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Show Ave thousand men going out because of dissatisfaction with the wage awards made by the coal commission. The first of a long series of strikes involving Bolshevik activities tool; place In Italy March 25, when workmen work-men and peasants In Naples and the provinces of N'ovra, Alexandra, Brex-cia Brex-cia and Treviso, attempted to establish Soviets. Troops restored order and the strike ended within two days. On May 1 there were riots in Faris, and railway workers struck for nationalization na-tionalization of the railroads. French dock workers and coal miners joined the strike on May 5. The French gov-eminent gov-eminent took vigorous steps to end the strike, moving to dissolve the General Gen-eral Federation of Labor and characterizing char-acterizing the strike leaders as Bolshevists. Bolshe-vists. The strikes were called off by the General Federation of Labor on May 21. The Railway Labor board announced its decision on wage increases on July 20, awarding increases of from 20 to 27 per cent to nearly 2,000,000 employees, employ-ees, the total increase amounting to about 8600,000,000 a year, about half the raise that employees had asked. The award was accepted by the railroad rail-road unions. During the latter part of July coal miners again struck in Illinois, Indiana Indi-ana and Kansas, but on July 31 they were ordered back to work.,, an-' appeal -hafL",3ii luffdeT by President Wilson. Serious riots occurred at Denver August Au-gust 5 in connection with a street car strike, many being killed and injured. Federal troops were ordered to Denver to stop the disorders. The Railway Labor board made another an-other award August 10, granting an increase amounting to $30,000,000 a year to 75,000 railway express workers. On August 30 President Wilson approved ap-proved the majority report of the anthracite an-thracite wage commission, awarding wage increases of from 17 to 20 per cent. On September 1 anthracite operators op-erators and miners signed a two-year contract based on the award, but thousands thou-sands of men remained on what they termed "vacation" - In protest against the award. Industrial conditions grew more serious se-rious in Italy during the late summer and fall. An obstructionist campaign was started by 500,000 workmen on August 22. On August 31, In Lom-bardy, Lom-bardy, 300 metal-working plants were seized by employees and workmen's councils took charge of the plants. On September 14 the workmen's council voted for co-operative management and profit-sharing by the workmen. work-men. At the same time the workmen took over 200 chemical works and several sev-eral textile mills. Premier Glolltti Intervened, In-tervened, and on September 19 the employers em-ployers agreed to his terms of settlement, settle-ment, granting Increases of pay retroactive ret-roactive to July 15. The workmen accepted ac-cepted the settlement and ordered the factories returned to the owners. An Industrial crisis was precipitated m England on October 16 by a strike of 1,00(9(, -C-nal miners. OuJ0 an agreement was' rea"?f?u for an Increase In-crease In wages In consideration of a pledge on the part. "Of the miners to help increase production. The strike was called off Xember 3. board of control was established with Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago as chairman with an annual salary of S42.500 a year. Roseoe Sarles won the 2.".0-mlle automobile au-tomobile race at Los Angeles November Novem-ber 2."i. In this race Gaston Chevrolet Chevro-let was killed in a collision. DISASTERS The world was comparatively free from disasters causing groat loss of life during 1920. Tornadoes in the United States and earthquakes in Italy and Mexico, caused the greatest destruction. de-struction. Several thousand people were reported report-ed killed by a violent earth shock in central Mexico January 3, the dam-i age being particularly heavy In thd western part of Vera Cruz. More than 100 persons were killed, many were Injured and heavy property damage was caused by tornadoes which' swept Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, March 28. Three hundred persons were killed by an explosion of a munitions dump at Rothenstein, East Prussia. April 11, Another tornado caused heavy damage dam-age In Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, April 20. More than 150 per. sons were killed and property valued at ?2,000,000 wasjlejatjovijd r' ' V-Trfce"persons were killed IT 8 ' . i-1 a tornado in Cherokee county, 1 ' '' May 2. Great floods were reported I" Japan August 19, with heavy loss of life. A severe earthquake In the district north of Florence, in Italy, on September Septem-ber 7, destroyed 100 towns and killed about 400 persons. Disastrous earthquakes occurred in Chile and Central America Decent- V ' her 9, and later in the month. NECROLOGY Death took many persons prominent in national and world affairs in 1920. Among those who were best known or most active In their particular fields of labor, were the following: January 3, Nicholas SIcard, famous French painter; January 8, Maud Tow-ell, Tow-ell, world's foremost woman violinist;. January 16, Reginald DeKoven, American Amer-ican composer and music critic ; January Jan-uary 23, Richard L. Garner, author and explorer; January 24, Rev. Cyrui Townsend Brady, widely-known author, February 4, Edward Payson Ripley, for 24 years president of Santa Fa railroad ; Ohio C. Barber, organizer of the match industry; February 11, Gaby Deslys, noted French dancer; February 12, Julius Chambers, New York author and explorer; February 18, Geu. William E. Mlekle, for many years adjutant general of the Unlti--Confederate veterans ; Februar Rear Admiral Robert E. Peiu' N., retired, discoverer pole. X March 1, John1 United States J March 3, "7 , Hurrr2s, - elist' mobile mantr." 0"eer,l 1, Dr. William hi. -SrfV red, yellow fever exptr niircnt Honore Marqueste, i. 6 ,',or; April 7, Edward Harold Mo. that tribunal decided that the amendment amend-ment and the Volstead enforcement act were constitutional. Big increases in rates were granted the railroads of the country by the Interstate commerce commission July 31 to enable the roads to meet increased in-creased wages. Passenger rates were increased 20 per cent, with a Pullman surcharge of 50 per cent for the railroads. rail-roads. Freight rates were Increased from 25 to 40 per cent In different sections sec-tions of the country. The trial of the Communist Labor party leaders In Chicago, In progress for several months, ended August 2 with the conviction of 20, who were given jail sentences. The five Socialist assemblymen expelled ex-pelled from the New York legislature in the spring, having been re-elected, were again unseated when the legislature legis-lature met in special session September Septem-ber 21. Sharp .drops In the prices of cotton, wheat and other farm products brought appeals for assistance from the farmers of the country during the latter part of the year. Night riders appeared In southern states in an effort ef-fort to force the growers to hold their cotton for a higher price and a movement move-ment was started to secure the holding of wheat from the market. NATIONAL LEGISLATION The continued fight over the ratification ratifica-tion ,of the treaty of Versailles, with the League of Nations covenant, resulting re-sulting In rejection of the treaty for the second time, occupied the attention atten-tion of the United States senate during the early months of 1920 and monopolized monop-olized the attention of the public, so far as congressional action was concerned. con-cerned. The Cummins-Esch bill, under un-der which the railroads of the country operated after their return to private control, and the army reorganization bill were the principal pieces of legislation legis-lation enacted before the first regular session of the Sixty-sixth congress ended June 5. On January 10, the house, by a vote of 328 to 6, for the second time refused re-fused to seat Victor Berger, Socialist, who had been re-elected to congress from a Milwaukee district after he had been once barred by the house because of his alleged disloyalty during dur-ing the war. The Water Power Development bill, which had long been pending In congress, con-gress, was passed by the senate January Janu-ary 15. A similar bill had been adopted adopt-ed by the house in July, 1919. Another long congressional fight, for the adoption of the Oil Land Leasing Leas-ing bill, was ended when the conference confer-ence report was adopted by the house on February 10 and the senate two days later. The senate then turned its attention to the peace treaty. The original Lodge reservations were again adopted, adopt-ed, with some amendments. The treaty, with the reservations, came to a vote on March 19, and for the second time failed to secure the requisite two-thirds two-thirds majority, tljeTOte ueiug 4a to 85. The I following day the rejected treaty was sent back to the President. With no prospect of the early adoption adop-tion of the treaty, resolutions declaring declar-ing the war at an end were introduced in both the house and the senate. Both houses adopted the Knox senate resolution. res-olution. President Wilson vetoed this resolution, however, on May 27. A few days earlier, on May 24, President Pres-ident Wilson asked the senate for authority au-thority to accept the mandate for Armenia that had been offered by the supreme council. On June 1 the senate sen-ate "respectfully declined" to give the President the authority requested. On June 3, the house voted, 343 to 3, the repeal of all war laws except the Lever act and the enemy trading act, the measure already having passed the senate, but President Wilson withheld his signature from the act and it died, with several other important measures, meas-ures, with the adjournment of congress. con-gress. On the day before adjournment, adjourn-ment, President Wilson vetoed the budget bill which had been passed by both houses. Congress reconvened on December 6 for the short session. President Wilson Wil-son in ills message, which was read' the following day, recommended that' the Philippines be given their independence. inde-pendence. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL Industrial unrest which manifested itself during the period of reaction immediately im-mediately following the war, became even more marked during the year 1920. Radical activities were involved in some of the labor disputes In this country, but this was true to a much ' larger extent in the labor troubles t'""f I beset most of the countries of Kr'"'e WORLD NOT YET NORMAL IN 1 920 European Nations, Especially, Are Beset With Troubles During Dur-ing Period of Readjustment. PRINCIPAL EVENTS REVIEWED Failure of Senate to Ratify Peace Treaty Leaves United States Technically Tech-nically at War Presidential Election Holds Interest. By DONALD F. BIGGS. The world throughout the year 1920 vas passing through the troublesome period of readjustment and reaction that began with the close of the World war. Of nil the great powers that had been Involved in the conflict, the United Unit-ed States alone remained technically In a state of war with Germany through the failure of the senate to ratify the peace treaty. For all practical prac-tical purposes, however, the United States was at peace and conditions in this country were more nearly normal than In most of the nations of Europe which had accepted the settlements agreed upon by the peace conference at Paris. Although the great war had ended, -the world was not at peace In 1920. Territorial disputes and jealousies growing out of the war resulted in a large number of minor conflicts.. The Irish problem remained unsolved un-solved and the situation in the Emerald Emer-ald Isle grew more serious as the year progressed. In the United States, despite de-spite minor radical activities and the uncertainties accompanying the readjustment read-justment of business and Industrial conditions, there was continued prosperity pros-perity and optimism. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The World war was formally ended January 10 when Germany and fourteen four-teen of the powers allied against her Jn the war exchanged ratifications of the Treaty of Versailles at Paris. The United States, however, was not among the nations participating In this ceremony, as the treaty had not been ratified by the senate. The League of Nations came into actual being at Paris January 16 when the executive council held its first meeting with representatives from Bel-glum, Bel-glum, Brazil, England, Italy, France, Japan, Greece and Spain participat-. participat-. Ing. The Russian government made a step toward securing peace with its warring neighbors by concluding treaties with Ukraine and Esthonia. The Turkish peace terms were completed com-pleted on March 3, and a week later the Allies decided to use force to impose im-pose the terms upon Turkey, sending troops to occupy Constantinople. The allied forces occupied the Turkish capital without opposition, Polish troops began a spring offen-lve offen-lve against the Russian Bolshevik! in the Baltic region on Marcli 23. Warsaw-reported Warsaw-reported heavy fighting at many points pn the 400-mile front. Three days lat-r lat-r Poland offered peace terms to Russia, Rus-sia, providing for restoration of the kingdom of 1772, return of art and other treasures, and an indemnity for Invasions since 1914. Polish troops administered ad-ministered a severe defeat to the Bol-heviki Bol-heviki at Podolla April 13. the Poles and Ukrainians negotiated negotiat-ed a treaty on April 27, recognizing Ukrainian Independence from Russia. A combined army of Poles and Ukrainians Ukrain-ians then launched an offensive against the Russian "Red" forces, capturing Kiev on May 8 and the great port of Odessa on May 11. Bolshevik troops Invaded Persia at Astara May 18, forcing the withdrawal of British troops. Bolshevik troops on the Polish front were re-enforced and launched an attack on a ninety-mile ninety-mile front, seeking to open communication communi-cation with East Prussia. On June 3 they succeeded In flanking and driving back General Pilsudski's Polish troops. The supreme council continued its e Torts to complete the pence sett'e-inents. sett'e-inents. The treaty with Hungary was signed June 4 fit Versailles, Ambassador Ambassa-dor Wallace signing for the United States. Turkey was granted fifteen 'ays additional time to present Its views regard Ing the treaty with that country. While these peace negotiations were In progress, lighting continued at many points. Over 300 Italian prisoners were killed by Albanians at Tirana on June 18 In retaliation for the assassination if Essnd Pasha In Paris on June 13. Supported by British troops and battleships bat-tleships at Malta and Constantinople, the Greeks begun a campaign to oust the Turkish Nationalists from parts of Asia Minor. On July 7 the Bolshevik troops capture''. cap-ture''. P.ovono, throwing the Poles Into retreat on the entire front. Poland opened negotiations for an armistice nd these continued for a week when It was reported that Ruscin had ordered or-dered the postponement of the negotiations nego-tiations and the capture of Warsaw. Bolshevist troops captured Lomza and X: e;-I.'tovsk, and began a drive on I.omberg August 1. During the next two weeks they continued to advance and o:i Ar;.:ust 17 were within twelve miles of Warsaw. The Polish capital sot:i".i doomed, but on the 17th the Poles Ui, ached a great counter-of-fenst-c and drove tiie Bolshevikl back In dl'onier. Heartened by the crushing crush-ing blow given the Russian forces, the Piles rejected the Bolshevik peace ttrms. In t!.e i.-.cauUme, on August H, the French foreign office surprised the other oth-er powers by giving recognition to General Wrangel's de facto government govern-ment in South Russia. The Turkish peace treaty was signed on August 10 by all nations concerned except Serbia and the Hedjaz. Soviet Russia continued its effort to make peace with its neighbors by signing a treaty with Letvia and agreeing to armistice terms with Finland. On October 12 the Poles signed an armistice and preliminary peace treaty with Russia to become effective October Oc-tober 18. The cessation of hostilities on the Polish fronts enabled the Bolshevikl to strengthen their other fronts. Directed Di-rected by Trotzky, the war minister, the Bolshevikl launched a violent offensive of-fensive on October 31 against the South Russian armies commanded by General Wrangel. They succeeded In smashing General Wrangel's forces and drove on through Crimea. The Bolshevikl forces captured Se-bastopol Se-bastopol November 14. General Wrangel and the remnants of his army were on board American, French and British warships which steamed out of the harbor as the Bolshevlki entered en-tered the city. An agreement on the Adriatic question ques-tion was reached November 10 at a conference between the Jugo-Slavs and the Italians and a treaty embodying embody-ing the agreement was signed at Ra-pallo Ra-pallo two days later. The Assembly of the League of Nations Na-tions opened its first session at Geneva Ge-neva November 15, Paul Hymans of Belgium being elected president. On November 29 President Wilson nccepted an invitation extended by the Council of the Leagueof Nations to act as mediator between Armenia and Turkey. Two days later the Russia Bolshevik took Erivan and announced, the establishment of a soviet Armenian republic. On December 3 Armenia and the Turkish Nationalists signed a treaty of peace. Several attempts to secure action on amendments to the covenant of the League of Nations were voted down by the league assembly. Because of this action the Argentine delegates to the assembly withdrew on December 3. On December 1 Austria was admitted admit-ted to the league, the first of the allies of Germany to be granted membership. member-ship. FOREIGN AFFAIRS With continual strife, amounting virtually vir-tually to civil war, In Ireland, with spasmodic revolutionary outbreaks In Germany, with counter-revolutionary movements developing at intervals in Russia, with civil war in China and with politlcul upheavals in France, Italy, Greece and other countries, the unrest and changing conditions growing out of the World war were reflected in the disturbed internal conditions con-ditions of many countries of the old world In 1920. One of the unexpected political developments de-velopments of the early days of the year was the failure of Premier Cle-menceau Cle-menceau to obtain election as president presi-dent of France uponthe expiration of the term of President Poincare. Paul Deschanel was elected on January 17 and the following day Clemenceau's cabinet resigned. Alexandre Miller-and Miller-and formed a new cabinet at the request re-quest of President Poincare. The All-Russian government In Siberia, Si-beria, headed by Admiral Alexander B. Kolchak, was finally destroyed with" the killing of Admiral Kolchak by Social So-cial Revolutionists at Irkutsk on February Feb-ruary 7. In Great Britain the government took its first definite step toward a settlement of the Irish question on February 25 by presenting to the house of commons its Irish home rule bill, providing for autonomous rule under n dual parliament, representing repre-senting both the north and the south. On March 10 Ulster voted to accept the bill. A new counter-revolution, directed by militarists, broke out in Berlin March 13. The revolutionists gained control of Berlin and Dr. Wolfgang Knpp proclaimed himself chancellor. The revolution was short-lived, however, how-ever, ending in fnilure on the 16th when Dr. Kapp resigned. The Irish situation continued to attract at-tract the attention of the world. On March 19 the mayor of Cork was killed kill-ed by assassins. In the House of Commons the Irish Home Rule bill passed Its second rending on Marcli 31, 348 to 94. On April 4 Irish tax offices and records were burned at many points and wire communication from Belfast was cut. In Mexico the presidential campaign developed a revolution which resulted eventually in the overthrow of the Carrnnza government. On April 10 the state of Sonora withdrew from the republic and fighting between the Sonora troops and federal forces began. be-gan. By April 21 nine Mexican states had joined the secession movement. The revolutionary movement gaiaed rapidly and on May 7 President Car-ranza Car-ranza fled from Mexico City toward the eastern coast. On May 22 Car-ranza. Car-ranza. the fugitive president, was shot and killed by troops in his escort while asleep. A cabinet crisis In Italy on June 9 resulted In the resignation of Premier Nittl and his cabinet. Signor Orlando also resigned as president of the chamber. cham-ber. A new cabinet was formed June 17 under former Premier Giovanni Gi-olitti. Gi-olitti. On June 27 Italian troops mutinied mu-tinied at Ancona and "Red'' uprisings upris-ings broke out all over Italy in what appeared to be a concerted anarchist plot. On August 13 Mayor Terence Mae-Swiney Mae-Swiney of Cork was arrested by Rrit-lsh Rrit-lsh troops for sedition in holding a Sinn Fein court at the City Hall. He was convicted by a court martial on the 17th and taken to an English pris on, where he Immediately entered upon up-on a hunger strike. Riots and incendiarism in-cendiarism continued to assume more serious proportions at many points. In the constitutional election held in Mexico Septemher 5 Genera! Al-vara Al-vara Ohregon was elected president. President Deschanel of France resigned re-signed September 21 because of ill health and on the 23rd Premier Alexandre Alex-andre Millerand was elected to succeed him. Georges Leygues, minister of marine under Clemenceau, became premier. pre-mier. Further disturbances were reported in Italy during October. On the 13th leaders of the Socialist party and the General Confederation of Labor ordered or-dered demonstrations in every town in Italy in an effort to force the Italian government to recognize soviet Russia, Rus-sia, and on the following day many persons were killed and wounded in the course of a two-hour strike called as a protest against the arrest of political polit-ical offenders opposing the allied policy pol-icy toward Russia. The government began a drive on the 17th to round up all advocates of violence In the country. coun-try. After a hunger strike of 74 days, which had drawn the attention of the world, Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, died In Brixton prison, London, Lon-don, October 25. Great pressure had been brought to bear to secure Mayor MacSwiney's release, but the government govern-ment stood firm In its stand against the hunger strikers. King Alexander of Greece died on October 25 as a result of a bite by a pet monkey, and It was announced that the throne would be offered to Prince Paul, third son of former King Constantine. Peace in China seemed to be finally-assured finally-assured by a proclamation issued by the government November 1, declaring that there had been a reunion of North and South China and calling for the election of a new parliament. Fierce rioting between Unionists and Sinn Feiners broke out in North Belfast, Ireland, November 7. Serious Seri-ous disorders were reported also at Londonderry, where five policemen were shot and many ships burned or wrecked. The Irish home rule bill passed the house of commons on Its third reading November 11. At Dublin on November 21, following the murder of 14 British officers, a force of troops raided a football game and fired upon the crowd, killing and wounding a large number of persons. A political upheaval came in Greece with the defeat in the general election on November 14 of the party headed by Premier Venizelos. Premier Venl-zelos Venl-zelos resigned on November 17 and George Rhallls, former premier and leader among the followers of ex-King Constantine, formed a new cabinet. On December 4 the Greek people, In a plebiscite voted for the return of j, King Constantine. On December 19 Constantine returned to Athens in triumph. - The Irish situation ties red acrisls during the closing weeks or the year. Wholesale arrests were made by the British authorities during the last weeks of November, among those taken being Arthur Griffith, acting president of the "Irish republic" and many other Irish leaders. On November No-vember 28 Irish plotters set fire to several large warehouses on the Liverpool Liver-pool water front and killed two men. Martial law was proclaimed in south Ireland on December 10 and two days later a large part of the business district dis-trict of Cork was burned in reprisal, it was claimed, for Sinn Fein raids. DOMESTIC. The year 1920 being a presidential election year, politics held the attention atten-tion of the people of the United States during the greater part of the year. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio was nominated for President by the Republicans at Chicago June 12. The Democratic national convention nt San Frnncisco nominated Governor James M. Cox of Ohio on July 5 on the forty-fourth ballot. In the election on November 2, the Republican national ticket was elected by an overwhelming majority, receiving receiv-ing 414 electoral votes while the Democratic Demo-cratic candidates received 117. The Republicans also won an overwhelming overwhelm-ing majority In congress. By winning their long fight for equal suffrage, the women of the country coun-try gained the right to vote for all offioe.t in the November election. The United States Supreme court on January 5 upheld the constitutionality constitution-ality of wartime prohibition and the Volstead enforcement act. On January Janu-ary 16 nationwide prohibition, under the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution, Con-stitution, went into effect. On January 10 the New York assembly, as-sembly, with but two dissenting voices, voted to exclude the five Socialist members of that body, pending trial on charges that the platform of their party is revolutionary. The anti-radical campaign resulted in the Indictment of 38 leaders of the Communist Labor party in Chicago on January 21. The railroads of the country were returned to private operation on March 1, under the terms of the Cum-mins-Ksch railroad reorganization act. Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan was convicted in the federal ' court nt Grand Rapids on March 20 on charges Involving the use of excessive exces-sive campaign funds. He'and 10 co-defendants co-defendants were given prison sentences, sen-tences, but remained at liberty pending an appeal to the higher courts. ' The trial of the five Socialist members mem-bers of the New York assembly ended with their expulsion from the legisla-,' ture April 1. Several suits bad been Instituted during the early months of the year attacking the validity of the eigbj. eenth (prohibition) amendment. A J; these cases were taken to the United' States Supreme court and on June A 1 A severe y ys depression was felt through Vnited States during dur-ing the y J, of the year. The, trend t y wages was marked by A'lie aiinouiNiient of the textile I mA'ils of New England in December t i eJ reduction in wages amounting wl '22 per cent. , , rlst; April 11. Ferdinand iioyoei. tZch artist; April 15, Theodore N. hill, pioneer In telegraph and tele-Lone tele-Lone industries. i May 1, William Barrett Rldgeiy, former for-mer controller of the Ireasury; May 9, Bishop John II. Vincent of the Methodist Meth-odist Episcopal church, founder of the SPORTS - The revival of interest in sfrting events of all kinds which was"""11"" ent in 1919, following almost com" plete suspension of athletic '',1'ifle! during the war, was even mor"m in 1920. The first of five races ly"reen S r Thomas Lipton's Shamroc IV' c longer for the America's caP- and fne defender, Resolute, was "',d ofE , v York July 15. The Shaw" " on,t ,e first and second races, bx'tl,e solute took the next three, w"inS the cup on July 27. Charles Evans, Jr. '' Chicago, won the western amateur"" championship July 17, and Jock iwtchlnson won the western open golf championship August Au-gust 5. Edward xay of England won the American open golf championsSlip, August 13. Ctnrles Evans, Jr., won tle national amateur golf champlon-,,11 champlon-,,11 ip, September 11. '' The United States, for the seventh "secutive time, made the biggest y""vltlie Olympic games at Ant- JWb wit: V5- Fin" .-.V . vwch 100 and S- third with 95. Chautauqua assemmy , may llam Dean Howells, famous American novelist; May 16, Levi P. Morton, former for-mer vice president. ' June 3, Rev. Charles Augustus Slod- a dard of New York, author and theo- logian; June 13, Mine. Gabrielle Char- S lotte Rejane, famous French actress; June 18, George W. Perkins, New York S. financier; June 20, Rev. Dr. William X Henry Roberts, for more than thirty years stated clerk of the Presbyterian general assembly. July 4, Major General William O. Gorgas, former surgeon general of tba United States army; July 10, John Arbuthnot Fisher, former first lord pt the British admiralty; July 11, former Empress Eugenie, widow of Napoleon III; July 22, William K. Vanderbllt, T financier and former railroad presl- i dent. August 1, J. Frank Ilanly, ex-governor of Indiana and Prohibition candidate can-didate for president In 1910; August 3 Isbam Randolph of Chicago, noted engineer; August 10, James O'Nell, famous fa-mous Irish actor; August W, Sir Nor- 1 man Lockver, eminent English sclen- -rubt 20, James Wilson, former secretary o. . - . ,,.,,. K, ,.tar-'.. " Jack Dempsey retained the heavyweight heavy-weight championship of the world by knocking out Bill Miske In the third round at Benton Harbor, Mich., September Sep-tember 6. Georges Carpentier of France, knocked out Battling Levinsky, October 12, and became light heavyweight heavy-weight champion of the world A sensation was caused In the base-hall base-hall world just before the close of the season by the exposure of a conspiracy con-spiracy bv which the world's series of 1919 was "thrown" by the Chicago Americ-in league team to the Cincinnati Cincin-nati National league team. Seven members of the Chicago team, including includ-ing several ."tars, atid one former member mem-ber were a'-cused of accepting bribes, "rid they later were Indicted by a Chicago Chi-cago grand jury. Cleveland won the American league pennant on October 2 and met the Brooklyn club. National h-ague pennant winner, in the world scries on October 5. Cleveland won tllf. s,.ries by taking the seventh game from Brooklyn, October 12. A baseball war was threatened by a conflict between clubs of the American league over plans for a reorganization of the game. Peace was declared, however, on November and a new Italmundo de Madras - . tvjs Man-sh Man-sh portrait painter; September 2:., Jacob H. Scblff, American financier and philanthropist. October 2. Winthrop Murray Crane, former United States senator from Massachusetts; October 5. Charles Norrls Williamson, noted English author' au-thor' October 12, Mrs. Ogdcn Mills, so-rial so-rial leader In New York and Paris; October 13, Charles M. Alexander, famous fa-mous singing evangelist. November 2, Louise Imogen Gul.iey, American poet and essayist; Novem-her Novem-her 0 Ludwlg III, former king of Bavaria Ba-varia ; November 10, Henry TlK.de, noted German historian: Nov tnber 18. Franklin Port, former gosernor of New Jersey; November 22 Ole Theobald! Theo-bald! Norwegian violinist; November ' Margaret Brewster. American writer. November .'10, Eugene W, Cbalin. prohibition candidate for president pres-ident in 190S and 1912. J.occmbcr 3, Francis Lynde Stetson, Mninont attorney of New York; December De-cember 10, Horace 10. Dodge, automobile automo-bile manufacturer; Marquis I elbi Chie-s,i, Chie-s,i, brother of Hie pope; December 12, Olive Scbreiner, novelist. li2t,,WulirB Nwpaptr ' during the greater part of th The first month of the marked, In the United P"'"'s by , abandonment of the workfrs strike which had JZ"un on September Sep-tember 22. Railroad wns tled "P in Francewt-y 27' b? a ?'nern1 strike' of rail workers. The premier called all the strikers Into the army, and two days later the strike was settled set-tled by a compromise. f j. ea,"e was declared between the I piumilnous coal operators and miners i March 31. when they signer a two-.-..nr agreement based on an award J, fjty the coal commission named f ideut Wilsrmv -outlaw" strike of railroad r ..crimen began in Chicago April 15. ' and spread rapidly to other parts of "-the country. Federal officers arrested ',( leaders of the strike in Chicago, pril 15 on charges of interfering with J ibe mails and violation of the Lever ' act On April 19 the joint railroad wage board created by the Cummins-Fscb Cummins-Fscb bill, announced that it would not hear cases of men who were on str;e i wis naiigui-ated A new coal sii ike w .is in Illinois and Kansas Ai.nl o, |