rockefeller, capital ist. June 27—A. Stuart Baldwin, vice presi dent Illinois Central railway. Edwin U. Judd, last survivor of founder* of Republican party, at Anacortes, Wash. Juno 29—Mrs. Charles Henrotln, Chica go, leader In society and social work. June 30—Samuel G. Goss, inventor and manufacturer of printing presses, at Glencoe, III. July 6—Congressman M. P. KInkald of O'Neill, Neb., in Washington. July 9—E. W. Barrett, editor and pro prietor of Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Her ald. July 16—Dr. E. J. Wheeler, editor of Current Opinion July 19-Rev. IJr. J. F. Goucher, founder of Gouchcr college, Baltimore. July 22— Alice Miriam, grand opera star. In New York. July 24—Col. R. W. Guthrie, noted oil man of Pittsburgh, Pa. July 27—Richard M. Birdsall, famoue In ventor, In Chicago. July 31—Miss Mary N. Murfreo (“Charles Egbert Craddock"), Amsrloan author. Aug. 1—Former United States Senator Frank S. White of Alabama Aug. 2—Alexander Graham Bell, In ventor of the telephone. United States Senator William E. Crew of Pennsylvania. Lemuel P. Padgett, former congress man from Tennessee. Aug. 3— Benjamin S. Donnelley, former famous football star, In New York. Aug. 4.-Enver Pasha, ex-war minister of Turkey, killed In battle. Aug. 6—Rear Admiral Uriel Sabres, U. 8. N., retired. Aug. 12—Arthur Griffith, president of Dali Elreann, In Dublin. Aug. 13—John G. Woolley, former pro hibition candidate for President, la Spain. Aug. 14—Lord Northcllfte, noted British Journalist and publisher. Levy Mayer, prominent Chicago law yer and capitalist. Aug. 18.—Rolltn D. Salisbury, geologist, University of Chicago. Aug. 18—Genevieve Ward, notad Ameri can tragedienne. In London. Aug. 22—Rev. Dr. Henry Couden, blind chaplain of the house of representatives for 26 years, In Washington. Aug. 23—Albert J. Hopkins, former United States senator from Illinois. Aug. 26—DtAavan Smith, publisher of Indianapolis Nows. Aug 26—Dr. Stephen Smith, founder of American Public Health association. Aug. 87—Francis 8. Peabody, mllllonatro coal magnate of Chicago. Aug. 28—Arthur Dawson, American art ist and critic. Aug. 3ft—Mrs. Nellie Grant Jones, only daughter of Gen. U. S. Grant, In Chicago. wT H. Hudson, noted British naturalist and author. Bept. 2*-Col. D. E. McCarthy chief quartermaster of A. E. F. t in Chicago. The duchess of Albany. H. H. Lawson, Australian novelist and poet. F. W. Dickinson, chlof editor of Reu ter's. Sept. 4—Theodore A. Bell, prominent lawyer and politician of San Francisco. Sept. 6—Bishop Samuel A. Fallows, head of Reformed Episcopal church. In Chicago. Sept. 8—J. T. Clark, president Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis i Omaha railway. Leon Bonnat, eminent French artist. Sept. 18—Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Pitts burgh. Sept. 18—Garland Stahl, Chicago bank president and former baseball star. Sept. 21—Enos Mills, American natural ist and author. Sept 26—Thomas Watson, United States senator from Georgia. Oct. 1—Rear Admiral Charles B. Clark, U. 8. N„ retired. Oct. 6—Walker Hill, well known banker of St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 7—Marie Lloyd, British comedi enne. Oct 8—Jorge Montt, former president of Chile. Oct. lft—Isaac Guggenheim, American copper magnate, In England. Oct. 13—Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champnay, American author. Oct. 22—Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of Outlook and famous preacher and writer, Oct. 31—Father Bernard Vaughan, fa mous Jesuit preacher, in London. Nov. 1—Thomas Nelson Page, author and former ambassador to Italy. Alfred Capus, leading French journal ist. Nov. 2—T. DeWitt Cuyler, prominent railroad man, In Phlladelphla- Nov. 7—Jacob Glmbel, prominent mer chant or Philadelphia, New York and Milwaukee. Nov. 8—Antonio Lopez Gutierrez, minis ter from Honduras, in Washington. Nov. 9—Mrs. Mary Smith Lockwood, founder of Daughters of American Rev olution. Nov. 12—Bellamy Storer, former Amer ican diplomat, In Paris. Nov. 14—Richard K. Fox. editor and publisher of the Police Gazette, In New York. Nov. 15—E. L. Burlingame, former edi tor of Scrlbner’B Magazine, In New York. Nov. 17—Gen. Luke E. Wright, former secretary of war and governor general of the Philippines, In Memphis. W. G. Sharp, former ambassador to France, at Elyria, O. Nov. 19—Frank Bacon, American actor, In Chicago. Nov. 30—George Bronson Howard, au thor and playwright, at Los Angeles. Nov. 23— Boron Sidney Sonnlno, Italian statesman. Henry N. Cary, well known newspaper man, In Chicago. Nov. 24—John H. Gllmour, American ac tor and muBlctan, at Yonkers, N. Y. Nov. 26—Frederick G. Nedrtnghaus, for mer congressman and Republican nation al committeeman from Missouri. Nov. 26—Kate Ryan, veteran American actress, at Boston. Nov. 27—G. H. Scidmore, United States consul general at Tokyo. Nov. 30—James R. Mann of Chicago voteran congressman. William G. Rockefeller, nephew of Jobs D. Rockefeller. Deo. 2— Rear Admiral John R. Edwards U. S. N., retired, at Bristol. R. t Dec. 7—Dr. W. E. Quine, noted Chicago physician. Dec. 8—Dr. 0. A. Fischer, astronomer of Trinity college, Hartford, Conn. Dec. 9—Cardinal Iglesiaa of Spain. L. B. Prince, former governor at New Mexico. Dec, 12—John Wanamaker, famous mer chant, In Philadelphia. Dec. 15—Alexander Robertson, banker of Chicago. Dec. 16—Jfisse M. Overton, capital let, of Nashville. Tenn. Lord Marcus Beresford, noted End lab horseman. j Dec. i7--~Col. A. E. Bradley, former chief gurgoon of the A. E. F.