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Show ; Chronology ofthe Year 1920 f " ' !!! j I ;' Compfled by E. W. PICKARD jj I Aug. 4 Lloyd Oeorg Issued ultimatum ! to Russian representatives. Foles agreed to meet Russians at Minsk to negotiate. Aug. 8 Bolshevlkl rejected British plan for i ten-day armistice. . Aug. 9 British labor leaders warned government against war to aid Poland. Aug. 10 United States notified Italy It would support Poland "with all available avail-able means" against dismemberment; would never recognize the soviet regime, or permit other nations to slice off Russian Rus-sian territory; and suggested withdrawal of Russian troops from Poland and foreign for-eign troops from Russia as a means to end present war. : ... Turkish peace treaty signed. ' Aug. 11 French government announced It recognized the Wrangel government in south Russia and would give it aid, and broke off relations with soviet representatives representa-tives In London. Letvla and soviet Russia signed peace treaty, and Finland and Russia agreed on an armistice. , Aug. 12 Mlawa captured by the Bolshevlkl. Bol-shevlkl. Bolshevlkl captured Soldau. Aug. 16 Russo-Pollsh armistice negotiations nego-tiations opened at Minsk. Great battle for possession of Warsaw. Aug. 17 Poles repulsed Russians and launched three counter offensives. Aug. IS Danzig corridor cleared of Bolshevlkl. Bol-shevlkl. Aug. 19 Russians retreating In disorder from Poland. Aug. 23 Poles recaptured Blalystok. Aug. 24 Poles, having destreyed or dispersed dis-persed four of the five Bolshevik armies, rejected Russian peace terras. Aug. 28 General Wrangel opened great offensive In south Russia, taking Novo-rossisk Novo-rossisk and other cltlos and the Donets coal basin. Aug 29 Reds recaptured Grodno and Poles evacuated Blalystok. Aug. 81 Ukrainians onened drive . Maf J City of Juars Joined the lfes- ican revolt. May 7-Rebeli occupied Mexico City; Cawanza fled. . - ., , ' May 8-pbregon'a forces occupied Tam- plco, May 11-French government ordered dissolution of General Federation of Labor. La-bor. May 16 Joan of ato canonized by Pope Benedict -, . . . May 20Venustlano Carranza, fleeing president of Mexico, killed by former comrades. May 24Adolfo de la Huerta elected provisional president of Mexico. June 1 Pope announcel Catholio sovereigns sov-ereigns might visit the king of Italy. June 25 Seventeen persons killed and scores wounded In civil warfare in Londonderry, Lon-donderry, Ireland. July 8 Artnur Meighen, minister of interior in-terior of Canada, succeeded Sir Robert worden as prime minister of Canada. July' U President Guerra of Bolivia ousted and Baptlste Savedra made provisional pro-visional president July 18 Prince Joachim, youngest son of former kaiser, committed suicide in Berlin. July 21-Rlot broke out In Belfast, lasting last-ing several days; ten or more killed. July 26 Francisco Villa surrendered to the Mexican government July 28 Esteban Cantu, governor ot Lower California, In rebellion against Mexican government Aug I Dr. L Porraa elected president of Panama. Aug. 6 New Irish coercion law passed by commons. Aug. 12 Premier Venlzeloa of Greece wounded by assassins 4n Paris. Lord Mayor MacSwiner of Cork and ten assistants arrested while attending a Blnn Fein court Aug. 16 Cantu revolt In Lower California, Califor-nia, Mexico, ended. Aug. 16 Dr. Manuel Gondra tnauxu- tl rri ri rrn rrrrrrrcrr ,1 (, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.) INTERNATIONAL " Jan. 1 Bolshevlkl announced capture of rckaterlnoslav, Jan. 2 Letvlan and Polish troops took IMnsk from the Bolshevlkl. Jan. 10 Ratifications of peace treaty signed, United States, Greece, China and Roumania not being represented. Jan. 14 ciemenceau and Lloyd George accepted plan giving Italy sovereignty ever Fiume. Jan. la Hungarian delegates were handed the terms of peace. Jan. 16 Council of League of Nations keld first meeting In Paris. Jan. 17 Supreme council callea on Holland, Hol-land, to surrender former German em-Peror em-Peror for trial. Jan. 20 Supreme council gave Jugoslavia Jugo-slavia four days to agree to the Fiume settlement " ClAmanceau rntlrAri from th council of ' March tt united Stafes senate adopted' new Article X reservation to peace treaty by vote of M to 26. United States Supreme court granted permission to state of New Jersey to institute in-stitute original proceedings to teat validity va-lidity of prohibition amendment - John Barton Payne retired as chairman chair-man of shipping board and was sworn in as secretary of interior. March 18 United States senate adopted resolution by vote of 46 to 38 declaring for self- ietermlnatlon for Ireland. House of representatives passed army appropriation bill providing for army of 299,000 enlisted men and 17,800 officers. March 19 German peace treaty with league covenant failed of ratification in senate. March 20 Truman H. Newberry, Junior Unjted States senator from Michigan, and 16 j others convicted by Jury at Grand Rapids. Mich., of having conspired criminally crimi-nally In 1918 to violate election laws. Nekvberry lined $10,000 and sentenced, to Imprisonment for two years. March 23 Balnbrldge Colby sworn In as secretary of state. Government control of bituminous coal withdrawn by President Wilson, effective April 1. April 24 Director General of Railroads Hlnes resigned, effective May 15. April 26 Supreme Court declared the Reading company and certain of its subsidiaries sub-sidiaries an Illegal combination. May 13 Socialists nominated Eugene Debs for president and Seymour Stedman for vice president May 16 Senate adopted Knox peace resolution. May 18 Secretary of the Interior Payne made director general of railroads. May 21 House adopted senate peace resolution. May 24-Presldent Wilson asked congress con-gress for authority to accept the mandate man-date for Armenia. Investigation of presidential campaign expenses begun by the senate. May 27-Presldent Wilson vetoed Knox peace resolution. May 28 Water power conservation bill passed by congress. June 1 United States Supreme court decided de-cided ratification of a constitutional amendment Is not subject to submission to popular referendum. . Senate declined to give President authority au-thority to accept Armenian mandate. June 4 President Wilson vetoed budget bill. Congress passed bill Increasing pay of postal employees. - - , Undersecretary of State ' Frank Polk resigned. June 6 Congress adjourned. President Wilson letting several Important measures meas-ures die without his signature. June 7 United States Supreme court declared de-clared valid both the prohibition amendment amend-ment and the Volstead enforcement act June 8 Republican national convention opened In Chicago. June 12 Republicans nominated Warren War-ren G. Harding of Ohio for president and Calvin Coolldge of Massachusetts for vice president July 6 Democrats In San Francisco nominated James M. Cox of Ohio for President and Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant as-sistant secretary of the navy, for vice president. July 14 Parley p. Christensen, Salt Lake City, nominated for president by Farmer-Labor party in Chicago, after bolt by committee of forty-eight and sin-gig sin-gig t&xcrs " July 20 George White, Marietta, Ohio, elected chairman Democratic national committee. July 21 Prohibitionists opened national convention in Lincoln, Neb., and nominated nomi-nated W. J. Bryan for president by acclamation. ac-clamation. July 22 Bryan declining, the Prohibitionists Prohibi-tionists nominated Aaron S. Watktns of Ohio for president and D. Leigh Colvln of New York for vice president. Senator Harding notified of nomination by Republicans. July 27 Governor Coolldge notified of vice presidential nomination, July 31 Interstate commerce commission commis-sion authorized freight, passenger and Pullman rate Increase amounting to about a billion and a half annually.. Aug. 2 Twenty Communist Labor leaders lead-ers found guilty of sedition in Chicago. ' Aug. (Fatal anti-foreign riots in West Frankfort, 111.; state troops sent. Street car strike riots In Denver; several sev-eral persons killed. Aug. 7 Governor Cox formally notified of his nomination. Aug. 13 Increase of 12 per cent In express ex-press rates authorized by interstate commerce com-merce commission, Aug. 18 Tennessee, the last state necessary, neces-sary, ratified woman suffrage amendment. amend-ment. Aug. 26 Ratification of suffrage amendment amend-ment proclaimed by Secretary of State Colby. Sept 13 Maine - went Republican by 65,000. Sept. 16 Terrific explosion at Wall and Broad streets, New York, laid to Reds; thirty persons killed and 300 injured. Sept. 21 Three Socialists, re-elected to New York assembly, ousted; two seated, but resigned. Sept. 24 W. A. Ketcham, Indianapolis, elected commander in chief of Q. A. R. President Wilson declined to abrogate trade treaties, as asked by congress in the merchant marine act. Sept. 29 Col. J. W. Galbralth, Jr., Cln-ctnnati, Cln-ctnnati, 'elected national commander of the American Legion. Walter Dill Scott elected president of Northwestern university. Oct 7 The 1920 population of continental continen-tal United States announced as 105,683,108. Nov. 2 Warren G. Harding and Calvin Nor. t Ludwlg in, former king of Bavaria. Ba-varia. MaJ. R. W. McClaughry, former war-den war-den of Leavenworth and Jollet penitentiaries. peniten-tiaries. ' - .. Nov. 10 Henry Thode, noted German historian. Rear Admiral T. B. Howard, U. 8. N., retired. v . Nov. 14 Alston Ellis, president of Ohio . university, Nov. 15 i nomas Shields Clarke, sculp-tor sculp-tor and painter, In New York. Nov. 18 Franklin Fort former governor of New Jersey, Thomas J. Coolldge, former minister to France, at Boston. ., ' ' Nov. 22 George W.' Breck, noted mural decorator.' Nov. 23 Commodore B3. C. Benedict of New York. ' .i Mrs. Margaret Brewster, writer, in "Modesto, "Mo-desto, Cal. Nov. 26 Jake L. Hamon, Republican , national committeeman from Oklahoma. W. A. F. Ekengren, Swedish minister to United States. Nov. 28 James J. Reynolds; noted railway rail-way builder and engineer, In Chicago. Nov. 29 Eugene W. Chafln, prohibition leader, at Long Beach, Cal. Dec. 3--Francis 1-ynde Stetson, eminent attorney of New York. Dec. 10 Horace E. Dodge, automobile . manufacturer, In Palm Beach. Marquis Delia Chiesa, brother ot the Pope. i. . Deo. 12 Olive Schrelner, novel'st Dec. 16 Cyrus Beard, chief Justice of Wyoming supreme court Dec. 17 Lieut. Pat O'Brien, famous ... American war aviator, committed suicide. Horatio W. Seymour, noted Journalist, In New York. Deo. 10 Mrs. Helen B. Starrett, noted - American educator. Dec. 20 Rt. Rev. Charles Summer Burch, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York. : DISASTERS Jan. I Earthquake . in Mexico killed many persons and did vast damage. j , Feb. 6 Disastrous storm swept Atlantio coast of United States. March 28-Nearly 200 persons killed and J hundreds Injured by tornado which swept y Illinois, Iadlana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Alabama and Georgia. Several mil- ' lion .dollars' property damage. April 11 Three hundred killed, many Injured In explosion of munition dump at Kothensteln, East Prussia. . April 20 Scores killed by tornadoes In Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee. May 2 Fifty-nine killed by tornado In Cherokee county, Oklahoma. Aug. 19 Great floods in Japan with heavy loss of life". - Sept. 7 Earthquake In northern Italy . """ destroyed many towns and killed 174. Sept. 9 More destructive eathquake shocks In Italy. Sept. 30 Million dollar fire on Galveston Galves-ton water front. Dec. 9 Disastrous earthquakes In Chile and Central America, Dec. 16 Earthquake destroyed towns along Argentine slope of the Andes; 400 killed.. SPORTS Jan. IS A. Haugen of Colorado won the International ski tournament at Cary, III. Jan. 30 Joe Stecher won heavyweight wreslLng championship from Earl Cad-dock. Cad-dock. . Feb. 4 W. B. Huey won world's amateur ama-teur three-cushion championship at Chicago. Chi-cago. March 6 Percy Collins of Clvicago won national amateur 18-2 billiard championship. champion-ship. March 16 Walter Hagen of Detroit won west const open golf championship at Bellalr Heights, Fla.. when he completed 72 holes in 292 strokes. May 8 Kentucky Derby won by Paul Jones. May 81 Chevrolet won 6O0-mlle automobile automo-bile race at Indianapolis. July 2 William T. Tilden of Philadelphia Philadel-phia won British lawn tennis championship champion-ship In singles at Wimbledon, -. - July 15 Shamrock won first of America's Ameri-ca's cup races, owing to accident to Resolute. Res-olute. ' July 17 Charles Evans, Jr., won western west-ern aftiateur golf championship. July 20 Shamrock won second race for America's cup. July 21 Resolute defeated Shamrock in third race. July 23 Resolute won fourth race. July 24 Mark Airle, Illinois, won Olympic Olym-pic trap-shooting championship. ' July 27 Resolute won fifth race and the America's cup. Aug. 3 United States won Olympic target tar-get shooting contest Aug. 6 Jock Hutchinson won western open golf championship. Aug. 13 Edward Ray of England won American open golf championship. Aug. 22 Kohlemainen of New York, entered en-tered for Finland, won Marathon at Antwerp. Ant-werp. Americana won the Olympic championships. champion-ships. Sept. 6 Jack Dempsey knocked out Billy Miske in third round. Sept. 11 Charles Evans, Jr.. won national na-tional amateur golf championship. Sept. 27 Brooklyn won National league pennant Sept 28 Seven members of Chicago White Sox club and one former member accused of conspiracy to "throw" world series of 1919. Two confessed. Grand Jury at Chicago voted indictments. Oct. 2 Cleveland won American league pennant Oct. 5 Cleveland won first world aerie game. Oct. 6 Brooklyn won second world aeries ae-ries game. Oct. 7 Brooklyn won third game. . Oct, 9 Cleveland won fourth game. Oct 10 Cleveland won fifth game. Oct. 11 Cleveland won sixth game. Oct. 12 Cleveland won seventh game and world's championship. Carpentler of France knocked out Le-vlnsky Le-vlnsky and became light . heavyweight champion of the world. - ; Oct. 18 Eight National league and three American league clubs voted to withdraw from the national agreement and adopt a new system of baseball government Oct. 23 Grand Jury In Chicago Indicted Hal Chase, BUI Burns and Abe Attel for the baseball conspiracy. Oct. 30 American Ashing schooner Es. peranto defeated Canadian entry Dela-wanna Dela-wanna In first race. Nov. 1 Esperanto defeated Delawanna . again and won series. Nov. 8 Owners of eight National and '"' -! three American league clubs voted to form new 12-club league and offered chairmanship chair-manship of board of control to Judge Landls with annual salary of 850,000. ...Nov. 13 Judge Landls accepted chairmanship chair-manship ot baseball board of control, and war between the major , leagues was averted. Nov, 20 Ohio State university won conference con-ference football championship. Nov. 25 Rosco Sarles won 250-mile na-I na-I tlonal championship auto race at Los An. goles. Gaston Chevrolet killed In collision Dec, 8 Willie Hoppe retained the 18-8 balk linn champlonBliip. i Deo. 13 John I.ayton of St. Louis won , three-cuBhion billiard championship from Bob Cannefax. Deo. 14 Champion Jack Dempsey knocked knock-ed out BUI Brennan In twelfth round. ' rated president of Paraguay. Aug. - 29 Carlos herrera elected president presi-dent of Guatemala. Sept 4 Bolshevist uprising In Italy; soviet rule established In many Industrial plants. . Sept 6 Obregon , elected president of Mexico. Sept 15 Paul Deschanel, president of trance, resigned. Sept 18 Workers In southern Italy . seize many Industrial plants. Sept. 20-Fortress of Mantua,. Italy, blown up by anarchist. Sept. 21-City of Balbrlggan, ' Ireland, raided and partly burned by British police. po-lice. . Sept. 23 Alexandre MUlerand elected president of France. Sept. 24 Georges Leygue made premier of France. British police in Ireland raided three more towns, making eight In a week. Sept. 26 Italian workers and employers made agreement and reign of communism In industrial plants ended. Sept. 29 German wireless station at Nauen, largest In world, officially opened. Oct 17 One of Cork hunger strikers died in Jail. Oct. 20 Jugo-Slavla declared a constitutional, consti-tutional, hereditary monarchy with the Serbian royal family the reigning dynasty. dy-nasty. Oct. 25 Terence MacSwlney, lord mayor of Cork, died of starvation In Brixton prison. Alexander, king of Greece, died. Oct 28 Admiral Coundourloti elected regent of Greece. Nov. 2 Alfredo Zaya elected president of Cuba. Drys badly defeated in Scottish prohibition prohi-bition elections. Nov. 11 Irish home rule bill passed house of commons. Nov. 13-Hunger strike of Sinn Fein, prisoners called off. Nov. 14 Venlzeloa' party defeated in Greek elections. Nov. 15 Sebastopol. captured by the Bolshevlkl. . Nov. 17 Venlzelos, Greek premier, resigned re-signed and Rhallis formed new cabinet Nov. 21 Many killed and Injured In raids In Dublin following the murder ot 14 British officers there. Nov. 23 Tea of Mount Blano fell off and caused great avalanche. Nov. 26-Arthur Griffith acting president presi-dent of the "Irish republic," and otiier Irish leaders arrested. Nov. 27 Big Sinn Fein arson plot In London foiled. Nov. 28 Irish plotter set fire to several large warehouses on Liverpool water front and killed two men. Fifteen auxiliary police recruits ambushed am-bushed by Sinn Felners near Kilmlchael, Ireland. Dec 1 Obregon Inaugurated president Of Mexico. Dec. 4 Greek people voted for restoration restora-tion of Constantlne. Dec. 8 Greek government invited Constantlne Con-stantlne to return to the throne, despite warning by Great Britain, France and Italy. General raids throughout Cork by British Brit-ish police. Dec. 9 Dr. Michael Halnlsch elected president of Austria. Dec. 10 Martial law proclaimed In south Ireland. . Dec. 12 Part' of Cork' business section burned in reprisal for Sinn Fein raid. Dec. 18 Negotiations for peace In Ireland Ire-land broken off by demand that Lloyd George deal with De Valera direct. - King Constantlne arrived In Athens. Dec. 20 Eighteen killed and many wounded In battle between English and Irish In County Tlpperary. Farrow's bank, London, with 76 branch- fnilAri I June It Samuel Gomper re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor for thirty-nth time. 'July 20 United States labor board t warded six-hundred million Increase In rage to all classes of railway workers, about half what was asked. July 22 Rail unions ordered referendum referen-dum vote on wage award. July 23 Illinois coal miner on strike. . July 25 Indiana and Kansas coal miner min-er struck. July 29 International Harvester company com-pany announced It would pay its employees em-ployees 60 per cent of Its profit after 7 per cent had been paid on Invested capital. capi-tal. ' July 81 Striking miner ordered back to work, Aug. 10 Wage Increases totaling more than 130,000,000 awarded employees of American Railway Express by United States railway labor board. Aug. 29 New York streev car men struck. . Sept. 1 Outlaw atrlke paralyzed the anthracite an-thracite fields. Sept. 12 Outlaw strike of railway men In Chicago district ended. Oct. 16 Coal miners of Great Britain struck, demoralizing the nation' Industrie. Indus-trie. Nov. 8-rBrltish mine strike called off. Dec. 13 New England cotton mill reduced re-duced wages of 100,000 worker about 22V per cent Dec. 16 Several big Industrial concern announced wag reduction and discontinuance discontin-uance or reduction of dividend. 77 NECROLOGY Jan. 1 Thomas Hume, millionaire, lumberman, lum-berman, at Muskegon, Mich. Jan. 2 Paul Adam, French novelist Jan. 14 Charles E. Magoon, former governor of canal lone. John F. Dodge, automobile manufacturer, manufac-turer, of Detroit. Jan. 19-Reglnald De Koven, American composer. Jan. 24 Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, author, at Yonkers, N. Y. Jan. 27 J. B. Wilson, Texas cattle magnate, mag-nate, -j Feb. 4 E. P. Ripley, chairman of Santa Fe railway, at Santa Barbara, CaL O, C. Barber, founder of Diamond Match company, at Barberton. O. Feb. 8 llev. James B. Buckley, editor Christian Advocate, at Morristown, N. J. Feb. 10-C. F. Gunther, pioneer candy manufacturer of Chicago, and k art connoisseur. con-noisseur. ! . Feb. 12 Julius Chambers,, author and explorer, In New Yark. - Feb. 13-Brlg. Q ft. P. W. Davison, U. S. A. Feb. 20 Rear Adm.ral Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., discoverer of north pole. Feb. 22-MaJ. R. W. Pullman, superintendent superin-tendent of Washington police. Feb. 24 Franklin Murphy, former gov-ernor gov-ernor of New Jersey. Feb. 26 John C. Olmsted, famous landscape land-scape architect at Brookllne, Mas. March 1 United States Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama. March 4 George D. Smith, noted authority au-thority on rare books, In New York. March 16 Former Senator Henry W. Blair of New Hampshire In Washington. March 19 Albert Roullller, artist and collector of rare prints, at Chicago. March 26 Dr. Thomas H. Owen, director direc-tor of department of archives and history his-tory of Alabama, at Montgomery, Ala. William Thomas Smedley, American artist, at New York. March 31 Edwin Warfleld, former governor gov-ernor of Maryland, at Baltimore. April 1 Dr. William Martin, medical dl. rector United State navy, retired, at San Francisco. ' April 4 Bishop Mathew S. Hughes ot Portland, Ore., at Cleveland. April 8 Dr. John A. Brashear, former chancellor of University of Pittsburgh, and astronomer. April 10 Judge Richard S. Tuthill, at Chicago. , April 12 Most Rev. John Baptist Cro-zler, Cro-zler, archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland. - April 14 Roger C. Sullivan, Democratic leader, at Chicago. . April 16 Theodore N. Vail, chairman ot American Telephone and Telegraph company, com-pany, at Baltimore. April 26 Miss Marjorle Benton Cooke, American author, at Manila. May 4 R, J. Belford, publisher, at Los Angeles. May 9 Bishop J. H. Vincent, founder of the Chautauqua assembly and of the Rockefeller foundation, lr Chicago. May 11 William Dean Howells, in New York. May 16 Levi P. Morton, former vie president. May 17 Col. W. D'A. Mann, Inventor and publisher. In Morrlstnwn, N. J. May 18 Dr. John N. S'ockwell, noted astronomer, In Cleveland O. June 1 Rear Admiral W. W. Hendrtck-son, Hendrtck-son, U. S. N. June 3 Dr. Charles Ausustu Stoddard, noted author, in New York. June 6 Rear Admiral WInterhalter, U. S. N. Rhoda Broughton, British novelist. June 14 Mme. Rejane, famous French actress. Crown prince of Slam. June 18 George W. Perkins, financier, at Stamford, Conn. July 4 MaJ. Gen. William C. Gorgas, former surgeon general of United 8tates army, In London. Representative Dick I. Morgan of Eighth Oklahoma district. July 10 Lord John Arbuthnot. Fisher, first lord of British admiralty. July 11 Ex-Empress Eugenie, last empress em-press of France, at Madrid, Spain. July 12 Rear Admiral Henry Tudor Brownell Harris, U. 8. N., at Southamp. ton, England. July ,21 Arthur J. Eddy, Chicago, au-thpr, au-thpr, art critic and lawyer. July 22-Wllllam K. Vanderbllt, In Paris July 28 W, M. Reedy; editor and publisher pub-lisher of the Mirror, of St. Louis. Aug. 1 J. Frank Hanley, former governor gov-ernor of Indiana, killed In auto accident Marquis of Queensberry, in Johannesburg. Johannes-burg. Aug. 2 Isham Randolph, noted civil en. glneer, In Chicago. Dr. Luis Galvln, Dominican minister to United States. Aug. 6 Commander C. M. Howe, U.S.N Rev. Dr. H. C. Herring, general secretary secre-tary national council of Congregational churches. Aug. 9 J. E. McCall, United States dls. trlct Judge for western Tennessee. Aug. 10-Jame O'Neill, veteran American Ameri-can actor. .. . - Rear Admiral E. H. Gheen, U. S. N . retired. Aug. 12 Walter Wlnan. noted American Ameri-can artist and sportsman,ln London ' Aug. 16 Sir Norman Loakyer, eminent scientist, at 8ldmouth. England. . Aug. 20 Mme. Etelka Gerster, famous soprano, In Italy. Aug. 22 Andreas Zorn, famous Swedish Swed-ish painter. Au. 26 Jame Wilson, former secretary . of agriculture, at Traer. Iowa. . Aug. 29 Cardinal Amette, archblshoo of Paris. Sept. 2 Cardinal Mendez, archbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain. Sept. 17 Egerton castle, English novelist. novel-ist. Bept 20 George Vasmyth, American sociologist, so-ciologist, at Geneva. Sept. 21 Dr. Eric Doollttle, noted as. tronomer, In Philadelphia. Sept. 26 S. P. Avery, art patron and philanthropist, at Hartford, Conn. Jacob H. Schiff, New York banker and philanthropist. Oct. 2 W. Murray Crane, United States senator, at Ualton, Mass. Oct. 6 Miguel de Palaclos, noted Span-Ish Span-Ish author. Oct. 10 Rev. Dr. H. Stuck, archdeacon of the Yukon. Oct. 13 Mrs. Ogden Mills, social leader In New York and Paris. C. M. Alexander, famous evangelist. In Birmingham, England. J. G. Snydaker, Chicago capitalist and art connoisseur. Oct. 16 Howard H. Gross, president Universal Military Training league, In Chicago. Oct. 17 General Leman, defender of Liege against the Germans. John Reed, American writer. Oct. 18 Federal Judge A. L. Sanborn, at Madison, Wis. Oct 19 Jay, i Rial, prominent theatrical and circus man, at Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct. 23-Ollver Doud. By-on, veteran American actor. f ' . Oct. 24-iitephen 8. Gregory, eminent Chicago lawyer. Oct. 25 Alexander, king of Greece. Nov. 1 Thos. R. Jernlgan, orientalist and former American consul at Shanghai, Nov. 2 Louise Imogen Gulney, American Ameri-can poet and essayist, In England. Nov. 8 G. W. Stevens, president Chesapeake Ches-apeake and Ohio railroad. against the Bolshevlkl. Peace 'conference at Minsk broke up. Sept. 1 Buderihy's Red army in Gallcla destroyed by the Poles. Sept. 8 Big defeat of Reds by General Wrangel announced. Sept. 9 D'Annunzlo proclaimed the "Italian regency of Quarnero." Sept. 20 Ninth session of League of Nations council adjourned after persuading persuad-ing Poland and Lithuania to suspend hostilities and arbitrate their differences, and Finland and Sweden to arbitrate concerning con-cerning the Aland Islands. Polish-Russian peace conference opened at Riga. Sept 23 Pole and Lithuanians resumed hostilities. Oct. 9 Vilna seized by, Polish troops under Zeilgouskl. Oct. 12 Poland and soviet Russia signed pea"e treaty. rangel began offensive against new Sixth soviet army. Oct. 14 Russo-Flnnlsh peace treaty siRned. Oct. 17 Japanese and Korean troops fought In Manchuria. Defeat of Wrangel near Kakhovka announced. an-nounced. Nov. 1 Serious defeats of Wrangel' forces announced. Nov. 10 Italy and Jugo-Slavia reached agreement on Adriatic dispute. Nov. 13 Complete collapse of 'ft'ran-gel's 'ft'ran-gel's forces in the Crimea. Nov. 15 League of Nations assembly opened first meeting In Geneva; Paul Hy-mans Hy-mans of Belgium elected president Nov. 16 Ukrainians routed by Reds, losing Kiev and other towns. Spain agreed to Join the allies In policing polic-ing the Vilna district Nov. 19 Germany notified League of Nations that the treaty of Versailles had ! been violated by the allies In the matter of mandates, and demanded her former colonies. Nov. 23 Scandinavian amendment to League of Nations covenant voted down by committee on general organization. Commission on Armenian situation appointed. ap-pointed. Peace negotiations between Poland and soviet Russia resumed, the Polish troops withdrawing to armistice line. Nov. 25 League of Nation council asked United States to mediate between Armenia and Mustapha Kemal Pasha. Nov. 29 Italy started to force D'Annunzlo D'Annun-zlo out of Fiume. President Wilson accepted invitation of league council to mediate between Armenia Arme-nia and the Turks. Dec. 1 D'Annunzlo declared war on Italy. Austria voted membership In League of Nations. Russian Reds took Erlvan and established estab-lished soviet rule for Russian Armenia. Dec. 2 Great Britain, France and Italy warned Greece against restoring Constantlne Constan-tlne to throne. Dec.--8 Argentine delegate withdrew , from League of Nations assembly because ' of refusal to consider amendments to covenant. cov-enant. Armenia and Turkish nationalists signed peace treaty. Deo. 8 President Wlllson declined to appoint American representatives on League of Nations disarmament commission. commis-sion. Dec. 10 League of Nations assembly postponed until next session decision on naval and economic blockade. Dec. 12 Russian soviet government protested pro-tested to Great Britain, France and Italy against their "brutal Interference" la the affairs of Greece. Dec. 13 League of Nation ssembly adopted statute for permanent International Interna-tional court of Justice. ' Holland broke off diplomatic relation with Jugo-Slavia because of "a" long series se-ries of Insult." . Dec. 15 Austria was admitted to the League ot Nation. Spsin, Brazil, Belgium Bel-gium and China made elective members of the league council. Dec. 16 Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Finland and Luxemburg admitted to League ot Nations. Dec. 17 Albania admitted to League of Nations. Dec. 18 Meeting of League of Nations assembly closed. Dec .21 Great powers warned Spain against attempts in the corte to strangle foreign enterprises. FOREIGN Jan. 13 Dr. Jose Luis Tamayo elected president of Ecuador. Great mob attacked relchstag in Berlin and was routed by troops, 86 being killed and scores wounded. Jan. 17 Paul Deschanel elected president of France. ' Jan. 18 Millerand made French premier. pre-mier. Feb. 6 Active rebellion against Japanese Japan-ese rule broke out In Korea. . Feb. 22 Serious revolution In Honduras Feb. 26 Irish home rule bill Introduced In parliament March 1 Admiral Horthy elected regent of Hungary. March 18 Overthrow of Ebert government govern-ment In Berlin, Germany, by counter revolutionists headed by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and monarchists. March 15 Council of old German cabinet cabi-net meeting at Stuttgart Germany, re- ' fused to negotiate with the reactionary faction headed by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp. ' March 17 Dr. Wolfgang Kapp resigned as chancellor of Germany, March 18 Ebert government regained control In Berlin, Doctor Kapp' troops leaving. . . ' March 20 Lord mayor of Cork assassinated assassi-nated by masked persons. March 21 Three thousand person killed in fighting at Lelpslg, Germany, before Ebert troops captured city. March 22 Gustav Noske, minister of defense de-fense of Germany, resigned. March 26 German cabinet headed by Premier Bauer resigned. March 27 Hermann Mueller, premier of new German cabinet. March 81 Japanese troops stationed at Nlkolaevsk, Siberia, defeated In battle with Russian forces; 700 Japanese killed April 1 House of commons passed Irish home rule bill, 848 to 94. Ian Macpherson, chief secretary for Ireland, resigned. April 2 Ebert government at Berlin reached compromise agreement with worklngmen; civil war ended. April 4 Many government buildings burned by Irish rebels throughout Ireland Ire-land on Easter Sunday. April 12 Many noncombatants killed in Guatemala City when Estrada Cabrera government was overthrown by rebels. New government formed with Carios Herrera as president April 20 Hidalgo and Tlaxcala, Mexico, Joined the secession movement. April 22 Former Premier Calllaux of France convicted of having commerce and correspondence with the enemy. April 28 Mexican revolt spreading. BnKle for Chihuahua City won by Car-troops. Car-troops. American border troops foi action. the League of Nations. Jaa. 23 Holland refused to surrender the former German emperor to the allies. Jugo-Slavla given more time to reply to proposed Flume settlement Jan. 24 Battle between Poles and Bolshevlkl Bol-shevlkl along the Dvlna reported. Jan. 27 General Denlkine and staff refugees ref-ugees on British vessel at Constantinople. Jan. 28 Jugo-Slavia rejected the Adriatic Adri-atic compromise offered by Italy. Jan. 2f Ukrainians announced they had captured Odessa. Jan. 31 Vladivostok seized by revolutionists. revolu-tionists. Feb. 2 Peace concluded between Estonia Es-tonia and soviet Russia.' Feb. 8 List of Germans accused of war erimes, headed by former crown prince, handed to German representatives by allies. Feb. 6 Russian soviet troops entered Odessa. Feb. 7 Admiral Kolchak and his premier pre-mier executed by revolutionists. Feb. 10 Danes won tne plebiscite In North Schleswig. President Wilson notified allies he would sot assent to proposed settlement ot Adriatic question. Feb. 11 Letts declared armistice with soviet Russia. Feb, 15 Supreme council agreed sultan may remain In Constantinople, under guarantee. Feb. 16 Allies renewed their demand n Holland for extradition of ex-kalser. Allies agreed Germany might try the war vandals, reserving the n0'lit to try them themselves If results are contrary to justice. Feo. lr' Premiers of all'es sent conciliatory; concili-atory; reply to Wilson's note on the Adriatic Adri-atic settlement Supreme council decided on Internationalization Interna-tionalization of the jbui uunelles and the Bosporus. Feb. 20 Russian BolsHevikl announced the capture of Archangel. , Feb. 21 Bolshevlkl occupied Murmansk. Febj 27 tlovlot Russia made oiler of peace to United States, Japan and Rou-munia. Rou-munia. March 1 Moscow reported destruction Of Denlkine's Kuban Cossack corps and also the capture of Stavropol. Marcii t Holland again refused to Bur-render Bur-render loimer kaiser to allies. Mar;h 0 President Wilson again rejected, re-jected, tii.ente plan concerning Adriatic. Marc1! 7 Bolshevlkl decisively defeated by Poles at Mozlr and Kolenkovitz, southeast of Minsk. April 6 Japanese troops occupied Vladivostok. Vlad-ivostok. April 6 French occupied Frankfort and Darmstadt because Germany was sending too many troops into Ruhr district and was otherwise disregarding the treaty. April 8 Germany formally protested against French advance. April 19 Allied premiers In conference at San Remo decided Sultan should remain re-main In Constantinople and the Dardanelles Darda-nelles should be Internationalized. April 25 Supreme council, having reached agreement on Turkey and Germany, Ger-many, warned Berlin treaty must be carried car-ried out, threatening force. President Wilson asked to determine boundaries ot Armenia. April 26 Poles started successful offensive of-fensive against Bolshevlkl In Ukraine. April 29 Russians In Vladivostok region yielded to all Japan's demands. May 6 Denmark occupied North Schleswig. Schles-wig. May 8 Kiev taken by the Pole. May 9 Moscow announced treaty of peace between soviet Russia and republic of Georgia had been concluded. May 11 Turkish treaty handed to Ottoman Otto-man delegation. May 17 French evacuated Frankfort May 18 Bolshevlkl drove British from Enzell, Persia, and started counter offensive offen-sive against the Pole. May 27 Canada filed reparation claim f 11,871,000,000 against Germany. May '31 Capture of Resht, most important impor-tant Caspian seaport, by Bolshevlkl announced. an-nounced. June 1 Japanese broke off negotiation with Bolshevlkl for buffer state in Siberia. Sibe-ria. t June 4 Treaty of peace with Hungary signed.! June. 6 Ruthenlans decided to Join Pole In war on soviet Russia. June 11 Poles evacuated Kiev. June 21 Bolshevlkl opened midsummer drive against Poles. June 27 Eleventh Bersaglieri regiment f Italian army mutinied at Ancona when ordered to Albania. Other troops overpowered rebels after battle in which many were killed. June SO Four hundred Italian troop allied In two-day battle with anarchists at Ancona and Plomblno. July 8 Bolshevlkl captured Lemberg, Ukralrila. July 4 Greeks captured Brussa In Asia Minor from Turk. July 6-rAllled and German representatives representa-tives met at Spa, Belgium, to dlscuB disarmament clause of peace trea'ty. July 7 Fortress of Rovno In Volhynla captured by Bolshevlkl. Poles forced to retreat on 720-mile front. July JO Polish forces evacuated Brest-Utovsk, Brest-Utovsk, Vilna and Plnsk. July 1l Allied supreme council agreed to begin negotiations with Russian Bolshevlkl Bol-shevlkl to conclude armistice between Bolshevlkl and Poles. Bolshevlkl captured city of Minsk from Poles. July 14 Allies and Germans agreed on coal deliveries. Lithuania and Russia mads peace and former regained towns from Poles. July 19 Russian soviet government rejected re-jected British peace proposals for Poland. New, attack by Bolsnev4k armies repulsed re-pulsed by Poles In Volhynla, but Red Invaded Polish territory at one point July 20 Russians suggested peace negotiations nego-tiations direct with the Poles. July 21 Arabs -accepted French terms concerning Syria. July 22 Poland asked soviet Russia for armistice, and new Polish cabinet was formed with Wltos as premier, July 24 Russia consented to an armistice. armis-tice. July i 26 Russia offered to talk peace With allies If Wrangel surrendered. French occupied Damascus. July 26 Greeks took Adrlanople, capturing cap-turing Jafar Tayar. July 29 Russians took Blalystok and attacked Brest-Lttovsk. July 31 Vilna abandoned to ovlet force. Peace negotiation began at Barano-Tiohi. Barano-Tiohi. Aug. Fortress of Brest-Lltovsk taken by RufibTans. Aug. 2-League of Nations council at Ban Sebastian adopted French plan for International general staff of military ex-verts. ex-verts. . Also adopted Root's plun for International In-ternational court of Justice. Rnsso-Pollsh negotiations Interrupted, Russians continuing their advance. Turktah nationalists onened offensive ' against Greeks In Asia Minor. Aug. 8 League council adopted Interactional Inter-actional blockade plan. . . 6. Coolldge elected President and vice president pres-ident of United States; Republican landslide. land-slide. California voters Indorsed the ftntl-allen land law. Nov. 25 Irish mob In New York attacked at-tacked Union League club because British Brit-ish flag was flying. Dec. 8 Secretary of State Colby started on formal visit to South America. Dec. 6 Congress began the short session. ses-sion. Dec. . 7 Nobel peace prize awarded to President Wilson. President Wilson' message to congress urged Independence for the Philippines and a loan to Armenia, Dec. 9 C. J. Voplcka resigned as United Btates minister to the Balkan states. Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo retired. Dec. 13 House passed bill suspending Immigration for 14 months. House adopted resolution repealing wartime war-time laws. Senate adopted resolution for" revival of war finance corporation to aid the farmer. ' - ' Dec. 14 Government crop report showed shrinkage in-values of neatly five billion dollars compared with 1919.', . Dec. 16 Senate passed bill authorizing farmers' co-operative marketing association. associa-tion. Dec. 16 Senate passed bill forbidding atrlke on railroads. Dec. 20 Permanent merger of four express ex-press companies authorized by Interstate commerce commission. INDUSTRIAL Jan. (Steel strike called off by workers' work-ers' committee. Jan. 20 General railway strike In Italy; martial law In principal cities. Feh. 9 Three hundred thousand member mem-ber of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers La-borers ordered to strike February 17. Feb. 11 Director General Hlnes refused to raise wages ot railway employees and dispute was referred to the President. Feb. 14 Rail unions agreed to hold wage demands and strike in abeyance a asked by President Wilson. March 1 French railway strike settled. March 6 Two thousand railway express employees at Chicago struck. March 80 One thousand clerks employed in Chicago city hall oh strike for Increased In-creased wages. March 81 Bituminous coal miners accepted ac-cepted 27 per' cent wage increase and eight-hour day awarded by President Wilson's coal commission. April 1 Chicago city hall clerks ended strike: granted wage increase, April 6 Nine thousand switchmen employed em-ployed by eleven railroads In Chicago struck; freight traffic tied up. Five thousand coal miner In Illinois and Kansas struck because of dissatisfaction dissatis-faction with wage awards. April 8 Chicago switchmen' strike spread to all cities. April 13 President Wilson ' appointed railroad board to settle railroad wage question. . . . . April 16 Federal officers arrested thirty leaders of rail strikers at Chicago on charge of interference with movement of malls and violation of Lever act June 7 Fortieth annual convention of American Federation of Labor opened in Montreal. . . ';., . ,. DOMESTIC Jan. 2 Thousands of Reds arrested In many cities. Raids continued daily. Taking of the census begun. Jan. 3 Department of Justice revealed radical plot to overthrow the government War Finance corporation announced loans of 817,000,000 to aid exporters. Jan. 6 Kentucky and Rhode Island ratified rat-ified suffrage amendment. Jan. 7 Five Socialists were denied their eats In New York legislature. Jan. 8 Democratic national committee selected San Francisco for the convention, conven-tion, opening June 28. Jan. 10 House ef representative again denied Victor Berger his seat Senate passed Sterling sedition bill. Jan. 14 Oregon ratified suffrage amendment amend-ment Jan. 17 National prohibition amendment amend-ment to Constitution in effect Jan. 27 David F. Houston appointed secretary of the treacury and Edwin T Meredith ot Iowa secretary of agriculture. agricul-ture. Henry P. Fletcher resigned a ambassador ambas-sador to Mexico. Jan. 28 South Carolina refused to ratify rat-ify suffrage amendment Feb. 8 Virginia senate rejected federal suffrage amendment Feb. 7 Secretary of the Interior Lane resigned, effective March 1. Feb. 12 Arizona ratified suffrage amendment amend-ment Feb. 18-John Barton Payne, Chicago appointed secretary of the interior. Secretary of Stat Lansing resigned at the request of President Wilson. National American Suffrage association opened It last convention in Chicago Feb. 16 Subcommittee of house reported report-ed great extravagance, waste and incompetence incom-petence in aircraft production, severely criticising Secretary Baker, Colonel DlBque and Director Ryan. Feb. 19 New Mexico ratified suffrage amendment. Feb. 21 Railway bill conference report adopted by house. Feb. 23 Senate adopted conference report re-port on railway bill. Feb. 24C'harles R. Crane, Chicago, named minister to China. Feb. 25-Balnbrldge Colby selected for ccretary of state. Feb. 26-G. W. P. Hunt of Arizona made minister to Slam, Feb. 27 Cour,t order entered divorcing big packers from business not directly related to meat packing. Feb. 28 Oklahoma ratified suffrage amendment. March 1 Federal Judge Gelger In Milwaukee Mil-waukee upheld Wisconsin's 2ft per cent beer law. New Jersey legislature passed law legalizing legal-izing 3Vi per cent beverage. United States Supreme court decided United States Steel corporation Is not an Illegal combination. Railroads returned to owners. blr Auckland Geddes accepted a British Brit-ish ambassador to United States. President Wilson let It be known he would not be candidate for re-election. March 10 West Virginia assembly ratified rat-ified suffrage amendment United States submarine H-l wrecked near Magdalena bay. Lt. Commander J. R. Webb and three of crew lost , , AERONAUTICS Feb. 27 MaJ. R.' W. Sch oeder made world' altitude record of s6,02o feet at , Dayton, O., and then fell Ave mile, but survived. May 31 Two Italian lieutenant completed com-pleted flight from Rome to Tokyo. ' June 27 Aviator John H. Larsen made new nonstop record In United States; 4,000-mile flight from Omaha, Neb., to'' Philadelphia In 11 hours. July 15 Four United State airplane started flight from New York to Alaska July 29 First transcontinental mall' planes left Long Island for San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Aug. 8 First transcontinental air mall ; reached Oakland, Cal. Aug. 10 Air mall service established between be-tween Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis Aug. 16 Chlcago-St Louis air mail service established. Aug."23 Array planes from New York reached Nome, Alaska. Sept. 8 Coast-to-coast air mall service established. Sept. 28 James Gordon Bennett trophy race won by Sadl Lecointe, France. ' Oct. 25-Belgian entry Belglca won International In-ternational balloon race In America Nov, 25 Lieut. C. C. Mosley won Pulitzer Pulit-zer trophy airplane race at Mlneola, N. Y hi average speed being 178 miles an hour. .. Dec. S J. T. Christensen, air. mall pilot, set now record for Chicago-New York flight, making 742 mile In 6 hours 81 minutes. - . |