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Show .). I Chronology 1 Tear 1923 1 a a i tG Compiled bj) E.W. PlCKARD 3 , -s 5 & : ; $ ; & 1 (, 1924, "Western Newspaper Union.) I " INTERNATIONAL Jan. 1 Turkey reported mobilizing : three armies to move against Constan- : tlnople, Mosul and other points. Jan. 2 Allied premiers met in Paris ! and British and French plans for repa- ! rations were submitted. Jan. 4 Conference of allied premiers In Paris broke up in disagreement. France prepared for isolated action to coilect from Germany. t Jan. 8 War debt refunding negotia- tlons begun in Washington by British i and American commissions. Jan. Reparations committee de- elared Germany In wilful default in coal deliveries, British member voting ' in negative. French began move on Essen. Germans adopted passive re sistance program. Jan. 10 Germany, formally notified ' by France of its Intention to occupy ; the Ruhr, protested to the allied pow- 1 era and withdrew its ambassadors from ' France, Belgium and Italy. ! Near East peace conference decided Moslems in Greece must be moved to I Turkey and Christians in Turkey to Greece. President Harding recalled American : troops from Germany. ! Jan. 11 French forces occupied Es- I en and the Ruhr. Lithuanian irregulars occupied the j Memel district, besieging the city. Jan. 13 Reichstag, by vote of 283 to : 12, backed Chancellor Cuno's "moral war" on France. Jan. 15 German mine owners defied the French, who proceeded to extend their occupation to the entire Ruhr basin. Lithuanians seized Memel, announc-i announc-i ing the revolt was only against the French administration and the German currency. Jan. 16 Reparations commission voted Germany in default In material deliveries. Jan. 19 Germany ordered all state employees to refuse to obey the French. ; International commercial arbitration i ......... inaniriirfltfH in Paris. Jan. 20 French arrested many German Ger-man industrial leaders and officials and sized funds in Reichsbank branches. Jan. 23 France ordered the Ruhr Isolated from the rest of Germany. Workers in Thyssen plants struck. British and Turks split on Mosul question In Lausanne conference. Jan. 24 American army of occupation occupa-tion left Germany for home. Jan. 26 Reparations commission voted Germany in general default. Jan. 28 Isolation of the Ruhr from rest" of Germany completed. Jan. 29 Hundreds of German officials deported from Ruhr and Rhineland. Jan. 31 French seized Ruhr customs and shut off all shipments of coal to unoccupied Germany. Allies submitted peace treaty to Turks at Lausanne. British accepted American terms lor funding of war debt. Czechoslovakia and Hungary accepted ac-cepted League of Nations plan to settle their boundary dispute. Feb 1 European natk ns guaranteed loan of $100,000,000 to Austria. Feb 2 General Allen ordered by United States to quit relations with Rhineland commission. Feb 4 Turks at Lausanne refused to sign peace treaty, rejecting 20 per cent of the clauses, and Lord Curzon de- PaFrench occupied Goddelau In Hesse. Chancellor Cuno appointed a dictator to ration and fix prices in the Ruhr. Feb 6 Ismet Pasha refused British demand that he agree in writing to sign peace treaty as submitted, and Lausanne conference broke up. Feb 7 Turks ordered allied warships war-ships to leave Smyrna, but were defied. Italy ratified the Washington treaties. Central American conference in Washington ended successfully. Feb. 16 Council of ambassadors awarded Memel to Lithuania. Feb. 17 Poles and Lithuanians began be-gan battle near Orany. Feb 26 Great Britain and France ordered their warships out of Smyrna harbor, as courtesy to Turkish government. govern-ment. , Lithuania and Poland agreed on a trIarch 3 French crossed Rhine and occupied Mannheim, Darmstadt and Karlsruhe. , March 6 Canada signed fisheries treaty with United States. March 18 International chambers of commerce met at Rome. March 19 United States agreed to r accept payment of $250,000,000 for ex penses of Rhine army, in 12 lnstall- mjjJarCh 25 President of Chile, In welcoming wel-coming delegates to Pan-American con ference, urged alleviation ot armed geace" conditions and war on alco- March 26 Socialists of England, France Italy, Belgium and Germany, In conference in Berlin, devised reparations repara-tions program. France rejecWd any League of Nations' Na-tions' guarantee for neutralization of the Rhineland. March 30 German mine owners refused re-fused to pay coal tax levied by the French. March 31 Eleven Krupp workers killed in clash with French troops at Essen. Aprll 2 Turks agreed to resume peace conference at Lausanne. April 22 League of Nations council approved loan of $120,000,000 to Austria. April 23 Lausanne peace conference resumed, Russia excluded. May i count Krupp von Bolilen und Halbach. head of Krupp works, arrested ar-rested by French as responsible for fatal fight in Krupp works. May 2 Germany made new reparations repara-tions offer of $7,500,000,000 with many conditions. May 3 France rejected German onVr. May g French court-martial gave Krupp fifteen years in prison and heavy fine. Other participants in Essen riot lined and imprisonrd. British government served ten-day ultimatum on the soviet government of Moscow demanding compliance with the laws of nations. av 13 Great Britain told Germany her reparations offer was Insullicient and Invited her to make a better one. May 21 New Socialists' Internationale Interna-tionale of the World opened convention conven-tion in Hamburg. May 23 Russia yielded to British demands. May 25 Four European powers Tielded on nil points made by the Unit- ed States and signed agreement for payment of costs of American army on the Rhine. Great Britain declined to recognize America's right to Interfere with cargoes car-goes not destined to enter this country, such as rations, or liquor stocks for crews. May 26 Turks and Greeks at Lau-i Lau-i sanne reached agreement on repara tions. Juno 5 Germany asked new repara-I repara-I tlons conference on total sum. and of fered annuities of 1.500.000.000 gold marks. June 18 World court began second session in The Hague. June 21 France withdrew s.aar ordinances or-dinances of March 7, to which England objected. June 27 Pope issued letter condemning condemn-ing French policy In the Ruhr. June 29 Ten Belgian soldiers killed by bomb In the Ruhr; French and Belgians Bel-gians took severe sanctions. July 2 Pope urged Germany to cease sabotage and satisfy her obligation. obliga-tion. July 3 League of Nations council decided to Investigate French regime In the Saar. July t Krupp's signed working agroement with French. July 0 Agreement on all points readied by Turks and allies. July 7 French chamber of deputies approved Washington naval limitation treaty. July 9 Four-power Pacific treaty ratified by French chamber. July 11 French senate ratified naval and Pacific treaties. July 12 Great Britain invited France and Italy to Join her In reply to Germany's Ger-many's late3t reparations note. July 13 French truups of occupation occupa-tion advanced to Llmberg, Barmen and Klucrteld. July 15 Premier Poincare of France, in speech, rejected most of the demands made by British prime minister on German Ger-man reparations. July It! Allies and Turks agreed on terms of treaty, leaving out oil concessions. con-cessions. July 20 British draft of reply to Germany submitted to allies and United States. July 24 Turks and allies signed peace treaty of Lausanne. Aug. 3 Great Britain and France agreed on a mutual guarantee pact against unprovoked aggression, to lead to reduction of armaments. Aug. C United States and Turkey signed treaties of amity and commerce and on extradition, at Lausanne. Aug. 11 Great Britain handed to France and Belgium note declaring Ruhr occupation Illegal and a failure, insisting on impartial reparations inquiry in-quiry and declaring Franco must pay enough of tile money lent her to enable Britain to pay America. Aug. 15 United States-Mexico commissioners com-missioners completed their conference. Aug. 17 Ratifications of four-power pact and naval reduction treaty negotiated negoti-ated at Washington conference formally for-mally exchanged at State department. France offered to reduce reparations claims on Germany in proportion to the amount of its debt United States and Great Britain cancel. Aug. 21 France's reply to British note delivered to Great Britain; offered little hope of agreement. Aug. 28 Italy demanded from Greece abject apology and reparations for murder of Italian military commissioners commission-ers in Albania. Aug. 30 Greece accepted some of Italy's demands and rejected others. Aug. 31 Italy, declaring Greece's reply re-ply unsatisfactory, bombarded and seized Corfu and landed on Samos and other Aegean islands. Greece appealed to League of Nations. Mexican government formally recognized recog-nized by the United States. Sept. 4 Mussolini declared Italy would withdraw from League of Nations Na-tions if it insisted on arbitrating the Italo-Greek affair. Sept. 7 Councll'of ambassadors upheld up-held Italy's demands on Greece. Sept. 8 Greece and Italy formally accepted terms laid down by council of ambassadors. Premier Poincare of France announced an-nounced Germany must settle reparations repara-tions nnpKtlnn before nn economic ac cord could be reached. Sept. 10 Irish Free State admitted to League of Nations. Sept. 13 Italy agreed to evacuate Corfu on Sept. 27. Sept. 16 Italy appointed Gen. Giar-dlno Giar-dlno military governor of Flume. Sept. 18 United States made formal demand on Spain, France and Great Britain for right to build navy coal and oil base in Tangier across from Gibraltar. Sept. 24 Chancellor Stresemann of Germany formally announced official abandonment of passive resistance in the Ruhr. Italy informed Jugo-Slavla It Intended In-tended to keep Flume. Italy declined to evacuate Corfu until Greece paid 50,000.000 lire indemnity. Sept. 25 Council of ambassadors ordered or-dered Greece to pay indemnity to Italy. Sept. 27 Italy evacuated Corfu. Sept. 28 America won International seaplane race off Cowes, England. Oct. 2 Allies completed the evacuation evacua-tion of Constantinople. Oct. 19 Chancellor Stresemann announced an-nounced Germany would pay no more reparations. Oct. 24 Germany asked allies for reparations conference and moratorium. Oct. 26 France accepted British plan for appointment by the reparations commission of board of experts to fix Germany's capacity to pay. Oct. 28 Premier Poincare announced France would not permit reduction of reparations debt by board of experts, nor abandon the guarantee. Oct. 30 Great Britain accepted France's reservations on reparations board of experts. Kov. 4 Poincare said France would not yield on reparations unless her creditors yielded on debts. Nov. 5 China refused to pay Boxer indemnity to France. Nov. 9 United States refused to participate par-ticipate in examination of Germany's capacity to pay because of French restrictions. re-strictions. Nov. 13 France proposed appointment appoint-ment of experts' committee to investigate investi-gate Germany's resources and capacity to pay during the next three years. Nov. 14 Chancellor Stresemann announced an-nounced he would repudiate treaty of Versailles and abandon the Ruhr and Rhineland to the French. Nov. 21 France and Great Britain reached accord as to demands on Germany Ger-many concerning former crown prince and resumption of military control commissions, and sent mild notes to Berlin. , Nov. 23 Industrial magnates of the Ruhr an.l Rhineland signed treaty with tl 3 French for resumption of work and oavments. Nov. 24 Germany refused protection for allied military control officers. Nov. 27 International conference to halt rum-running opened In Ottawa. Canada. pec. 4 France began restoring the Ruhr to German rule. Dec. 6 Allied warships landed troops in Canton to proteot custom house from Sun Yat Sen. Dec. 7 C. H. GrlfTis and two others sentenced to prison by German court for attempt to kidnap Bergdoll. Pec. 9 New treaty of friendship and commerce signed by U. S. and Germany. Dec. 10 Council of League of Nations Na-tions met in Paris. Dec 11 President Coolidge announced he approved of the participation of American experts in the German inquiries inqui-ries authorized by reparations commission. com-mission. Dec. 18 Tangier open port convention conven-tion signed. FOREIGN jan 14 president Obregnn of Mexico ordered expulsion of Papal Delegate Filippi as a pernicious foreigner. pel) 14 Italian Fascist! ordered all Free Masons to leave its ranks, in County Kerry. Maroi 7 Thirteen Irish rebel prisoners prison-ers forced to wreck road barricades set' up by De Valera troops, killed by m Great Britain cut $37,000,000 out ot navv plans. Chi nes i president s plea for peace met with renewal of lighting in several provinces. March 20 Labor party in British parliament par-liament demanded end of capitalism. March 2 1 Guards doubled in Berlin as' capture of secret papers revraled plan of German Nationalists to March on capital. March 20 Twenty thousand farm laborers la-borers of Norfolk county. England, struck. t archbishop Zepliak of Roman ( nth-ollc nth-ollc church condemned to death by Russian supreme court for revolutionary- activities. March 31 Mgr. Rutchkavich. Roman Caholie vicar general, executed at m'ocow for revolutionary activities; Archbishop Zepliak's sentence commuted com-muted to imprisonment for ten years. Rumania prohibited all Roman Catholic Cath-olic congregations. Aprtl g Swedish cabinet headed by Branting resigned. April 7 Rumania threatened with civil war; Premier Bratiano resigned. April io Liam Lynch, chief of staff of Irish irregulars, captured in tight and died of wounds. April 14 Great plot of Irish republicans repub-licans to kill British officials and wreck London uncovered. April 27 De Valera ordered the Irish republicans to cense hostilities and to negotiate pace with the Free State. May 6 Chinese bandits wrecked the Peking-Shanghai express and kidnaped mn ny forelg n pa sscn trers. including H Americans, demanding one million dollars' dol-lars' ransom. .ay 8 Chinese government ordered that all demands of bandits who kidnaped kid-naped foreigners should be complied w 1 1 h. May 9 Irish Free State announced rejection of De Valera's peace offer. May 20 Andrew Bonar Law resigned as prime minister of Great Britain. May 22 Stanley Baldwin appointed British prime minister. May 2$ Communist strike and riots In the Ruhr increased in violence. May 2 7 Polish cabinet resigned; YYitos made premier. June y Stamboulisky's peasant government gov-ernment in Bulgaria overthrown In almost al-most bloodless revolution; Professor Zankoff mads premier. June 12 All foreign captives released re-leased by Chinese bandits. Civil war broke out in Bulgaria. President Li luan-liung of China fled from Peking. June 14 Li Yuan-hung resigned as president of China. Stamboulisky captured and killed In Bulgarian village. June 22 Manitoba voters killed prohibition pro-hibition law, substituting sale by government. gov-ernment. July 15 Mussolini clinched his grip as dictator of Italy by forcing parliament parlia-ment to pass his electoral law. July ltj British parliament rejected Labor party's motion proposing gradual transition to socialist form or government. govern-ment. July 20 Gen. Francisco Villa, noted ex-chief of Mexican rebels and bandits, slain from ambush. July 22 Belieau Wood, In France, dedicated aa memorial to Americans who died there. Aug, 6 Teixeira Gomes elected president pres-ident of Portugal. Henry Suilivan of Massachusetts swam the English channel. Aug. 8 Chancellor Cuno presented to reichstag his rescue plan for Germany, Including a gold loan, taxation on a gold value basis and a heavy levy on industries. Aug. 12 Chancellor Cuno and the German government resigned. Gustave Stresemann undertook to form new cabinet, the first coalition majority government gov-ernment in Germany's history. Aug. 15 Eamon de Valera arrested by Irish Free State. Aug. 21 German cabinet demanded $100,000,000 from the industrialists. Aug. 27 Irish government party won In elections. Aug. 28 Admiral Yamamoto made premier of Japan, succeeding the late Baron Kato. Sept. 12 Spanish army revolted against the cabinet. Sept. 14 Spanish cabinet resigned; directorate established under presidency presi-dency of Gen. Primo Rivera, leader of the revolution. Sept. 19 William Cosgrave re-elected president of Irish Free State. Sept. 23 King Boris dissolved Bul garian parliament and proclaimed a state of siege because of Communist and peasant uprisings. Sept. 26 Germany officially abandoned aban-doned passive resistance in the Ruhr. Bavaria revolted and named Gustave vop Kahr as dictator of the state. Sept. 27 President Ebert appointed War Minister Gessler military dictator of Germany. Miners in the Ruhr declared de-clared a general strike. Sept. 28 Bulgarian revolt crushed with capture of Ferdlnandovo. Oct. 1 Monarchists captured fortress of Kustrin, Prussia. Last vestige of civil rule abolished in Spain, all municipal governments be-inr be-inr dissolved. Oct. 2 Kustrin recaptured by German Ger-man government troops. Oct. 3 German cabinet resigned and Chancellor Stresemann began formation forma-tion of a virtual directorate. Oct. 4 Revolution started in northern north-ern Portugal. Oct. 5 Marshal Tsao-Kun elected president of China. German Socialists yielded to Stresemann. Strese-mann. Oct. 7 Finland refused to pay Rusl. sia indemnity for death of cheka agent. Oct. 8 Reichstag, by heavy majority, major-ity, gave Chancellor Stresemann vote of confidence. Oct. 9 Chancellor Stresemann refused re-fused demands of Hugo Stinnes and other industrialists, which would have made them dictators of Germany. Oct. 10 France refused to negotiate with Germany on resumption of work in the Ruhr, preferring to deal with the Industrial barons. Panic on Berlin bourse, the mark going to 7,000,000,000 to the dollar. Oct. 13 Reichstag confirmed Chancellor Chan-cellor Stresemann as dictator. Oct. 17 Socialist government of Saxony Sax-ony and Thuringia defied Stresemann. Oct. 21 Rhineland republic set up in Aix la Chapelle; movement spread to other cities. Oct. 23 Communists fought bloody battle with police in Hamburg; 44 killed. Rhineland separatists ousted from several cities. Chancellor Stresemann yielded to Bavaria's Ba-varia's demand for greater autonomy for the German states. Oct. 27 German government ordered dismissal of Saxony cabinet. Oct. 28 Saxon government defied the reich. Oct. 29 Chancellor Stresemann ousted oust-ed the Saxon cabinet. Angora assembly proclaimed Turkey a republic and elected Mustapha Keraal president. Oct. 30 Ismet Pasha made premier of Turkey. Bavarian monarchists mobilized for III a. 1 i-II un uciii". Nov. 1 Krupp signed Ruhr accord with French. j'ov. 2 Socialists quit German cabinet cabi-net and Stresemann assumed dictatorial powers. Nov. 8 Hitler and Ludendorff tried to overthrow Bavarian government by royalist coup. Von Seeckt made supreme su-preme military dictator of Germany by President Ebert. Nov. 9 Putsch of Bavarian Facfsti suppressed snd Ludendorff arrested. Nov. 10 Former Crown Prince Frederick Fred-erick William returned to Germany. Nov. 12 Adolf Hitler arrested. Nov. 20 Rhineland sc paratists captured cap-tured Mainz. Nov. 2 1 Mobs from Upper Sileslan towns looted and burned estates of rich farmers who refused to sell food; many k il led. Nov. 23 Gorman Chancellor Stresemann Strese-mann and his cabinet, denied a vote of confidence by the reichstag, resigned. Nov. 25 Dr. Heinrich Albert made chancellor of Germany. j;0v. 27 Failing to form a minislry, Doctor Albert resigned as German elm ncellor. Nov. 2S Matthes. head of Rhineland republic, ousted by associates. Nov. 29 Stegerwald failing to form German cabinet. Dr. YVilhelm Marx, Catholic leader, was mail.' Him ncellnr. ' 1 ,oc - Germany com pie ted negot ia-tions ia-tions for foreign loan to support her new currency ec. 4 Many German manufacturers arrested for birr tax frauds Dec. 6 Consr rvatives defeated In British elect ions. Rebellion in Mexico, led bv Adoifo de la TTurta. ii iiri t ish Conservative ov-ernment ov-ernment decided to retain otlice until meeting of new parliament. Ve. 16 Liberals won in Greek elections. elec-tions. )t.c 17 The Greek government informed in-formed King" George it considered it advisable lor him lo leave Gn-i-r? until the na t loni 1 r. ssemh y had decided on the regime hpst befitting the country. Pec. IS K 1 nr and queen of Greece went to Rumania. Pee. 20 Secret papal consistory opened in the Vatican. DOMESTIC Jfin Secretary of the Interior Fall . Hnnniinced his retirement from the : cabinet on March 4. 3 President Harding vetoed the ! Bursum bill for larger pensions, j jan e Senate requested the President Presi-dent to recall troops from Germany. jan 9 House judiciary committee voted" for dismissal of impeachment charges against Attorney General ! Daunherty. i jan ii Ira Nelson Morris, minister to Sweden, resigned. I Jan. 15 Harry Pratt Judson. presi-i presi-i dent of University of Chicago, resigned. E. De W. Burton selected to succeed him. Jan-. 1 9 Senate passed the agricultural agricul-tural credits bill. Five defendants in Herrln mine massacre mas-sacre trial acquitted. Jan. 23 House passed resolution for constitution: ! amendment prohibiting further issuance of tax-exempt securities. securi-ties. Jan. 24 Federal Judge E. T. Sanborn San-born of Tennessee nominated by President Presi-dent Harding to be associate justice of Supreme court to succeed Justice Pit-nev. Pit-nev. jan. 25 House voted. 204 to 77. to approve report of judiciary committer giving Attorney General Daugherty clean bill of health in impeachment investigation. in-vestigation. Jan. 2 9 Robert Woods Bliss nominated nomi-nated as minister to Sweden. Feb. 2 Senate passed the rural credits bill. Feb. 7 Last American troops from Germany landed at Savannah. Ga. Feb. 9 House passed British debt funding bill. eb. 13 Senate passed British debt-funding debt-funding bill. E. Mont Reily resigned as governor of Porto Rico Feb. 1 9 Senate confirmed appointment appoint-ment of Sen. tor Poindexter as ambassador ambas-sador to Peru Supreme court ruled a Hindu cannot be naturalized. Feb. 27 President Harding appointed appoint-ed Hubert Work secretary of tiie interior in-terior and Harry S. New postmaster general, effective March 4. Richard M. Tobin of San Francisco nominated for minister to the Netherlands. Nether-lands. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines appointed director of the veterans' bureau. Feb. 28 Ship subsidy bill killed in senate. Mondell of Wyoming appointed member mem-ber of War Finance corporation and Towner of Iowa governor of Porto Rico. March 1 House passed rural credits bill. Senate requested President to urge nations to limit production of habit-forming habit-forming drugs. March 2 Investigation ordered by senate into charges of waste and mismanagement mis-management of veterans' bureau. March 4 Congress adjourned after Democratic filibuster tied up legislation. legisla-tion. March 5 President and Mrs. Harding and party started for vacation in Florida. Ma rch 7 Wisconsin senate, 26 to 4, defeated bill to abolish National Guard. March 10 United States debt commission com-mission arranged to fund Finland's $9,-000,600 $9,-000,600 war debt. March 14 Charles F. Cramer, general gen-eral counsel for veterans' bureau, killed self on eve of senate investigation. March 17 Attorney General Daugh-erty Daugh-erty said President Harding was candidate can-didate for renomination. Two Federal court decisions forbade search of autos and homes by dry agents without search warrants. March 31 Mayor of Gary, Ind., and 54 others convicted of liquor con spiracy. April 3 Judge W. E. Dever, Demo-' crat, elected mayor of Chicago. April 6 Defendants in Herrin (111.) mine massacre case again acquitted. April 8 President Harding returned from vacation in South. April 16 United States Supreme court upheld constitutionality of Cap-per-Tincher grain futures act. April 19 Government began suit to stop speculation in sugar futures. Mrs. A. W. Cook of Pittsburgh, Pa,, elected president-general of D. A. R. April 24 President Harding committed commit-ted the administration to world court plan in New York speech. Charles B. Warren, former ambassador ambassa-dor to Japan, and John Barton Payne of Chicago named as American members mem-bers of United States-Mexican commission. commis-sion. April 30 Supreme court, in 7 to 2 decision, barred foreign vessels carrying carry-ing liquor into American ports, but overruled Daugherty opinion that American ships cannot sell liquor outside out-side territorial limits. May 2 Charles E. Ruthenberg, noted radical, was found guilty of violating the Michigan anti-syndicalism law. Mav 3 Army monoplane piloted by Lieutenants MacReady and Kelly made, nonstop flignt from Hempstead, N. Y.. to San Diego, Cal. May 4 New York legislature repealed re-pealed state prohibition law. May & E. H. Cunningham of Iowa made member of federal reserve board, and E. E. Jones of Pennsylvania member mem-ber of farm loan board. May 11 Frank McManamy of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, made member of interstate inter-state commerce commission. May 13 Advisory committee of 100 named by Secretary Work to survey problems of the American Indians. May 17 Alva B. Adams appointed United States senator from Colorado. May 21 William R. Day resigned as umpire of the United States -German mixed claims commission; Judge E. B. Parker of Texas appointed to succeed him. june 4 United States Supreme court declared unconstitutional state laws barring the teaching of foreign languages lan-guages in schools. Convention of Shriners opened In Washington. June 11 Supreme court held Kansas industrial court was without power to regulate wages in packing rouses. June 20 President Harding started on his trip to the West and Alaska. Sentences of 24 men imprisoned for obstructing conduct of war commuted by the President. June 23 United States seized sealed liquor stores on several British liners at New York. June 26 Interstate commerce commission com-mission abolished "assigned car" practice prac-tice in coal transportation. June 29 Budget Director Lord announced an-nounced surplus of $310,000,000 for fiscal fis-cal year. July 1 R. W. Bowden resigned as American observer on reparations. July 4 Convention of radicals opened In Chicago. July 5 President Harding sailed from Tacoma for Alaska. July 6 Farmer-Labor party in Chicago Chi-cago convention repudiated the Reds who uM to form Federated Farmer-Labor Farmer-Labor party on communistic lines. July 7 Army balloon won national elimination contest. Lieutenan ts Roth and Null, piloting a navy balloon, lost in Lake Erie. July S United States anthracite commission reported in favor of government gov-ernment supervision of mines but against gov-.'i nment ownership. July ID President Harding landed at Juneau. Alaska. July 16 Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor Farmer-Labor ea nd :d:ue. elected Uni Led Stat es sena tr f rum M f n nesota . July 17 Philippine cabinet and other officials resigned after controversy with Govt-rnor General Wood. j i! i y i:S President Ha rd Ing taken ill in San Francisco. July '-'.) Pr sident Harding worse. . California program canceled. J uiy ?,n Presitb n t Ha rdi ug gra veiy ill wfth broncho - pne u m on i a. Aug. 2 President IT a rdi ng died suddenly sud-denly in San Fratn-iscn. Air. ? Calvin Coolidge took oath ns President at Plymouth. V t.. and wen : to Washing' on Hard i n funeral t ra in started from S-n L-'raneis:-.. f-r Washinginn. Aug. -State fuii'-ral s-tvPts for Mr. Harding held in the capitol. Washington. Wash-ington. Aug. 10 Warren ( I. H n rd i n g's hod y placer! in vault at Marion; memorial services in all lands A i: g- 13 Pres id'-nt Cool ide ga ve full approval to Harding buuet system. sys-tem. Coa ! commission sninmor.'-d hr-ads of anthraeit operators and miners to conference. con-ference. Governor Walfn nf Oklahoma placed Tulsa under martial law after renewed floggings. Aug 14 K.x -Con grpasma n C. 1 : s i n. Siemp of Virginia appo'nted secretary to President (Joni id g- Aug. 1 T1--P0 wert'ui boo 1 1 1 n l; r;nii of Savannah. Ga. broken up by arrests ar-rests Aug 21 Anthracite negotiations coi lnp.-ed. Aug. '-2 Suceesstui KM? made for coa-l-to-co.ist a.r man s- r ice Aug. i:i Govt rnor l':nrhei; .'.-Ki-., r. president Co.,w!g. !r t-. . . n thrar :-,. prob.t - .-.ue G " -r-i--. r. : - . con.prou.i--- pi.'P to - ' - strike. Aug. 30 Savage riot in Perth Amboy N. J.. when big mob attacked Ku Klux Klan meeting. F. E. Scouey, director of the mint, resigned, effective October 1. jUgm 31 Anthracite miners and operators op-erators not satisfied with Pinchot plan, and strike begins, but negotiations con-, con-, tinued. gept 3 American relief measures for Japan earthquake victims started on great scale. Sept. 5 G. A. R. In annual parade in Milwaukee. gCpt. 6 G. M. Saltzgaber of anwert, O, elected commander-in-chief of G. A.' R. yt,pt 7 Anthracite miners representatives represen-tatives accepted Pinchot's proposals. ' ert. 1 5 Governor Walton put all Oklahoma under martial law. St-pt 20 Under orders from Governor Walton." th Oklahoma National Guard prevented the meeting of the house of representative in special session. S.pt. 23 Governor Walton of Oklahoma Okla-homa proclaimed indefinite postponement postpone-ment of special election which was to decide whether legislature should meet to investigate his actions. Oct. 1 Governor Walton of Oklahoma Okla-homa abandoned military opposition to special eK-ctton of October 2. but called new election for December 6. Oct 2 Oklahoma voted decisively in favor of constitutional amendment authorizing au-thorizing the state legislature to convene con-vene itself to consider impeachment charges against state officials. Oct. 4 Resignation of George Harvey, Har-vey, ambassador to England, announced Oct. 1 1 Oklahoma legislature met and prepared for impeachment of Gov. Jack Walton. Oct. IS John R. Quinn of California elected commander of American Legion. Oct. 23 Lower house of Oklahoma legislature voted to impeach Governor Walton and the senate suspended him from orMce. Oct. 26 Former United States Senator Sena-tor Frank B. Kellogg named ambassador ambassa-dor to Great Britain. Nov. 12 United States Supreme court decided aliens can be prohibited by states from owning land, provided there is no treaty stipulation to the contrary. con-trary. Robert J. Grant of Denver made director di-rector of the mint. Nov. 15 Senator Hiram Johnson formally for-mally declared himself a candidate for Republican presidential nomination. Nov. 19 Governor Walton of Oklahoma Okla-homa found guilty by senate court of impeachment and ousted from office. Nov. 21 Dr. Frederick A. Cook, fake North pole discoverer, convicted of oil Etock frauds and sentenced to prison. Nov. 24 Former Governor Walton of Oklahoma indicted on criminal charges. Nov. 30 Gov. W. T. McCray of Indiana In-diana indicted for embezzlement. Dec. 3 Sixth-eighth congress met but progressive Republican bloc prevented pre-vented organization of the house. Dec. 4 In South Dakota state proposal propo-sal conventions the Republicans Indorsed In-dorsed Coolidge, Democrats picked Mc-Adoo. Mc-Adoo. and Farm er-Labo rites favored LaFollette for presidential candidates. Dec. 5 House organized, Speaker Gillett being re-elected. Dec. 6 President Coolidge delivered his message to congress. Dec. 10 United States Supreme court recessed until January 2. Dec. 12 Republican national committee commit-tee selected Cleveland as place and June 10 as date for national convention. conven-tion. Dec. 13 Conference of representatives representa-tives of anthracite using states opened at Harrisburg. Pa. Dec. 15 President Coolidge ordered release of all remaining imprisoned violators of war laws. Dec. 17 W. G. McAdoo formally announced an-nounced his candidacy for Democratic presidential nomination. Dec. 2 7 American Association for the Advancement of Science met in Cincinnati. DISASTERS Jan. 3 Twenty persons killed In collapse col-lapse of bridge at Kelso, Wash. Feb. 8 Mine explosion at Dawson. N. M., entombed and killed 120 men. Explosion in mine near Cumberland, B. C, killed 30 men. Feb. 18 Twenty-two patients and three attendants killed in insane asylum fire on Ward island. New Y'ork. March 2 Fifteen miners killed In blast at Arista, W. Va. March 10 One hundred and fifty Greek soldiers drowned when transport trans-port Alexandre sunk. April it Six hundred persons killed by tidal waves in Corea and Japan. May 14 Flood and fire partly destroyed de-stroyed Hot Springs, Ark. May 17 Severe earthquake at Quito, Ecuador. Sevonty-three killed in burning of schoolhouse at Cleveland. S. C. June 10 Disastrous floods in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado. June 1 5 Reports received of earthquakes earth-quakes in Persia in which 6.000 perished. per-ished. June 17 More earthquakes in Persia; 3.000 killed. June IS Mt. Etna In violent eruption; erup-tion; several towns destroyed Aug. 14 Explosion i n coal mine at Kemmerer, Wyo., killed 90 men. Aug. 18 Terrific typhoon at Hongkong, Hong-kong, destroying vessels, property and lives. Aug. 21 Million dollars' damage done by flood In Arkansas valley, Colorado. Colo-rado. 9 Sept. 1 Earthquakes and resultant fires dest roved most of Tokyo and Yokohama "and other cities; 225,000 killed. Sept. 8 Nine United States destroyers de-stroyers and one liner wrecked on coast of southern California in fog; 27 lives lost. Sept. 15 Typhoon and floods killed 5,000 in Japan. Sept. 1 7 Sixty blocks of Berkeley, Cab. destroyed by fire. Sept. 23 Three balloons destroyed by lightning in Gordon Bennett cup race starling in Belgium; five balloontsts killed, including two Americans. Sept. 27 Forty persons killed when Burlington train plunged into river at-Lockelt. at-Lockelt. Wyo. Nov. 6 Twenty-seven miners killed by gas explosion in West Virginia. Dec. 1 Nearly F. 00 killed by bursting of dam near Bergarno. Italy. Dec. 9 Nine killed, many injured in wreck of Twentieth Ce.11 tury train at Forsythe, N. Y. Dec. 1 5 Destructive earthquake In Colombia and Ecuador. INDUSTRIAL Jan. 9 Erie railway signed new wage agreement w 1 Ih shop cru I'm work-era. work-era. Jan. 31 Railway labor hoard restored re-stored to signalmen the eight-hour day atij time and a hail" pay for ove r ! 1 me. March - 'i tiousand men at M t'h 1 -gan J 1 1 y Pullman plant struck in protest pro-test againsi tmp.oynient of negiots. March 2 S A r n 1 u r- ,i or rls packer merger forma 1 1 y rmnpleied April '' S'eH iriilnsiry raised wages of common ia bor II per n n t and adjusted ad-justed pay of other cl;..cs. April 1 ; Chieairo paching house em-plow em-plow t-s a lid building trades Workers given rais" ol prtv. May m Penn.-ylvania railroad gave shopmen Jl.'"Mi.iOio p;i y ra ise. A u-;. 2 KIbert I i Gary a nnotim cd imriM-dia'e e 1 1 r" 1 na 1 cm of th- lL'-hoi,r day in the ste.-i industry and adjustment adjust-ment of a ages; Aug. 2 1 Anthracite op rat 01 s and in i lv rs hrnk" o ;T wa .;e n ego t ia I i ons. United Typot hetae nf America order- d by fed' ral t ra de no m m !.- ; , on to d.Rfontinu' praetiees uinrh the corn-nni"ll corn-nni"ll il'-eja r'-U Would en empjoy-:nu' empjoy-:nu' primers in it a 1 n t a 1 n s 1 a n d a rd pric"e3 for r-onim re 1 a 1 pr, 11 1 i n g . Aug :MGoverrmr Pirn-hot p. f.r-i by I resident rnniidge to handle the an-t an-t lira 1 e probl e rn. Aug l 'on, prom !'" plan to Mottle nnthi-'C.ie tr..ub offer, d b Pineho .'01 : An t h ra ei t e strike nMirua 1 ly beg-in neg-M j;, 1 jr.T-H een I i no 1 rii; S'pt. 7 Pinehot's eompromivo plan arcr pied by leaders of ariihracitu miners ef t. 8 Mirers und operators atrre-rj nn r sumption of mining on September Septem-ber -" fi-t U American Frderarion of La -1 1 1 1 r . in eon mention at Portland Ore., .r.t.-d aeairu-t formation of a labor ny ind a;o against the r-cognitlon ,f soviet K ) 1 sla n government. Get i S.tmuei Gompers re-elected I presidert of 4. F. of L J Dec. 5 Federal railway latwc board increased wages of maintenance of way men on seven railways. Many other roads reached separate agreements. Dc. 5 Railway labor board increased pay of pullman conductors. Dec. 11 Hock Island railway renewed re-newed wage agreement with engineer. NECROLOGY Jan. 2 W. T. Whiting, Wisconsin paper pa-per mill magnate, at Stevens Point. Rev. Mrs. Cora L, V. Richmond, noted Spiritualist, in Chicago. Jan. 7 Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, eminent Jewish divine and scholar, in Chicago. Jan. 10 George ilamlin, noted America Amer-ica n tenor. Jan. li Constantlne, former king ot Greece. W. M. Moore, financier, in New York. Jan, 1 3 Congressman Nestor Mon-toya Mon-toya of New Mexico. Alexandre Kibot, French statesman. Frederic Harrison, English philosopher philoso-pher and historian. jan. IS Wallace Reid, motion picture pic-ture star. Jan. 2 2 Max Nordau. famous German Ger-man philosopher, in Paris. Jan. Dr. Paul Remsch. former (jni led States minister to China, la Shanghai. Jan. 31 Henry Clews, New York banker. Feb. 6 E. Fj. Barnard, astronomer ot the University of Chicago. Feb. 10 Former Senator J. A. Hem-enway Hem-enway of Indiana. Prof. W. C. Roentgen, discoverer ot the X-ray, 111 Munich. J udge Marti 11 A. Knapp of Federal Court of Appeals. Feb. 14 tit. Rev. C. D. William, bishop of Michigan. Feb. 22 Mrs. John A. Logan. George U. Peck, noted lawyer and orator. Feb. 24 Charlemagne Tower, former ambassador lo Russia and Germany. Feb. 2G Former United States Senator Sena-tor Geore C. Perkins of California. March 1 Congressman W. liourk Cockran of New York. March 2 William G. Bealet prominent promi-nent Chicago attorney. March 3 Orson Smith, Chicaga banker. March 6 Charles D. Norton, New York banker. March 13 Chancellor James R. Day, churchman and educator. March 22 Milo D. Campbell, member federal reserve board. March 24 Judge Donald L. Morrill ol 111 1 -to is Appellate court. Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado. Colo-rado. March 26 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt la Paris. March 27 Congressman John R. Tyson Ty-son of Alabama, April 5 Karl of Carnarvon. Horace Boies, former governor o4 Iowa. April 10 Oliver F. Fuller, pioneer Chicago wholesale druggist. Stuyvesant Fish, financier and railway rail-way man, in New York. George A. Yule, Wisconsin financier. at Kenosha. Aprll 11 John G. Rodgers. vice president pres-ident of Pennsylvania railroad. W. T. Hazen former head of United States secret service. April 14 Bishop G. Mott William mt the Episcopal diocese of Europe. April 17 Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, presiding bishop of Episcopal church In United States, In St. Louis. Rev. Dr. G. C. Houghton, pastor of "Little Church Around the Corner New York city. April 22 MaJ. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin Bald-win in Denver. April 2S United States Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota. April 30 Emerson Hough, Ameicaa author. Bishop Alfred Harding of Episcopal church, in Washington. May 1 Rear Admiral W. S. Gowle, United Stales navy, retired. May 4 Congressman John W. Rainey of Chicago. May 11 Brig. Gen. H. M. Robert, author au-thor of "'Robert's Rules of Order," at Hornell N. Y. May 14 Dr. J. A. Macdonald, former editor of Toronto Globe. May 16 George Jay Gould In Men-tone, Men-tone, France. May 20 Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld, veteran vet-eran leader in musical education, la Chicago. May 28 Joseph W. Folk, former governor gov-ernor of Missouri. May 31 Claude K Itch In, congress-, man from North Carolina. June 10 Louis Vtaud (Pierre Lotl) famous French writer. June 15 Gen. Luis Terrazas, once Mexico's richest man. Maurice Hewlett. English novelist. June 1 6 John McPa rla nd, president International Typographical union. Juno 22 Edward H. Potter, noted American sculptor. July 2 Rt. Rev. James Ryan, bishop of Allen, 111. July 9 William R. Day, former associate as-sociate justice of United St u tea Supreme Su-preme court. July 10 Helen Ring Robinson, writer and politician n nd Colorado's ilrst woman wom-an state senator. Congressman Luther W. Mott of Oswego. Os-wego. N. Y. July 11 Albert Chevalier, English actor. July 12 United States senator William Wil-liam P. Dillingham of Vermont. July 15- -Dr. L, Wilbur Messer, leader of Y. M. C. A., in Chicago. July 16 Louis Couporus, Dutch novelist. nov-elist. John M. Slddali. editor American Magazine. July 19 Rear Admiral C. D. Sigsbee, captain of the Maine when it was blown up In 1 William Holabird of Chicago, architect. archi-tect. July 30 Sir Charles Ilawtrey, English Eng-lish actor. Aug. 2- Warren Gama lie! Harding, President of the United States. Aug. !' Randall Parrish, author, In Peoria, 111. Aug. 10 Juaquin Sorolla. Spanish painter. Aug. 17 Marie Wain w right, actress, In Scranton, Pa. Au,T. 2 3 Baron Kato. premier of Japan. Kate Douglas Wiggln, American author. au-thor. Auit. 31 Thomas Mow her, publisher, in Portland. Me. Sept. 7 I'M ward Payson Dutton, publisher, pub-lisher, of New York. William It. Thayer, American author and Journalist. Hi;pt. 15 Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, botanist, botan-ist, In Chicago. Sfpt. IX l a ul J. Rainey, explorer and hunter, at si a. S-pt. pt Max Holim, American artist S..pt 2 3 Visiouril Morley, British statesman and author. , (.pt . 2 s I'M w i n G. Cooley. educator, In Chicago. Oct. 24 Dr. liorls Sidls. psychopa-t psychopa-t hologi si . 1 1 1 "or isinoM 1 h, N. II. (jf!" 2C Dr. I' Steinmel., famous electrician. ;it Srheneclady, N. Y. ( u.y ;pi j 11 drew Bonn r La w, former prime niiniMcr of Great Britain. Nov. 3 - i IL Huntington, president of th ; Sou railway. Nov. 4 - S. K. M'-Call, former governor gov-ernor and congressman from Massachusetts. Massa-chusetts. Nov 3 Clifford I'horne, noted attorney at-torney of Iowa, In London. (( v. 7 Anthony ("a m I net ti, former United States com 111 issi on r of I111111I- ' linn. Nov. 1 H- 1 leorge (. Taylor, president Ann ri'-a n Railway Express company. In New York. Nov 21 - Frederick Dixon, former ednor of Uhri-Uan Scjenc- Monitor. I ,, rl f Lor burn, former British lord el, a tv-el lor. A. o. Bunnell, vet era n newspaper editor, at I'ansville, N. Y. I,lC. r, i-jr William MacKenzle, Ca-nad Ca-nad in n ra 1 1 ,vi v ma ; n;il e. Bishop James Alkjna of M. E. Church, South. I s Kd wa rd O. Brown, eminent Ch.cago attoiiey. Inc. 1 1 f ron Shaughnessy. Canadian Cana-dian railway magnate. jxe. I l John it. Rathom, editor I tovi dene; .) ou r na I. William A. Pinkerton, famous detec-tl detec-tl ve. Inc. 13 Lawrence Kpcrry. American aviator, drowned in English channel. Ex - Congressman Hen T. Cable oi Rock Island. III. Dc. 14 Dr. Harold N. Moyer, noted alb n 1st. In 'hlcago. Dec. 1 h Edna Dean Proctor, authci and poet. |
