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Chronology
of tKe Tear 1921
Compiled by E. W. Pickard
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(©, 1921, Western Newspaper Union.)
INTERNATIONAL
Jan. 11—United States withdrew Its rep¬
resentatives from council of ambassadors.
Jan. 23—President Wilson asked that
allies guarantee Russia from outside ag
giession preliminary to his undertaking
mediation for Armenia.
Jan. 25—Supreme council, after reject¬
ing proposal to turn Austria's financial
problem over to the League of Nations,
appointed commission to examine eco¬
nomic status of Europe with reference
to Austria. t Latvia
Jan. 26—Supreme council decided
and Esthonia should be recognized as
sovereign states.
Jan. 29—Supreme council fixed German
reparations at 226 , 000 , 000,000 gold marks,
payable in annual installments, and 12
i i r cent tax on exports during the period
ol payment.
Feb. 5—France and Poland signed mili¬
tary agreement for aid against Invasion
by Germany and Russia.
Feb. 19—Azerbaijan declared war on
Georgia, and the Reds started attack,
taking The Tints. States formally withdrew
United
from the reparations commission.
Feb. 21—Supreme council in London
opened Near East conference.
Teheran, capital of Persia, taken by
rebel Cossacks, and the shah made pris¬
oner.
Feb. 23—League of Nations council re¬
ceived protest of United States against In¬
clusion of island of Yap in territories sub¬
jected to mandate of Japan, and demand
ftiv a voice in disposal of former German
colonies.
Feb. 27—Ranamans defeated Costa
Ricans In disputed territory of Coto.
March 2—League of Nations council re¬
plied to United states that It was not
concerned with the allocation of Yap to
Japan, and invited United States to take
part in discussions on Turkish and Afri¬
can mandates.
March 3—German counter proposals on
reparations rejected by allied supreme
i o m il as totally inadequate. Germany
given until March 7 to accept ter$ba lal t
down in Paris.
March 8—Occupatlon of German cities
of Ducsseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort b:
French troops carried out as penalty for
C rm.iny's failure to meet reparation de
mands.
March 16—Trade agreement under which
commercial relations will be resumed by
Great Britain and Russia signed ut Lon¬
don.
Allies' reparations commission notified
German government it must pay $260,000,
OCO before March 23.
Russia and Turkey signed treaty; Ar
menta divided among Georgia, Turkey and
Azerbaijan signed at Riga by
March 19—Peace rep
resentatlves of Russia, Ukralnla and Po¬
land '
March 21—Plebiscite held In Upper Si¬
lo-ia to determine the future national
status of that region. Germany received
$70,000 Votes ami Poland 389,000.
March 23 Germany In her reply to ulti¬
matum of allied reparations commission
refuged to pay 1 , 000 , 000,000 gold marks due
March 23 and disputed commission's fig¬
ures showing balance of 12 , 000 , 000 ,000
marks due May 1 -
March 26—Greeks began offensive against
Turks in Asia Minor.
March 30—Turkey protested to allies
against Greek offensive.
Af-il 1—Greeks defeated by Turks at
Esk'ahehr.
April 2— Washington government in¬
formed Germany United States r. ouid
not eountenunce Germany's escaping full
responsibility fm the war or getting out
of paying its obligations to the limit of
'.r ability.
April 6—Secretary of State Hughes sent
to allies a note, taking firm stand concern
log island of Yap, and mandates in gen¬
eral.
April 8— French government supported
United States in Yap controversy.
April 20—Japanese cabinet declined to
yield on Yap mandate.
April 21—Germany asked President Har¬
ding to act as mediator of reparations
dispute, but he refused.
April 27—Specific reparations bill of 132,
......., u0 gold marks presented to Ger
many by allied commission.
April 29—Italy Indorsed United States
position concerning Yap. rejected
May 2—United States German
reparations proposals as Inadequate.
France called out troops for occupation
of the Ruhr.
May 3—Poles tnvaded Upper Silesia and
military law was proclaimed.
May 4—Poles and plebiscite control
forces fought in Upper Silesia,
German cabinet resigned as result of
renarations dispute.
May 5—Supreme council handed Ger¬
many reparations ultimatum and protocol,
granting six days for acceptance; German
uebt fixed at 136,000,006,000 gold marks.
May 6—President Harding resumed
American representation In councils of
the allies.
May 10—Dr. Wlrth formed new ministry
for Germany and the relchstag voted, 221
to 175, to accept the allied ultimatum.
May 20—France warned Germany the
sending of troops or munitions Into Upper
Silesia would be considered a warlike act.
May 22—Organized "volunteer” fbrees of
Germans attacked Poles fn Upper Silesia
May 23—Trial of four German soldiers
and officers for war crimes opened In
Lelpsig.
May 24—Germany reassured France con¬
cerning Upper Silesia, and Premier Brland
declared he would maintain the entente
with Great Britain, Italy and the United
States.
June 4—Lieut. Neumann, who sank Brit¬
ish hospital ship Dover Castle, acquitted
because he obeyed orders.
June 7—Great Britain rejected Ger¬
many's offer of troops for Upper Silesia
fil’d British troops began clearing Poles
from disputed territory.
June 18—Allies ordered Greeks not to at¬
tack Turkish Nationalists at present.
June 24—Council of League of Nations
awarded Aland Islands to Finland.
June 26—Greece rejected mediation with
Turks, offered by entente, and refused to
defer offensive.
Poles agreed to allies' plan for Upper
Silesia.
-June 28—Germany paid 44,000,000 gold
marks to reparations commission.
June 30—Greeks opened offensive against
Turk Nationalists.
July 9—Poles and Russians fighting on
old German-Russtan front.
July 10—President Harding informally
Invited Great Britain, Fiance, Italy and
Japan to conference on limitation of ar¬
maments and on Far Eastern problems,
In Washington. China Included.
July 20—Greeks occupied Eskishehr, Asia
Minor.
July 24—Franco - British compromise
reached on Silesian policy.
July 36—Japan accepted Invitation to
Washington conference, with certain, res¬
ervations.
July 27—United States demanded release
of American prisoners In Russia.
July 30—Soviet Russia agreed to release
all American prisoners In return for
American famine relief.
Aug. 10—Supreme council decided on
strict neutrality concerning the Greco
Turkish question.
Aug. 11—United States sent formal in¬
vitations to Washington conference on
d sarmament and Pacific question, to
open November 1).
Aug. 12— Supreme council decided to re
League fer the Upper Silesian question to the
of Nations and to send reinforce
intn'j to Silesia.
Aug. 19—Russian soviets and American
Relief administration agreed on relief
terms.
Aug. 21—United States government noti¬
fied Panama the arbRratlon award ceding
disputed territory to Costa Rica must be
accepted, and rent battalion of marines
to Panama
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Rica occupy Goto.
Aug. 24—-Japan formally accei ted Invito
Uon to disarmament eonfcreiu >■ Austria
United Slates peace treaty with
signed In Vienna,
Aug, 25— United Stales signed peace
treaty with Germany in Berlin.
Aug. 27—Turks drove Greeks back actor
Sal-aria river with heavy losses.
Aug. 29—Hostilities Op died between
Hungary and Austria com truing frontier.
United States peace treaty with Hun¬
gary signed In Budapest. divide
Sept. I—Agreement reached to IhdepeiiO
Lithuania into two states, one
ent and one controlled by Poland.
Sept. 4 -Soviet Russia and Afghanistan
fdgned treaty.
Sept. *— League of Nations assembly m -
in Geneva and elected II. A. Van Kavne
beek, Sept. Holland, 14—League president. Nations assembly
of
gleeted 11 Judges of international court of
justice, including John Bassett Moore of
the United State,s...
Jugoslavia Sept, 18—Hostilities broke out between
21—Lithuania, and Albania.
Sept. Ksthonla and Latvia
admitted to League of Nations.
Sept. 24—Allies ordered Hungary to
evacuate Burgenland. ratified
Sept. 30—German relchstag peace
treaty with United States. ad¬
Oct. 5—League of Nations assembly
journed after re-electing Brazil, China,
Belgium and Spain nonpermanent mem¬
bers of council. proposal.-,
Oct. 7—China rejected Japan's
for settlement of Shantung controversy.
Oct. 10—Division of Silesia decided by
league of Nations council.
Oct. 18—United States senate ratified
treaties of peace with Germany, Austria
and Hungary by vote of 66 to 20.
Nov. 3—Treaty between France and
Turkish Nationalists announced.
Nov. 7-Great Britain entered strong
protest against Franco-Turkish accord.
Nov 8-Councll of ambassadors ap¬
proved boundaries of Albania.
Nov. 9—Allied ambassadors ordered
Jugo-Slavs to get out of Albania, but
latter continued their invasion.
Nov. 12. -Conference on limitation of ar¬
maments and Far East questions opened
In Washington. Secretary of State Hughes
announced the American plan—a naval
holiday for ten years by Great Britain,
Japan and the Uniied States, and the
scrapping of all building programs. formally
Nov 14—President Harding
proclaimed peace between United States
and Germany Britain, Japan, France
Nov. 15 Great
and Ttaly accepted American naval limita¬
tion plan in principle.
Nov. 16—China in the Washington con¬
ference, asked recognition as an inde¬
pendent nation, respect for territorial
rights, restitution of seized provinces and
regions, abandonment of special foreign
privileges, withdrawal her of fortdgn Internal troops, af¬
permission tlie to govern door. own
fairs, and open
League of Nations council met. In Parts
Bourgeois of France elected president.
Nov 18—Jugo-Slavla accepted the Al¬
banian boundaries.
Nov. 21—Premier Brland presented to
armament conference France’s reasons
for maintaining large army, setting forth
her fears of aggression by Germany, and
delegates of other powers pledged France
their continued support. Far East
Conference committee on
adopted "bill of rights" for China.
Nov. 26 Powers in Washington confer¬
ence agreed In principle to abolition of
extraterritorial rlghls In China.
Dec. 10—United States, Great Britain,
Japan and France, In Washington con¬
ference, agreed on treaty to stabilize
peace In the Pacific, to last ten years;
Anglo-Japanese alliance to be abrogated.
Dec. 13—Four-power Pacific peace treaty
rlgned. Groat Britain _ ,
Dec. 15—United States,
and Japan agreed on “6-5-3" naval ratio,
with modifications, and on plan to main
tain status quo In Pacific fortifications
and naval bases with exceptions. could
Dec. 14—Germany told allies she
not pay January installments of repara
tlons. de¬
Pec. 16—France made unexpected
mands for naval strength.
FOREIGN
Jan. 9—British unearthed Irish plot to
blow up the houses ministry of jr-Uktiufint.
Jan. 12—Eeygues overthrown by
French chamber of deputies.
Jan. 15—Brland made premier of France.
Jan. 22—Irish leaders opened "ihajor of¬
fensive" against British forces.
Feb. 4—Greek cabinet headed by Khul
ils resigned.
Feb. 6.—Sultan of Turkey deposed as
head of Mohammedan religion by lslam
itlc congress at Slvas and Emir Felsal
appointed.
Feb. 27—Widespread revolt against sovi¬
et rule In parts of Russia.
March 8—During bombardment of work¬
ingmens quarters In Moscow by Bolshev¬
ist artillery several hundred versons wen
killed or wounded.
Eduardo Dato, premier and minister of
marine, assassinated at Madrid. Spain.
March 14—Six Sinn Fein prisoners con
vlcted of complicity in killing of British
soldiers in Ireland hanged in Mount Joy
prison. Pasha,
March 15—Talaat former grand
vizier and Turkish minister of finance,
assassinated by Armenian in Berlin.
March 24- Fifty communists and police
men Killed in Red revolt In industrial re
giotis of central Germany.
Match 27—Former Emperor Ch.au. 1 .
made attempt to regain throne of Han
gaty, but Regent llorthy refits, -.1 to yi Id
Match 30—Czect ©Slovakia, Ju,. uu
and Rumania mobilized to prevent n
toration of Charles.
April 1—Allies' council of ambassndot.
warned Hungary the restoration of tin
Hapsburgs would not be tolerated, an.
Hungarian national assembly condemned
attempted coup of Charles.
Lord Talbot, leading British Romai
Catholic, appointed lord lieutenant ct
Ireland.
Coal miners of Great Britain struck.
April 5— Former Emperor Charles lef
Hungary for Switzerland.
April 7—Dr. Sun Vat Sen elected Presi
dent of Republic of South China.
April 9 National Bank of Cuba sus¬
pended 14—British workers
April transport a:i.
railway men decided not to join in
strike.
April 17—U. S. government decided Dr.
Alfredo Zayas was elected president of
Cuha in November.
April IS Province of Ontario, Canada
voted "bone dry." ,
April 29 Alfredo Zayas proclaitnc 1
President-elect of Cuba.
British coal strike negotiations aban¬
doned.
May 10— Dr. Wiith became Gerniar
chancellor.
May 22—Serious anti-British outbreak
In Alexandria. Egypt,
May 25—Dublin custom house burned by
Sinn Felt ers.
Vladivostok seized by antl-Bolshev Ms
June 7—New parliament of Northern
Ireland organized in Belfast.
June 22 King George formally opened
the Ulster parliament.
June 25—Lloyd George invited De Val¬
era to a conference on Ireland.
July 9—De Valera agreed to conference
In Ixmdon and cessation of all hostilities
In Ireland was announced.
July 21 De Valera re vived British of¬
fer for settlement of Irish troubles and
took It to Dublin.
Aug. 9—Soviet Russian government
abandoned state ownership of all but ;
few of the largest industries.
Aug. 11—Baron Bytig of Vi my Ridge in¬
augurated governor iteral of Canada.
Aug. 21 Alexander proclaimed king ol
the Serbians. Croats and Slovenes.
Aug. 22- Emir Felsal became king of th
Irak reg on. the n«-w Arab state of Meso
potamia. The Irish refused Britain's
Aug. 20- of¬
fer and l.loyd George warned them
agal’. t delaying settlement.
Mathias Erzberger, German statesman
assassinated.
Aug 27.—Malabar district of British in
dla put under military rule because of se
rious rioting bv Moplahs.
Sept. 7—British cabinet. In answer tc
Sinn Fein note, asked De Valera to send
delegates to another conference on Sept
20, imposing condition that Ireland nuts;
remain within the empire.
Sept. 14—Norway prohibited Importation
of liquors and wines containing more than
34 per cent alcohol.
Lloyd Geo-ge received reply from Dt
Valera insisting on Ireland's right to se
cede, and thereupon canceled the proposed
conference.
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St pt. 29—Lloyd George again invited
Shin Fein to conference in London on
Oct. 13.
■Oct. 2—Spanish troops killed a thousand
rebellious Moors in. battie.
Oct. 10—Central American Union, com¬
prising Salvador, Honduras and Nica¬
ragua, established,
Oct. 11—Brittsh-Irish conference opened
in London.
Oct. ftt Portuguese ministry overthrown
by military coup and several cabinet
members killed. New ministry formed
by Manuel Goelho.
Oct. 2!—Premier Lenin of Russia ad¬
mitted economic defeat of communism.
E -Emperor Charles and his wife went
to Hungary by airplane and Charles was
proclaimed king. Little entente began
preparations Oct. to attack
24 Regent Horthy’s army defeated
ttie Carlists near Budapest. Charles,
/ha, Count Andrassy and other leaders
taken prisoner.
Oct. 26—Dr. Wlrth formed new minis¬
try for Germany.
Oct. 29 Coun- .1 of ambassadors ordered
little entente to cease war threats against
Hungary, and demanded that Hungary
purrender Oct. diaries.
resigned" 3<v—President Condra of Paraguay
owing to revolutionary move¬
ment.
Nov. 1—Former Emperor Charles tak¬
en to exile at Funchal, Madeira.
Petlurist Insurgents, invading Ukraine
from Rumania, captured Kaminetz-Po
dolsk and all of I’odolia.
Nov. 3— Premier Hara of Japan assas¬
sinated.
Nov. 6—Hungarian national assembly
passed ing law Hapsburg dethroning Charles and oust¬
the dynasty.
Ah xander sworn in as king of Jugo¬
slavia.
Nov. 12—Viscount Takahash! made pre¬
mier of Japan.
Nov. 15- Seven hundred Moplah rebels
killed by Gurkha garrison in India.
Nov. 17—Serious riots marked arrival of
prince of Wales in Bombay.
Nov. 22- Engagement of Princess Mary
of England and Viscount Lascelles an¬
nounced. '
Nov. 25—Crown Prince Hlrohlto made
regent of Japan. *•
Nov. 26—Lord Chancellor Birkenhead re¬
vealed Britain’s offer to Ireland of full
dominion status with reservations con¬
cerning tariff and nayal facilities.
Nov. 29- Ulster rejected British plan for
Ireland.
Dec. 8— British and Sinn Fein signed
treaty creating the Irish Free State, with¬
in the empire.
Canada Liberals won parliamentary
elections, overthrowing Meighen govern¬
ment.
President Herrara of Guatemala ousted
by revolutionists.
Dec. 7- King George freed all interned
Irish prisoners *■*’
Dec. S- De Valera denounced the Irish
peace treaty.
Dec. 14 —Ulster cabinet refused to enter
Irish Free State.
Dec. 16—British parliament ratified the
Irish treaty.
DOMESTIC
Jan. 1—President Wilson sent Gen.
Crowder to confer with President of Cuba
on conditions / in tlie island.
Jan. -President Wlison vetoed bill to
revive War Finance corporation and sen¬
ate repassed it. j
Capitol building of West Virginia de¬
stroyed by lire.
Jan. 4—House passed bill to revive War
Finance corporation, over President’s
\ eto.
Jan. 9—E’resident-elect Harding re¬
signed as U. S. senator from Ohio.
Jan. 17—Congress set limit of regular
army at 175,000 men.
Jan. 19—House decided lt3 membership
should not be increased; 11 states lose
and night gain representatives.
Jan. 22—Soviet Russian “Ambassador”
Martens and his staff deported.
Jan. 24—Senate passed the packers' reg¬
ulation bill.
Jan. 31—Supreme court held Judge Land¬
is had no lawful right or power to pre¬
side over irlal of Victor Berger and oth¬
er Socialists.
Feb. 5—President vetoed army reduction
resolution and house repassed it.
resolution." !■ el) ^—Sspgle 'repassed army reduction
*
Feb. 16 Senate passed emergency tar¬
iff bill.
Feb. 19—Harding announced appoint¬
ment of Charles E. Hughes as secretary
of state.
Feb. 21—II. M. Daugherty appointed at¬
torney general by Harding, and Henry
P. Fletcher named under-secretary of
.state.
Feb. 22— Harding completed his cabinet
by selecting Edwin Dcnby for secretary
of the navy; Herbert Hoover, secretary
of commerce, and James J. Davis, secre¬
tary of labor; Andrew Mellon, secretary
of the treasury; John W. Weeks, secre¬
tary of war; Will Hays, postmaster gen¬
eral; Henry C. Wallace, secretary of ag¬
riculture*, interior. and Albert B. Fall, secretary of
the
Feb. 28—Senate adopted resolution re¬
pealing wartime laws.
March 3—President Wilson vetoed emer¬
gency tariff bill.
March 4—Warren G. Harding inaugu¬
rated President of the United States.
Mar h JJ—Ohio National Guardsmen
quell race riot at Springfield, O.
March 26— Eighteen men indicted in Chi¬
cago In connection with baseball scan¬
dal.
James C. Davis of Iowa appointed di¬
rector general of railways.
March 28—Supreme court held profits
•from sale of corporate stock and bonds
land capital assets are taxable as session" Income.
April 11—Congress met In extra
Telephone communication between Unit¬
ed States and Cuba opened by Presidents
Harding and Menocal.
U. S. Supreme court refused to review
convictions of Haywood and 79 other I.
W. W.'s.
April 12—Immediate declaration by con¬
gress of peace with Germany, complete
rejection of the League of Nations cove¬
nant, and ultimate ratification of such
parts of the Versailles treaty as Involve
American rights and Interests proposed
by President Harding In his message to
congress. Harvey
April 14—George and Myron D.
Herrick nominated ambassadors to Great
Britain and France, respectively.
April 15—House passed emergency tar¬
iff bill.
Frank White, North Dakota, appointed
treasurer of United States.
April 22—House passed emergency immi¬
gration bill.
April 26— National budget bill passed by
senate.
April 28—House passed naval bill car
rying $296,000,000.
April 30—Senate adopted Knox r* 60 lu
tion declaring war with Germany and
Austria at an end.
May 2—U. S. Supreme Truman court set
conviction of Senator S. New
berry of Michigan and 16 others for al
leged violation of federal corrupt prac
ti eg act, holding the act void.
May 3 —Senate passed Immigration bill.
May 5—House passed the budget bill.
May 10 —House passed army appropria¬
tion Util, reducing army to 150,000.
tariff" Mav 11—Senate pissed the emergency
bill.
May IS—House passed Tincher bill to
regulate dealings In grain futures.
Gen Pershing made chief of staff of
' —General reduction
May 17 of all railway
wage's decided on by federal railway la¬
bor board. Child
Richard Washburn nominated am¬
bassador to Italy, and Dr. Jacob Gould
Schurman minister to China.
May 25—Senate adopted unanimously
Borah disarmament amendment to naval
bill. by Post
Censorship of press Office de¬
partment abolished.
May 31 —Great race riots In Tulsa. Okla ;
35 killed, many wounded; negro quarter
of cltv burned. ""
June 1 —Senate passed $494,000,000. navy appropria¬
tion bill carrying
, June 2 —House passed meat packer con¬
! trol bill.
Senate passed $60,000,000 farm loa"n bill.
June 8—A. D. Lasker of Chicago ap¬
pointed chairman of U. S. shipping board.
John T Adams of Iowa elected chair¬
man Republican national committee.
Senate passed army bill, providing for
armv of 150.000.
June 11—Roy A, Haynes, Ohio, took of¬
fice as national prohibition commissioner
June 13—House adopted Porter resolu¬
tion declaring war with Germany and
Austria terminated.
I June 17—Senate passed meat packer con¬
trol bill.
June 22—Charles G. -Danes made direc¬
tor of fe feral budget.
. June 21 -Secretary of the Navy Denby
p in dy reprimanded Admiral Sims for
indl» reet utterances in London speech.
B. Warren of Detroit appointed Collier am¬ of
bassador to Japan and W. M.
Washington ambassador to Chile.
June 27—House passed supplementary
prohibition law barring medicinal beer
and wine.
June 30—William Howard Taft made
chief justice of Supreme court of U. S. ✓
House adopted modified resolution de¬
claring war with Germany ended.
July 1—Senate adopted peace resolution.
July 2—President Harding signed the
peace resolution.
July 5— Senator J. O. Wolcott of Dela¬
ware resigned to become chancellor of
July 7—Gen. T. Coleman Du Pont ap¬
pointed senator from Delaware. - bonus
July 16—Senate shelved soldier
bill indefinitely at President's request. bill
July 20—Senate passed the Sweet
for soldiers' relief bureau.
Gov. Small and Lieut. Gov. Sterling of
Illinois indicted on charges of fraud and
embezzlement of state funds.
July 21—House passed the tariff bill.
Aug. 4—Senate passed agricultural cred¬
its bill.
Aug. 8—Senate passed bill prohibiting the
medical beer and otherwise amending
Volstead ^ f r*t.
Aug. 9—Sweet soldier relief bill signed
by President and Col. C. R. Forbes made
director of the veterans’ bureau.
Bill for federal regulation of boards of
trade passed by senate.
Aug. 20— Tax revision bill passed by
house.
Aug. 22—Senate passed railroad adminis¬
tration bill.
Aug. 24—Congress recessed until Sept.
■21 after passing $48,500,000 shipping board
deficiency bill and the biilion-dollar farm
exports credit bill, and extending the
dye embargo to Jan. 1. 1922.
Aug. 30— President Harding issued proc¬
lamation ordering bands of West Virginia
miners to cease insurrectionary move¬
ments and disperse.
Sept. 2—Regular army troops sent into
the West Virginia mine region.
Gen. Leonard Wood accepted post of
governor general of Philippines.
Sept. 3—West Virginia insurgents sur¬
rendered to U. S. troops.
Sept. 9—President Harding appointed
Charles E. Hughes, Henry Cabot Lodge,
Elihu Root and Oscar W. Underwood to
represent U. S. In conference on limita¬
tion of armaments and Far East ques¬
tions.
Sept. 20—Holm O. Bursum elected U. S.
senator from New Mexico.
Sept. 21—Congress reconvened and Pres¬
ident Harding submitted treaties with
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
J. C. Grew nominated minister to
Switzerland, and Dr. J. D. Prince of New
Jersey minister to Denmark.
Sept. 26—Conference on unemployment
opened in Washington.
Sept. 27—Fifty-fifth annual encampment
G. A. R. opened in Indianapolis.
Sept. 29—Lewis S. Pilcher of Brooklyn
elected commander-in-chief of G. A. R.
Sept. 30—Shipping separated.! board and Emergency
Fleet corporation
Oct. 3—John Barton Payne appointed
chairman of American Red Cross.
William H. Taft sworn in as chief Just¬
ice of Supreme court.
Oct. 4— President Harding appointed the
following ministers: To Panama, Dr.
John Glover South of Kentucky; to Nic¬
aragua, John E, Rainer of Colorado; to
Venezuela, Willis O. Cook of South Da¬
kota; to Guatemala, Roy Davis of Mis¬
souri; to Czechoslovak! i. Lewis Einstein
of New York; to Bu’ - ia, Charles S.
Wilson of Maine; to I and, Charles L.
Kagev of Kansas, and co Slant, Edward
E. Brodie of Oregon.
Oct. 6—Laurltz S. Swenson of Minnesota
appointed minister to Sweden.
Oct. 10— Senate passed Borah bill ex¬
empting American coastwise shipping
from payment of Panama canal tolls.
Oct. 15—Leonard Wood inaugurated gov¬
ernor general of Philippines.
Oct. 29—Governor I-razier and other
Nonpartisan league state officials of North
Dakota ousted by recall election.
Oct. 31—American Legion convention
opened in Kansas City.
Nov. 1—Cordell Hull of Tennessee
elocted chairman of Democratic national
committee.
Nov. 2—Lieut. Col. Hanford MacNtdev
of Mason City, Ia., elected national com¬
mander of American Legion.
Nov. 5—Soldier bonus bill defeated In
senate.
Nov. 7—Tax Revision bill passed by
senate.
Nov. 8—John F. Hylan re-elected may¬
or of New York. E. Lee Trinkle elected
governor of Virginia. Democrats won tn
Kentucky.
Senate extended emergency tariff act
indefinitely.
Nov. 9—America's unknown dead soldier
reached Washington and lay in state be¬
neath the dome of the capitol.
J. W. Riddle of Connecticut appointed
ambassador to Argentina.
Nov. 11—America's Unknown Soldier
buried at Arlington on Armistice day.
Nov. 18—Senate adopted conference re¬
port on anti-beer bill.
Nov. 19—House passed the maternity
bill.
Nov. 21—House adopted conference re¬
port of tax bill.
Nov. 22—Porto Rico asked the removal
of Governor E. Mont Kelly as "incom¬
petent and prejudiced.”
Nov. 23—Tax and anti-beer bills were
enacted into law and special session of
congress ended.
Nov. 29— Wood-Forbes commission re¬
ported against immediate independence
for the Philippines and recommended
strengthening hand of American govern
ment there.
Dec. 5—Congress met in Tegular session
President Harding submitted to con¬
gress the first national budget, for gov¬
ernment expenses of 1923, showing reduc¬
tion of half a billion.
Dec. 6—President Harding In message
suggested labor court to end strikes, de¬
velopment of decentralization co-operative marketing
among farmers, of indus¬
try, modification of the American valua¬
tion scheme in tariff bill, and other rem¬
edial measures
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. 3—Supreme Court of United States
held that labor unions or their members
are accountable to the anti-trust laws
where they depart from their “normal
and legitimate objects and engage In an
actual combination or conspiracy in re¬
straint of trade.”
Jan. 12—National conference of state
manufacturers’ associations pledged sup¬
port for open shop movement.
Jan. 31 —Railway executives asked that
“national working agreements" be abro¬
gated, and railroad brotherhoods ap¬
pealed to President Wilson to prevent
wage reductions.
Feb. 6—President Wilson declined to in¬
terfere In railway wage controversy.
March 8—Wage decreases of 12% to 15
per cent, affecting over 100,000 employees
of packing Industry In all parts of the
United States, announced.
March 23—Representatives of packing in¬
dustry and Its employees reached agree¬
ment at Washington and prevented
threatened strike.
March 31—Coal miners of Great Britain
went on strike and state of emergency
was proclaimed by the king.
April 15— Railway labor board ordered
national working agreements germinated
on July 1.
May 1—May day striu.es and lockouts
job involved the building trades of Chicago,
printers of the country, marine work¬
ers of Atlantic coast and livestock han¬
dlers of Chicago.
May 3—United States Steel corporation
announced wage cut of 20 per cent for
day labor and reduction of other wages
and salaries. Chicago
May 5 —Strike of stock handlers
and Job printers ended.
2 j ay so—Union bakers of Chicago struck.
May 31—Railway labor board announced
wage reduction averaging 12 per cent.
June 10— Lockout of Chicago building in¬
dustries ended. Judge Landis chosen ar¬
biter of wage scale.
June 26—Railway shopmen voted to re¬
ject wage reduotton.
June 28— British coal miners' strike set-
tied. abolished
Railway labor board time
and-a-half pay for overtime work, but
extended other national agreements In¬
definitely. labor board ordered
July 12—Rail wages
of railway express employees reduced
six cants an hour on Augrus’ L
Aug. 19—United States Steel corporation
fennounced further wage reduction for un¬
skilled labor.
Sept. 7—Judge Landis, as arbiter for
building trades of Chicago district, re- ,
duced wages 10 to 30 per cent and estab¬
lished new working rules and conditions, In¬ j
Sept, lo—Big packing companies
stalled shop representation system.
Sept. 20—Open shop for carpenters es¬
tablished in Chicago.
Oct. 15—Central railway strike called,
to start October 30.
Oct. 22—Nine allied unions refused to
support strike by rail brotherhoods.
Oct. 25—Railway 1 ibor board announced
Jt would not consider wage cut requests
hntll all working rule questions had been
decided.
Oct. 28—Railway strike order cancelled
by brotherhood chiefs.
Nov. 1—Milk wagorl drivers of New
York district struck.
Nov.-14—Garment workers of New York
Struck.
Three thousand teamsters of Chicago
struck.
Nov. 16—Chicago teamsters’ strike ended.
Nov. IS—Packing house employees, un¬
der shop representation plap, toluntarily
voted a 10 per cent cut in wages.
Dec. 1—Open shop principle for railroad
shop crafts recognized in working rules
handed down by railway labor board.
Dec. 5— Packing Industry butchers struck
In some efties.
Supreme Court of United States ruled
picketing union plants is illegal, is legal. but organizing in non¬
Dec. 7—Fatal Itrike riots at Chicago
packing plants. notice
Dee. 9—Eastern railroads served
of reduction of wages for 750,000 employees.
Dec. 14—Kansas state troops called out
to check riots of striking miners.
# SPORTS
Jan. 1—California university defeated
Qhto State at football, 28-0. Johnston,
Davis cup won by Tilden and
American team, in New Zealand.
Jan. 12—Baseball magnates signed agree¬
ment giving Judge Landis full powers as
head of the commission.
Jan. 14—Benny Leonard, lightweight
champion, defeated Richie Mitchell.
Feb. 7—Jack Britton, welterweight cham¬
pion, defeated Ted Lewis of England.
April 13—Baseball season opened.
May 30—Tommy Milton in a Frontenac
wort Indianapolis 600-Ynile auto race. ■
June 4—University of Illinois won West¬
ern conference field and track meet.
W. T. Tilden of Philadelphia won Inter¬
national tennis championship at Paris.
June 6—Suzanne Lenglen beat Molla
Mallory for woman’s tennis championship
in Paris.
June 6—University of Illinois won West¬
ern conference baseball championship. Na¬
Juno 18—University of Illinois won
tional collegiate athletic meet.
American team defeated British In first
polo game. British
June 22—American team defeated
In second and final game of polo.
June 24—Jock Hutchison, America, and
Roger Wethered, England, tied for British
open golf championship.
Yale defeated Harvard in annual boat
race.
June 25— Hutchison won play-off for
British July golf‘Championship. 2—Jack
Dempsey knocked ont
Georges Carpentier of France in fourth
round of world’s championship battle at
Jersey City.
July 4—W. T. Hayes of Chicago won clay
court singles tennis championship.
July 16—Charles Evans, Jr., of Chicago
again won western amateur golf cham¬
pionship.
July 22—James M. Barnes won national
open golf championship at Washington.
July 23—Yale-Harvard athletes defeated
Cambridge-Oxford team.
July 25—Pete Herman won bantamweight
title from Joe Lynch.
July #7—Bryan Downey knocked out
Johnny Wilson in fight for middleweight
championship.
Aug. 2—Former members of Chicago
"White Sox and others acquitted of con¬
spiracy to "throw” the 1919 world series
games.
Aug. 26—Walter Hagen of New York
won Western Open Golf championship, at
Cleveland.
, Ellis Haak of Canton, O., won Grand
American Trapshooting handicap.
Sept. 3—American tennis team won
Davis cup. defeating Japanese.
Sept. 6—Miss America II set world’s rec¬
ord for water craft by making 80.567 miles
an hour at Detroit.
Sept. 19—William Tilden II won national
tennis championship.
Sept. 24—Jesse Guilford of Boston won
national amateur golf championship.
Sept. 29— New York Giants won National
league pennant.
Oct. 1—New York Yankees won Ameri¬
can league pennant.
Oct. 6—Peter Manning trotted world’s
record mile in 1:57%.
Oct. 8—Miss Marion Hollins of New l r ork
won national women’s golf championship.
Oct. 13.....New York. Giants won world’s
championship.
Oct. 24—Halifax schooner Bluenose won
international fishermen’s race.
Nov 19—University of Iowa won West¬
ern conference football championship.
Harvard defeated Yale.
Nov. 23—Jake Schaefer won world’s
balk-line championship, defeating Hoppe.
Dec. 17—John Layton won three-cushion
championship from Augie Kieckhefer.
AERONAUTICS
Jan. 15— 1 Twelve navy seaplanes com¬
pleted flight from San Diego, Cal., to the
Canal zone.
April 27—J. T. Christensen, president o
Associated Air Mail Pilots, killed it: as.
at Cleveland.
June 1—Air mail routes, except New
York-San Francisco, ordered abandoned.
June 5— Laura Bromwell, famous avia
—4rix, killed by fall pf plane.
Sept. 20—Swiss balloon won international
tace dtp, traveling from Brussels to Dub¬
lin.
Sept. 28—Lieut. J. A. MacReady made
world's altitude record, 40,800 feet, at Day
ton, O.
Nov. 3— Albert Acosta won Pulitzer
trophy at Omaha, flying 150 miles at avei -
age speed of 176 miles an hour, world rec¬
ord for closed course.
NECROLOGY
Jan. 1—John W. Steele, “Coal Oil
Johnny,” at Fort jBrook, Neb.
Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollwegg
former imperial German chancellor.
Jan. 7—James G. Scripps, newspapet
publisher, in California. .
Jan. 13—Henry Reinhardt, American ari
collector and dealer.
Jan. 21—Congressman Charles Booher oi
Missouri.
Mary W. V hitney, astronomy professor
emeritus at Vassar.
Jan. -9 Frank I. King, grain man and
philanthropist, in Toledo, O.
Rear Admiral E. W. Taussig, U S N
retired.
Jan. 30—John Francis Murphy, Ameri¬
can landscape painter.
Jan. 31—Frederick H. Parkhurst, gover¬
nor of Maine.
Feb. 8—Prince Kropotkin, Russian Nihi¬
list leader.
Feb. 8—Prof. Barrett Wendell of Har¬
vard university.
Feb. 9—James Gibbons Huneker, author
and music critic, in New York
Feb. 12-Bishop J. P, Farrelly of Roman
Catholic diocese of Cleveland, O.
Feb. 14—Dr. A. D. Hepburn, former
president of Miami university, at Oxford,
Feb. 22—W. F. McCombs, former Demo¬
cratic national chairman, in Greenwich
Conn.
Feb. 24—Dr. F. J. V. Skiff, director of
Field museum, Chicago.
March 1—Nicholas I, king of Monte¬
negro.
March 2—Representative Champ Clark
of Missouri, former speaker.
March 8—Thomas H. Paynter, former
United States senator from Kentucky, at
Frankfort. Ky.
March 11—S. W. Burnham, retired pro¬
fessor of astronomy at University of Chi¬
cago, at Chicago.
March 17—Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, edu¬
cator, lecturer, minister, at Chicago.
March 19—Bert Leston Taylor, Journal- j
1st. in Chicago.
March 24-James Cardinal Gibbons, arch¬
bishop of Baltimore and primate of the i
American Catholic hierarchy, at Balti- j
more, Md. , i
March 29->John Burroughs, American
naturalist
ator Levi from Ankeny, Washington. former United States sen j
April 3—Annie Louise Cary, once famous I
prima donna. In Norwalk, Conn.
April 9—M. D. Berlitz, founder of lan¬
guage schools, In New York.
April 8—Julie Opp (Mrs. William Faver
tsharn), actress, in New York,
April 9—Archbishop Walsh of Dublin.
Sydney Fisher, Canadian statesman.
April 10—Federal Judge J. C. Pritchard,
former United States senator, at Asheville,
N. C.
April U-Augusta Victoria, former em¬
press of Germany. railroad
April 18-Marshall M. Kirkman,
authority and author, in Chicago.
April 27—Mrs. Lucy Flower, pioneer edu¬
cator of Wisconsin and Chicago.
April 30—John Robinson, retired circus
owner, "at Miami, Fla.
May 3-Dr. W. R. Brooks, discoverer qt
many comets, at Geneva. N. Y.
May 15—Former United States Senator
T. B. Catron of New Mexico.
May 17—W. W. Canada, for 19
United States consul at Vera Cruz, M x
lco. former
May 13-Franklin K. Lane, Minn. sec¬
retary of the interior, at Rochester,
May 19—Edward D. White, chief Justice
of United States Supreme court, In Wash¬
ington. I. Rood, , founder . . bf
May 21—Mrs. Ella
Audubon society, in Chicago.
May 25—Emile Combes. French states¬
man. Michigan , Cen¬
H. B. Ledyard, chairman
tral board. Vesniteh, Jugo-Slav
May 28-Dr. M. R.
sta.t6sman. Morrissey,
Very Rev. Dr. Andrew co¬
adjutor general of the Congregation ot
the Holy Cross and former president ol
Notre Dame university. Civil
Mav 29-Brig. Gen. Horace Porter,
war veteran and diplomat, in New York.
June 5—Rt. Hon. William T. Crooks,
labor leader of Englanu. Republican
June 7—Alvin T. Hert, na¬
tional committeeman from Kentucky.
Brig. Gen. J. W. Ruckman at Brook¬
line, Mass.
June 8-Col. F. W. Galbraith, Jr., na¬
tional commander of American Legion,
killed In automobile accident at Indian¬
apolis. William president
June 9-Col. Hester,
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
June 13—Gen. Jose Gomez, former presi¬
dent of Cuba, In New York.
H. C. Ide, former governor general ot
Philippines. of Florida,
June 15—Judge W. A. Blount
president American Bar association.
June 16—William E. Mason, congress- •
man-at-large from Illinois.
June 22—Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr., au¬
thority on Semitic literature.
Gen. C. H. Taylor, editor of Boston
Globe.
June 28-Prof. Elias Colbert, veteran
journalist and astronomer of Chicago.
Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore, for¬
mer cabinet member.
June 29—Lady Randolph Churchill, in
London.
June 30—Ma.1. Gen. Edward Fielding,
vice president Volunteers of America.
July 3—John F. "Wallace, famous en¬
gineer, in Washington. Stone!
July 15—Dr. W. E. president Pur¬
due university, killed in mountain climb¬
ing accident.
July 24—Judge Septimus Hanna, leader
In Christian Science church.
July 29—Robert E. Burke, former Demo¬
cratic leader of Chicago.
Charles B. Cory, ornithologist, at Ash¬
land, Wis.
July 31—Edgar Saltus, author, tn New
York city.
Aug. 2—Enrico Caruso, operatic tenor,
in Naples, Italy. Wisconsin
Aug. 6-John G. Jenkins, Jur¬
ist, at Milwaukee.
Congressman R. A. James of Virginia.
Aug. 8—Thomas S. Howland, vice presi¬
dent Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail¬
way, In Boston.
John D. Spreckles, Jr., In San Fran¬
cisco.
Aug. 11—William C. Hook of Kansas,
jurist. 13—Samuel rubber
Aug. P. Colt, manu¬
facturer, at Bristol, R. I.
Aug.-17—King Peter of Serbia, at Bel¬
grade. Greene,
Aug. 19— Maj. Gen. Harry A. U.
S. A., retired, at Oakland, Cal.
Demetrios Rhallys, former premier of
G reece.
Aug. 23—Sir Sam Hughes, Canadiar
statesman.
Aug. 25—Peter Cooper HbwIU, American
inventor, in Paris.
Aug. 31—Field Marshal Count von Bue
low, in Berlin.
Sept. 2—Austin Dobson, English poet.
Sept, 11—Marquis of Milford Haven
(Prince Louis of Battenberg), in London.
P'ormer United States Senator George
P. Wetmore of Rhode Island.
Sept. 15—Peer O. Stromme, Journalist
and author, at Madison, Wis.
Sept. 18—Rt. Rev. Thomas O’Gorman,
Catholic bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D.
Sept. 21—Sir Ernest Cassel, British
financier.
Sept. 2®—Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger¬
man composer.
Oct. 1—Former Federal Judge P. S,
Grosscup 2—David of Chicago, at sea.
Oct. S. Bispham, American
baritone, in New Y'ork.
Former King William II of Wurtem
Oct. 12—Philander Case Knqx, United
States senator from Pennsylvania.
Oct. 18—Ludwig III, former king ol
Bavaria.
Oct. 21—Maj. Gen. W. W. Wotherspoon,
U. S. A., retired.
Oct. 23—Dr. W. M,. King, president
emeritus of Cornell college, Iowa.
Nov. 3—Dan R. Hanna, capitalist and
publisher of Cleveland, O.
Noy* 5—Rev. Antoinette L. B. Blackwell,
first woman ordained as minister in Uni
ted States, at Elizabeth, N. J.
Nov. 13—C, H. Prior, pioneer railway
builddr, in Minneapolis.
Mrs. George J. Gould (Edith Kingdon),
at Lakewood; N. J.
Nov. 20—Lawrence C. Earl, American
painter, at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Nov. 22—Christine Nilsson, Countess de
Casa Miranda, operatic soprano, in Co¬
penhagen.
Henry M. Hyndman, British Socialist
leader.
Nov. 24—Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow,
artist and last surviving son of the poet
"Longfellow, in Boston.
Nov. 27—Lieut. Col. C. W. Whittlesey,
hero of “lost battalion,” suicide at sea.
Nov. 28—Abdul Bans Abbas, leader Dl
the Bahaists, at Haifa, Syria.
Nov. 29—Ivan Caryll, musical cot:: iy
composer, in New York.
Lord Mount Stephen, creator of Cana
dh-yi Pacific railway system.
Dec. 10—Sir Arthur Pearson, noted Eng¬
lish publisher,
Victor Jacobi, composer, in New York
Dec. 11—Earl of Halsbury, former Brit¬
ish lord high chancellor.
Dec. 12—H. Clay Evans of Tennessee,
former commissioner of pensions.
Dec: 35—Congressman J. A. Elston ol
California.
John W. Duntley, millionaire manufac¬
turer of pneumatic tools, in Chicago.
Dec. 16—Camille Saint-Saens. French
composer and musician.
DISASTERS
breaking Jan. 18—Pachuca, Mexico, inundated by
of dam; many killed or injured.
Jan. 20—British submarine and ere* ot
56 lost.
Jan. 24— Four-million-dollar fire In busi¬
ness section of Athens, Ga.
Feb. 26—United States destroyer Woolsey
sunk in collision off Panama; 16 lost.
Eeb. 27—Thirty-seven killed and many
injured in railway collision at Porter, hul.
March 26—Thousand houses destroyed by
fire in Tokyo, Japan.
April 1—Fire in Manila rendered la.o-t
homeless; damage $3,000,000.
April 14—Four thousand buildings de¬
stroyed by fire in Hakodate. Japan.
April 15—Hundred killed by tornado n
southern states.
May 29—United States ambulance plans
wrecked in storm at Indian Head, : *r
Washington; Lieut. Col. Archie Miil ,-.
former Congressman Maurice Connolly, !t
A. Batchelder and four army oftic-. s
killed.
June 3—Terrible floods in eastern (' : >
rado killed hundreds of persons in Puei i
and elsewhere and caused vast prope:.
losses.
Aug, 6—Steamer Alaska wrecked . r
Eureka, Cal.; 48 lives lost.
Aug. 24—ZR-2, giant dirigible built
England for United States, broke in two
and exploded over Hull on trial trip,
killed, including 16 members of Amerit
crew.
Sept. 10—Disastrous flood in San Anton
Tex., and vicinity: several hundred liv
lose
Sept. 21—About !,5u0 killed, fheusan is '
ured and town of Oppau, Germany, tL
stroyed by explosion in nitrate plant
