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Show PAGE SIX Chronology of the Year -1927 Dy E. W. P1CKARD INTERNATIONAL Jan. 2 President DIas of Nicaragua asked United States Intervention to top Mexican aid to rebels. Jan. 6 American marines and sailor landed at Corinto and entrained for Managua, capital of Nicaragua. Cantonese forces occupied British concession in Hankow: warships sent to the place. Jan. 7 United States warned Mexico not to Interfere with its policy n Nicaragua. Radio ' telephone service between London and New York opened. Jan. 13 Peru ' rejected Secretary Kellogg's plan for settlement of Tacna-Arlca Tacna-Arlca dispute. - - Jan. 20 Mexican government accepted ac-cepted "in principle" proposition to arbitrate oil land dispute with United Unit-ed States. ,j Jan. 26 Secretary of State Kellogg declared government's Intention of defending de-fending American lives and property in China. First British troops landed at Shanghai. Jan. - 31 Interallied commission turned over control of German disarmament dis-armament to League of Nations. Feb. 9 United States notified by three powers' that lis reservations on adherence to world court were rot accepted. Feb. 10 President Coolldge asked the powers to consider extending limitation of naval armament to all classes of vessels. Feb. 19 Japan accepted Coolldge naval conference plan with reservations. reserva-tions. Feb. 20 Sweden and Belgium signed pact never to make war on each other. Feb. 21 Italy rejected Coolldge naval conference plan. Feb. 23 British government warned Russian Soviet government that relations re-lations would be severed if the latter continued Its antl-Brltish propaganda. Feb. 24 United States transport Chaumont with 1,200 marines arrived at Shanghai. Feb. 28 Great Britain accepted Coolidge proposal for naval limitation conference, with certain reservations concerning cruisers. March 1 Complete American avla-" lion expedition landed In Nicaragua. March 24 United States government ordered all Americans out of interior of China. March 28 American consulates long upper Yangtse closed. April 4 France rejected United States invitation to naval limitation conference. April 5 Italy and Hungary signed a treaty of amity and arbitration; Sweden and Austria ratified a treaty making war illegal under all circumstances. cir-cumstances. April 6 Marshal Chang raided Soviet embassy In Peking, seizing Bed conspirators con-spirators and documents. April 7 President Coolidge appointed ap-pointed Henry L. Sttmson vo Investigate Investi-gate conditions In Nicaragua. April 8 United States ordered 1.500 more .marines to China. April 11 United States. Great' Britain, Brit-ain, France, Italy and Japan presented identical demand to Canton government govern-ment for apology and reparation for Nanking outrage. League of Nations preparatory disarmament dis-armament commission decided agreement agree-ment between French and British viewpoints was Impossible. May 3 Thtrd Pan-American commercial com-mercial conference opened In Washington. Wash-ington. May 10 AH Nlcaraguans ordered to surrender arms to United States marines. ma-rines. May 12 English police rinded Soviet trade headquarters- In London and seized quantities of documents. May 27 Japan ordered 2,000 troops to China. May 28 United States warshln on the Yangtse battled Chinese troops. May 29 Great Britain warned Egypt the British must control Egyptian army. June 3 Ousted Russian representatives representa-tives departed from London. June 6 Yugo-Slavla broke off relations re-lations with Albania. June 6 Albania appealed to Ligue of Nations to avert war with Yugo-Slavla. Yugo-Slavla. June 13 League of Nations council session opened at Geneva; Germany notified ambassadors' council that it had destroyed forts on eastern border. June 14 Poland alarmed by Russia's Rus-sia's concentration of its reserves on the frontier. Dispute over control of Egyptian army settled to satisfaction of Great Britain. June 20 United States. Great Britain and Japan representatives began the Coolidge conference on naval armament arma-ment limitation in Geneva, each nation submitting a plan. June ,25 United States delegatas at Geneva firm against British piotjo!-, piotjo!-, tlors for reducing else of battleships end cruisers. June 2S Japanese at Geneva supported sup-ported British plan for reduction of capital ships. July 6 Japan sided wlih United States In opposing British demand-) as to cruisers. In the Geneva naval limitation conference. July 8 Japanese troops occupied Tslnanfu and Tslngtao, Shantung province, prov-ince, China. July 17 Ssndlno's band of Nlcara-guan Nlcara-guan rebels attacked United States marines ma-rines at Ocotal and were routed by bombing planes, 300 being killed. July 19 British delegates to Geneva conference went home for consultation. consulta-tion. July 17 American Minister Sterling presented his credentials to Irish Free State. British delegates sent back 10 Geneva with instruction to stand pat on their demands Aug. 4 Naval disarmament conference confer-ence at Geneva ended In complete failure. fail-ure. Aug. J France agreed to reduce Rhlneland occupational forces. Aug. 17 France and Germany signed commercial treaty. Sept 1 Council of League of N-. tlons opened session in Geneva. Germany made final payment on reparations rep-arations for third year under Dawe plan. Sept 3 France accused Rakovsky. Russian minister, of urging French soldiers to revolt, and he denied th charges. Sept. 6 Eighth assembly of League of Nations opened: Dr. A. N. Guanl. Uruguay, elected president. Sept 10 Sir Austen Chamberlain told League of Nations Great Britain would sign no more security pacts. Sept. 15 Canada. Cuba and Finland elected to nonpermanent seals in League of Nations council. Oct 5 America assessed counter-railing counter-railing duties on certain French and German products as result of tariff increases by those countries. France formally demanded recall of Soviet Ambassador Rakovsky. Oct. 13 Russia recalled Ambassador Rakovsky from France. Oct. 18 Lithuania asked Learue of Nations to Intervene in Its quarrel with Poland. Oct 31 Dr. Friedrlch von Pritt-wlts Pritt-wlts und Gaffron selected s German ambassador to the United States. Nov. 11 Armistice day observed all ovr the world. - France and Yugo-Slavla signed treaty which enraged Italy. jN,-ov 24 Italy and Albania made their friendship part a military alliance as a reply to the Kranco-Yugo-S. avian tre-i tr. Knv. 3" League of Nations preparatory prepara-tory disarmament commission wet In Geneva: Russia proposed total disarm ament within a year, which was rejected re-jected on ground that It must be preceded pre-ceded by international alliances guaranteeing guar-anteeing secftity. Deo. 5 Council of League of Nations Na-tions met in Geneva. Dec. 7 League of Nations council referred Poland-Lithuania quarrel to Van Blockland of Holland for a report. re-port. Dec. 10 Premier Pllsudskl of Poland Po-land and Waldemaras of Lithuania niade temporary peace agreement FOREIGN Jan. 2 Serious communist revolt In Sumatra reported Jan. 10 Bishop Dia and other prel-ates prel-ates arrested by Mexican government . for sedition. Jan. 11 Thousand natives massacred at Wanghlhpao, China, by bandits. Jan. 16 Serious anti-Christian riot in Foochow, China. Jan. 27 British government abol- Ished slavery in Burma. Jan. 28 Dr. Marx formed new German Ger-man cabinet, Including three prominent promi-nent Nationalists, and with no Socialists. Social-ists. Jan. 30 First- Hungarian parliament lnce 1918 met with great pomp. Mexico ordered all priests to report to government by February 10. or be outlawed. Feb. 3 Military revolution started In Oporto, Portugal. Feb. 7 Portuguese revolutionary movement spread to Lisbon, with severe fighting; Oporto recovered by government troops. Feb. 9 Revolution In Portugal reported re-ported suppressed. Feb. ltj Cantonese captured Hang-chow. Hang-chow. March 1 Marshal Sun and .his forces quit the defense - of Shanghai and Shangtungese troops gathered there to combat the Cantonese. March 4 French deputies voted to conscript capital In future wars. March 9 Mexican troops executed many rebels captured in battle. Mussolini wiped out all local autonomy auton-omy in Cyrenalca and Tripoli. March 20 Shanghai's foreign city taken by Cantonese. March 23 South China Nationalists captured Nanking and Chlnklang. April 7 President Flgueroa of Chile took two months' "vacation." turning government over to Premier Ibanex. virtual dictator. April 8 GustavSemgal elected President Presi-dent of Latvia. April 11 Chancellor of Exchequer Churchill presented new British budget budg-et to meet deficit of $110,000,000. April 12 Lithuanian diet dissolved and military dictatorship estsbllshed. April 17 Japanese cabinet resigned. April 18 Baron Tanaka appointed premier of Japan. Egyptian cabinet resigned. Moderate Nationalists in China set up new government in Nanking. April 20 Mexican bandits In Jalisco attacked and burned a train, massacring massa-cring about 100 persons. .' April 22 Japan granted three weeks' moratorium to banks In financial crisis. Archbishop Mora y del Rio and seven other leading Catholic prelates expelled ex-pelled from Mexico for fomenting rebellion. re-bellion. - April 24 Mexican- troops killed M of bandits who committed the train massacre in Jalisco. May 2 Premier Polncare announced plans for wall of super-forts on France's northern frontier. May 4 President Flgueroa of Chile resigned. Nicaragua peace parley adjourned, after both sides agreed to disarm, return re-turn to their farms and await a regular reg-ular election. President Diaz proclaimed a general amnesty, .: May 17 Vatican denounced Mussolini's Mus-solini's charter of labor. . May 22 Ibanei elected President of Chile. 4 , - June 1 Toronto government began sale of bottled liquor. Premier Avarescu of Rumania resigned. re-signed. - June 2 Baron Cartler de Marchlenne resigned as Belgian minister to United States. . June 5 Prince Cabu Stlrbey made premier of Rumania. June 21 Premier Stlrbey of Rumania resigned and loan Bratiano succeeded him. ,,,, .June 23 William Cosgrave re elected President of Irish Free" State executive council; De Valera and his followers barred from dail eireann foi refusal to take the oath. July 1 Canada began celebration of sixtieth anniversary of the confedera- tlJuly 10 Kevin O'HIgglns. vice president presi-dent and minister of Justice of Irish free State, assassinated. - July 20 King Ferdinand of Rumania died and Prince MIchaeh six years old, was proclaimed king under a renency. Aug. 1 Eruption of Vesuvius caused Inhabitants of surrounding villages to Bee. Aug. t Canada s war memorial at Ottawa dedicated by , Prince of Wales. Aug. 11 Eamonn de Valera and forty-four - other Flanna Fall party members took oath of allegiance to King George. - Greek coalition cabinet resigned. Aug. 12 Mexico excluded agitators and bolsheviks. Revolt in Portugal suppressed by government ' Aug. 14 Gen. Chang Kai-shek, leader of Nanking Nationalists of China, resigned. Sept. 13 Directorate of Spain modi-fled modi-fled into a semi-military ministry operating op-erating without a parliament Sept. 15 Irish Free State elections gave government plurality of six votes in dail eireann. Sept. 13 President Hlndenburg. at unveiling of Battle of Tanncnburg memorial, repudiated Germany s war guilt. .. , Sept. 23 Baron Ago von Maltzan, German ambassador to United States, killed in plane crash In Germany. SepC 25 Attempts made to bomb train of touring American Legionnaires near' Nice, France. Sept. 30 Leon Trotzky expelled from the Communist Internationale at Moscow. Mos-cow. Oct. 3 Gomez and Serrano. Presidential Presiden-tial candidates In Mexico, revolted and military units In Mexico City, Tor-reon Tor-reon and Vera Crux mutinied. Oct. 4 Serrano, thirteen of his chief followers and other revolters captured by loyal Mexican troops and executed. Oct. 9 Mexican rebels led by Uornex annihilated by federal forces. Oct.- 10 New Spanish national assembly as-sembly opened by King Alfonso. Oct 11 President Cosgrave of Irish Free State re-electod by the dail Oct 24 Moscow court condemned to death three former millionaires as spies for Great Britain. Marshal Chang, In conjunction with Wu Pel-fu and Tang Shen-chl of Hankow, Han-kow, announced general warfare gainst the Nankins government. Rumanian government frustrated plot to put Prince Carol on the throne. Oct SO President Kondurlotis of Gteece wounded by an assassin. Nov. 1 Mustapha Kemal Pasha reelected re-elected President of Turkey. Canton Nationalists announced new civilian regional government for Kwantung and Kwangsl provinces of Ohina. Nov. 4 Braxil arranged to get $36.- 000.000 gold from IJ. S. treasury. Gen. Arnulfo Gcmex, Mexican rebel leader, captured and executed. Nov. 7 Soviet Russia celebrated tenth anniversary of the revolution. Nov. 11 Fascist . grand council abolished the ballot and old parliamentary parlia-mentary system in Italy. Nov. 18 Plot against President Calles of Mexico foiled by seizure of arms and men at New Orleans. Mohammed Ben Mulai, third son of the late Mulai Yusef. elected sultan of Morocco. Dec. 5 Portuguese government established es-tablished six gambling tones in the country. . Dec. 11 Communists seized control of Canton. China, after bloody riots. pec. u Nationalists retained possession pos-session of Canton: 4.000 killed in battle. bat-tle. Nationalists severed relations with Soviet Russia. DOMESTIC Jan. J Gov. Al Smith of New York at his fourth Inauguration, declared himself a candidate for Democratic presidential nomination. Jan. 7 House passed naval appropriation appropri-ation bill without "big navy amendments. THE LEHI SUN, LEW. UTAH Jan. 18 Senate rejected Lausanne treaty with Turkey, Jan. 20 Senate, by vote of 41 to 33, refused to let Frank L. Smith, senator-designate from Illinois, take the path of office pending Investigation of his qualifications. House passed army aupply bill, adding add-ing 13,000,000 to budget bureau estimate. esti-mate. Jan. 29 President Coolidge, addressing ad-dressing budget meeting, opposed militarism mili-tarism and pacifism but declared for adequate defense. House passed compromise radio bill Feb. 1 Senate passed navy appropriation appropri-ation bill after adding money for construction con-struction of three light cruisers opposed op-posed by President, and increasing appropriation ap-propriation for navy aircraft program. Feb. 9 President signed bill appropriating appro-priating 110,000,000 for fighting corn borer. Feb. 11 Sana te passed McNarv-Haugen McNarv-Haugen farm relief bill. 47-39. Feb. 15 Hugh R. Wilson appointed minister to Switzerland, J. Butler Wright minister to Hungary and Iceland Ice-land Harrison minister to Sweden, Feb. 16 Senate passed McFadden bank bill. Feb. 17 House paused McNary-Haugen McNary-Haugen farm relief MIL Ezra Bralnerd, Jr., of Oklahoma confirmed con-firmed as member of Interstate commerce com-merce commission. Feb. 18 Radio bill passed by senate. Vincent Massey, first minister from Canada, received by President Coolidge. Feb. 24 House accepted senate amendment to navy bill appropriating money to start building of three light cruisers. , Feb. 25 President Coolidge vetoed the McNary-Haugen farm relief MIL Feb. 8 U. S. Supreme court canceled can-celed oil land leases given E. L. Do-heny Do-heny by A. B. Fall when secretary of the interior on ground of fraud. March 1 President Coolidge appointed appoint-ed radio commission consisting of O. H. Caldwell, Rear Admiral W. H. O. Bullard, E. O. Sykes, H, A. Bellows and J. F. Dillon. House passed medical whlBky bill. Senate passed bills for elevation of battleship guns and other navy appropriations appro-priations totaling $104,104,000. March 2 Senate passed prohibition reorganization bill. March 3 Senate ended 37-hour Oil-buster Oil-buster by recessing until March 4. March 4 President Coolidge refused to call extra session as congress adjourned. ad-journed. , Jury failed to agree In case of Daugherty In Daugberty-Mlller bribery trial, but convicted Miller. March 8 Thomas W. Mfller, former alien property custodian, sentenced to 18 months in Atlanta prison and fined $5,000 for conspiracy to defraud gov- ernment. March 16 Harry F. Sinclair, charged with contempt of the senate during the Teapot Dome oil scandal Investigation, found guilty by a District of Columbia Supreme court Jury. March 24 Roy A. Haynes appointed acting commissioner of prohibition. April 2 President Coolidge revoked Harding's naval oil reserves order and turned the reserves back to the navy. April 5 William Hale Thompson elected mayor of Chicago, defeating Mayor W. E. Dever.- Sacco and Vanzettl, convicted murderers, mur-derers, denied new trial by Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Supreme court. President Coolidge vetoed the Phlllo-pine Phlllo-pine act for plebiscite on independence. independ-ence. April 22 President CooLJge called on country for $5,000,000 relief fund for flood sufferers. April 25 President Coolldge spoke at anniversary dinner of United Press In New York, outlining government's foreign policies. Secretary Hoover took personal charge of flood relief activities in Middle West. April 30 U. S. agents broke up plot to smuggle Chinese from Mexico into California by airplanes and killed one aviator. May '2 U. S. Supreme court upheld the Virginia law for sterilization of mental defectives. President Coolidge called for 15,000,-000 15,000,-000 more for flood relief. May 17 U. S. Supreme court upheld California anti-syndicalism law. May 18 Demented farmer dynamited schoolhouse at Bath, Mich., killing 37 children and 6 adults, including himself. him-self. American Medical association voted that restrictions on medicinal whisky should be taken from Volstead act May 19 Mrs. Catherine Cassler condemned con-demned to death in Chicago for murder. .Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, sentenced sen-tenced to three months in Jail and fined $500 for contempt of the senate, x L C. Andrews resigned as assistant secretary of the treasury In charge of prohibition enforcement and Seymour Lowman picked for, place; Dr. J. M. Doran appointed commissioner of prohibition, pro-hibition, replacing Roy A. Haynes. May 25 Dr. O. D. Davis of Chicago elected national moderator of Congregational Congre-gational church. Dr. Robert E. Speer of New Jersey 'elected moderator of the Presbyterian church In the United States at general assembly In San Francisco. June 2 Flood control conference opened In Chicago. June 4 Gen. E. H. Crowder resigned as ambassador to Cuba. June 6 President Coolidge named delegates to naval disarmament conference, con-ference, with Ambassador Hugh L. Gibson Gib-son as chairman. June 13 President Coolidge and his entourage left Washington for the summer White House in the Black Hills, South Dakota. June 25 Fifty-five Indicted at Los Angeles In connection with oil stock swindle. June 29 Sacco and Vanzettl reprieved re-prieved for 30 days by Governor Fuller of Massachusetts. July 6 Fall-Doheny bribery Indictments Indict-ments upheld by District of Columbia Supreme court. - July 7 Henry Ford apologized for attacks on Jews in his Dearborn Independent Inde-pendent July 8 James R. Sheffield resigned as ambassador to Mexico. July 9 Federal trade commission ordered Lasky, Zukor and Famous Players-Lasky corporation to discontinue discon-tinue "unfair methods" In moving picture pic-ture business. July 12 Northwest farm conference In St. Paul voted to support the McNary-Haugen farm relief measure until it becomes law. July 15 Gov. Len Small paid state of Illinois $650,000 interest refund in satisfaction of Judgment. July 18 Sapiro's $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford dismissed after pavment of a substantial sum. July 24 Charles Birger, southern Illinois Il-linois gang leader, sentenced to death for murder: two accomplices given life imprisonment Congressman M. E. Crumpaeker of Portland, Ore., committed suicide by drowning at San Francisco. July 28 Secretary of the Navy "Wilbur "Wil-bur awarded contracts for building of four new cruisers. Aug. 2 President. Coolldge announced an-nounced that he did not "choose to ru for President in 12S." Aug. 3 Governor Fuller of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts refused ch mency to Sacco and Vanzettl, finding they had a fair trial and were guilty. - Aug. 6 Edward S. Shumaker, superintendent super-intendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, and Jess E. Martin, attorney for the league, found guilty of contempt by the Indiana Supreme court Shumaker Shu-maker sentenced to 60 days on penal farm and fined $250. Aug. 22 Chief Justice Taft and Justice Jus-tice Stone of V. S. Supreme court refused re-fused to Intervene in Sacco-Vanxettl case. President Coolidge began a week's visit in Yellowstone National park. Aug. 23 Sacco and Vanzettl executed execut-ed in Massachusetts state prison. Riotous Riot-ous demonstrations in many cities. gept. 9 President Coolidge and party left Black Hills for Washington. Gov. Ed Jackson of Indiana Indicted on charge of conspiracy to bribe Former For-mer Governor McCray, and Mayor Du-vall Du-vall ef Indianapolis indicted for violations viola-tions of corrupt practices statutes. "Miss Illinois." Lois Pelander of Jo-tlet Jo-tlet won Atlantic City beauty contest and title of -Miss America." Sept 11 President Coolidge arrived In Washington. Sept 13 National encampment of G. A Tt. opened In Grand Rapids, Mich. it r x rvuoinirer resigned as governor cf federal reserve board. E? U Hawk of Sacramento. Calif., elected commander-in-chief of O. A. K., and Denver chosen for 1928 encamp- msept-19 American Legion opened Its convention in Paris. gept, 20 Dwlght Morrow of New Jersey appointed ambassador to Mexico. Spt 21 Roy A. Young of Minneapolis Minne-apolis appointed to federal reserve board to succeed D. R. Crlsslnger. Sept. 22 Mayor John L. Duvall of Indlanfipolls found guilty of political Edward' K. Spafford of New York elected national commander of American Ameri-can Legion; San Antonio selected for 1928 convention. - " Sept 24 Baltimore & Ohio railroad celebrated Its on.hundredth anniver- 8aOct I President Coolldge, opening annual meeting of American Red Cross, promised flood control and development develop-ment of Inland waterways. Oct. 4 International radio congress opened In Washington with 70 nations represented. Oct. 10 U. S. Supreme court canceled Teapot Dome lease to Harry Sinclair. Oct 12 Mayor Duvall of Indianapolis Indianapo-lis sentenced to 30 days in jail and barred from public office. Oct. 15 One hundred and two klans-men klans-men Indicted In Crenshaw county, Alabama, Ala-bama, for floggings. H. A. Bellows resigned from federal radio board and Samuel Plckard was appointed to succeed him. Oct. 17 U. S. Supreme court refused to review padlock cases against Chicago Chica-go cabarets. Oct. 25 Admiral Magruder, who criticized navy in magazine article, relieved re-lieved of his command In Philadelphia navy yard. Oct. 26 Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas announced his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination. nomina-tion. Oct. 81 Secretary of.Treasury Mellon Mel-lon submitted to house committee plan for tax reduction of about $225,000,000. Nov. 1 Fall-Sinclair trial In Washington Wash-ington halted by a Jury scandal. Nov. 2 Mistrial declared in Fall-Sinclair Fall-Sinclair case because of charges of tampering with the Jury.' Corn belt and southern agricultural conference in St. Louis adopted resolutions reso-lutions indorsing McNary-Haugen bill and condemning attitude of Borah, Reed of Missouri and Bruce of Maryland. Mary-land. Nov. 4 Harry Sinclair and R M. Day charged with conspiracy to fix the Sinclair-Fall Jury. Nov. 8 F. D. Sampson, Republican and friend of horsa racing, elected governor gov-ernor of Kentucky. Nov. 10 Judge Fead at St Joseph, Mich., placed House of David under a receiver ancl ousted Benjamirt Purnell. Nov. 17 President Coolidge received Philadelphia Union League club's medal of honor. Nov. 21 House ways and means committee com-mittee agreed on tax cut not to exceed $250,000,000. - United States Supreme court declared invalid provision of Alaska dry law prohibiting possession of liquor in private nome ior owners use. Nov. 22 Harry Sinclair, W. J. Burns and four others cited for contempt of court In Teapot Dome case. Nov. 23 Charles E. Hughes, as special spe-cial master for United States Supreme court recommended that the suit of Wisconsin and other states against Chicago Chi-cago Sanitary District for diversion of Lake Michigan water be dismissed. Col. Noble B. Judah of Chicago made ambassador to Cuba. Nov. 24 Hundreds of convicts In Folsom, Calif., prison revolted; two guards and seven prisoners killed. Dec. 6 Seventieth congress met; house re-elected Sneaker Longworth. Dec. 6 President Coolldge sent his message to congress. Mr. Coolldge told Republican national na-tional committee he had "eliminated", himself as a nomination possibility. Dec. 7 National budget of $3,556,-957,031 $3,556,-957,031 submitted to congress by the President Senate refused to let Frank L. Smith take the oath of office as senator from Illinois. Republican national committee selected se-lected Kansas City for the 1928 convention con-vention and issued call for June 11 Dec. 9 Senate denied the oath to W. S. Vare of Pennsylvania; both his case and Smith's referred to Reed committee com-mittee on campaign expenditures. Dec. 13 Henry L Stimson appointed governor general of the Philippines. Oklahoma legislators, defying state courts, voted impeachment of Gov. H. S. Johnston. Dec. 14 Oklahonia senate voted to try the :. governor on Impeachment charges. Dec. 15 House passed revenue bill providing for tax reductions aggregating aggregat-ing $290,000,000. Dec. 26 Dearborn Independent Henry Ford's magazine, suspended publication. pub-lication. AVIATION Feb. 22 De Pinedo, Italian aviator, flew from Cape Verde islands to Fernando Fer-nando Noronha, Brazil. Feb. 28 Two army -"good will" planes collided at Buenos Aires; Capt. C. F. Woolsey and Lieut J. W. Benton killed. ' " May 2 Pan-American flyers ended trip at Washington and were given medals by President. May 8 Capt. Charles Nungesser and Capt. Francois Coll of France started on nonstop flight from Paris to New York and were lost in the Atlantic. May 20 Capt. Charles Lindbergh started nonstop flight from New York to Paris. May 21 Lindbergh landed In Paris, having made the flight in 33 hours, 21 minutes. First nonstop flight eastward cross the Atlantic. May 30 Fifteen balloons left Akron, Ohio, in annual endurance race. June 2 W. T. Van Orman with the Goodyear balloon declared winner of balloon race with a distance of 727 miles. . - June 4 C. D. Chamberlln and C. A. Levine in Bellanca monoplane started from New York for Europe. June 6 Chamberlin and Levine landed at Eisleben, Germany, and then flew to Kottbus, 70 miles from Berlin. Established new nonstop record of 8,905 miles. , June 11 Lindbergh landed at Washington Wash-ington and was decorated by President Presi-dent Coolidge with distinguished flying fly-ing cross. June 16 De Pinedo ended his four-continent four-continent flight at Rome. June 28 Lleuts. L. J. Maitland and Albert Hegenberger began flight in army Fokker plane from San Francisco Francis-co to Hawaii. - June 29 Commander Byrd and crew In plane America hopped off at New York for nonstop flight to Europe. Maitland and Hegenberger completed complet-ed 2,000-mile flight to Honolulu in 25 hours, 5$ minutes. July 1 Byrd's plane, lost In fog over France, landed in sea near Havre; crew all swam ashore. July 14 E. L Smith and E. B. Bronte started flight from San Francisco Fran-cisco to Hawaii. July 15 Smith and Bronte, out of fuel, landed on Molokal Island, Hawaii, Ha-waii, unhurt. July 20 Col. Charles A. Lindbergh started from New York on flying tour of the nation. - Aug 8 Lleuts. Georee Covell and R. S. Waggener, U. S. entrants in race to Hawaii, killed In crash of their plane at Point Loma. Calif. Aug. 12 A. V. Rogers, entrant In air race to Honolulu, killed In crash of his plane. Aug 16 Four planes started In race from i. Oakland. Calif- to Honolulu; four others failed to get away. Aug 17 Art Goebel and Lieut. William Wil-liam Davis in plane Woolaroc landed first at Honolulu, winning the Dole prize. Martin Jensen and Paul Schlut-er Schlut-er In plane Aloha, second. Other two planes lost, with four men and one woman. Aug. 19 Cape W. P. Erwln and A H Eichwaldt in plane Dallas Spirit, flew from Oakland. Calif., in search of lost planes and were themselves lost Aug. 25 Paul R. Redfern started on nonstop flight from Brunswick, Ga., to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Aug. 26 Redfern apparently lost: search begun. Aug. 27 Schlee and Brock in plane JPride of Detroit started from Harbor Grace, N. P., on round-the-world CUfht. Cot. f! F Mfnchln. with Princes, Low-enstein Low-enstein Werthelm ns passenger, start ed flight from Upavon, Lng.ano w Ottawt One. In monoplane fat Ra hfeCpt. 1-Monoplan. St Raphael lost "seo-Prld. of Detroit reached CtoUnoplane Old Glory, piloted by Ber-sengerSdnU- d" ' oVchrd. US ory plan, lost In At-lantlc At-lantlc after sending SOS can. Plane Sir John Carllng left Harbor Grace, N. F.. for London, piloted by TUS'eptR 8-Plan.alIir John Carllng concept con-cept Schlee and Brock reached Shblloi race for th. Bennett cuo started from Detroit ninrr Sept. 12 Wreckage 6f Old Glory found In North Atlantic. R G. Hill In balloon Detroit won Gordon Bennett race, traveling 725 mlSept'" 14 Schlee and Brock reached aviation field near Tokyo. . AaniA,A Sept 15 Schlee and Brock decided to croBS the Paciflo In steamship. . Sept. 19 National air derby races. New York to Spokane, started. Sept. 21 C. W. Holman won Class A air derby race; J. S Charles won In C'septB'22 Stlnson and Schiller, only entrants In Class C of air derby, nonstop non-stop New York to Spokane, forced down In Montana. . . Sept. 26 Lieut. S. N. Webster of England won the Schneider cup at Venice In his Napier supermarlne D'oct' 10 Two French aviators. Costes and Le Brlx. started flight' from Paris to Buenos Aires, to establish mat. rOct'. 11 Ruth Elder and George Haldeman in plane American Girl started nonstop flight from New York to Paris. M " , French aviators reached St Louis, Senegal. 2.700 miles from Paris. Oct 13 Miss Elder and Haldeman forced down by broken oil line 350 miles northeast of the Azores and picked up by Dutch oil tanker. Oct. 14 Costes and Le Brlx flew from Senegal to Port Natal, Brazil. Oct 23 Colonel Lindbergh completed complet-ed his 22,350-mile air tour of the country. coun-try. Oct SI Colonel Lindbergh accepted position with Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics. Nov. 4 Capt Hawthorne Gray, U. S. A., died in balloon over southern Illinois after reaching record height. Dec. 12 Colonel Lindbergh awarded Congressional Medal of Honor. Dec. 13 Lindbergh completed nonstop non-stop flight from Washington to Mexico City. DISASTERS Jan. J Seventy-seven children killed In movie theater fire In Montreal. Canada. Feb. 17 Thirty-six killed by tornado In Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama. Feb. 20 Thirty killed In great storm along Atlantic seaboard. March 1 Sixty-nine men killed In two mine disasters In England and Wales. March 1 Japanese earthquake and tidal wave: dead 2,485: injured. 3,441. March 18 Tornado took 33 lives In Green Forest and Denver, Ark. April 12 Tornado destroyed Rock-springs, Rock-springs, Tex., killing 69. April 16 Explosion In Chicago killed eight persons and wrecked block of stores. - Floods In lower Mississippi valley causing immense losses. April 22 Flood situation In lower Mississippi valley grew steadily worse: scores dead and 75.000 homeless. April 29 Mississippi valley floods worst in the country's history. April 30 Mine explosion at Fairmont Fair-mont W, Va., entombed and killed 94 men. May 9 Tornadoes In middle western west-ern states killed about 200. May 23 Gigantic earthquake In Kansu province, China, ruined Liang-chow Liang-chow and other cities, killing about 100,000. May 30 One hundred killed by tornadoes in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. July 6 Thousand Chinese drowned In flood in Anhwel province. July 9 Two hundred persons drowned In floods in Saxony. July 11 Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordanla killed about 268. Sept. 7 West coast of Mexico swept by tidal wave; hundreds killed. Sept 10 Five thousand liv lost In typhoon in Kwantung province, China. Sept. 13 Typhoon and tidal wave In Japan wrecked towns near Naga saki. killed many and did vast damage. dam-age. Sept. 29 Eighty-nine killed. 1,200 injured in-jured and $75,000,000 damage done by tornado in St Louis, Mo. Oct. 25 Italian steamship Prlnclpes-sa Prlnclpes-sa Mafalda sank off Brazil coast when boilers, exploded: 314 lives lost , ,fJy- Floods in New England killed many persons and did vast property prop-erty damage. Nov. 14 Explosion of gas storage tank In Pittsburgh killed about forty, Injured hundreds and destroyed property prop-erty worth several million dollars.. Nov. 26 Great floods In Algeria, hundreds of persons being drowned. Dec. 14 About sixty children and one nun burned to death in orphanage fire in Quebec. Dec, 17 Submarine S-4 with 40 men aboard rammed and sunk by coast guard destroyer Paulding off Province-town, Province-town, Mass. SPORTS Jan. 1 Alabama and Stanford tied In football. 7 to 7. at Pasadena, Feb. 25 Commander Byrd and Chief Mechanic Bennett given Congressional medal for North pole flight. March 5 Harvard won eastern indoor in-door track title. March 7 Michigan won Big Ten basket-ball title. K March 12 Wisconsin university won western conference indoor track meet May 3 Capt C. H. Gray in army balloon bal-loon set new world record by ascending ascend-ing 41.000 feet from Belleville, 111. May 14 Kentucky Derby won by Whiskery, owned by H. P. Whitney May 29 Illinois university won western conference track championship. champion-ship. Stanford university won eastern track meet at Philadelphia. June 1 Wright brothers and Lund-berg Lund-berg given engineering societies' award for aerial travel development June 16 Tommy Armour and Harry Cooper tied for national open golf championship at Oakmonl. Pa, " June 17 Armour beat Cooper In play-off for championship DeJrbyt HT W0" Affler,c June 27 Fourteen planes started from Detroit on Ford reliability tour . June 29 Columbia won the Pough-keepsie Pough-keepsie regatta. 80 July 15 Bobby Jones again won sof Ts" elt -h recTd Aug. 20 Mrs. Harry Pressler. Lo, title6 W0 romen' wetern golf Aug. 27 Bobby Jones won n. MeaK6" B0lf chPonsh.pna.t Sept 10 Walter Hagen won west em open golf title at Chicago 1 French tennis team won the Davis cuo from Americans. avis Sept 13 New York Yankeea American league pennant WOn Sept 17 La costs of Franca A jefTaHerahlDeT,n ten-round fight in Chicago D Sept 24 Mrs. Miriam Burns Horn won women's national golf champion- Oct 1 Pittsburgh Pirates won National Na-tional league pennant Oct. 8 New York Yank .v world's series. lanitees won the Oct 17 Ban B. Johnson retired i. KrC' f "fseoau Nov. J c . - ..-ted president XT Nov. 19-CnlversIty of Illinois won Thursday, DecemW j western conference footballTvI ship. " CnPlo,, V'nl fA-.4.Jt TT . Nov. 26 Notr. Dam. def.V.M t Army eleven defeated th. w.. . New York. t'T k NECROLOGY Jan. 6 Capt. M E. Trench, tt , , governor of ih. Virgin Islands Jan. 7 Frank L. Stanton . Atlanta, Ga,- J P. Unde?wodP00tV cago, larg. timber land owner W" Jan. 13 Arnold Daly, actor" i York. R. F. Wolfe, publish-, lumbus Dispatch and Ohio 8ttJ ft nal, In Columbus, Ohio. 81Mjon Jan. 15 David R. Francis. stat... In St Louis. ' Jan. 17 Miss Juliett. Low fon, crfGirl Scouts of America. 8avans Jan. 18 Carlotta, .x-emDr.. Mexico, In Belgium. raPrai Jan. 21 Dr. Edward Wyliy. Anflr. eminent surgeon, in Chicago. Jan. 26 Lyman J. Gage, form, cVut7 ' th treasury-at '"tuS; Feb. 9 Dr. C. D. WalcotC sunt.-of sunt.-of Smithsonian Institution. "cr,uT Feb. 12 Congressman A, B. St.nh... of North Bend, Ind. MWn Feb. 13 Rev. Dr. Percy S. Gmm noted New York divine. CoL Ct! Hine, railroad and . industrial ein.Ji In New York. Billy Bowman, veu minstrel, in Houston. Texas " Feb. 14 Oliver. Dennett' Grnm. artist In Chicago, ' William CoO S, Consul general to Berlin. ' Feb. 18 Commodore Elbrldn Gerry of New York. " T- Feb. 19 Dr. Georg Brandes. Datiirt Feb. 22 Benjamin Carpenter, oroml. nent Chicago merchant Judson hit mon, former governor of Ohio. March 4 Dr. Ira Remsen, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins univer' at Carmel, Calif. Harry Pratt JudsoJ' president emeritus of University of Chicago. March 18 Gov. Henry I WhltfielJ o! Mississippi. March 28 Will H. Dllg, founder of Izaak Walton League, in Washington. March 30 Perry S. Heath. "fath.S of rural free delivery system. April 10 Eliot Sheppard. mil. Uonaire sportsman. In Miami Beach. Fla. Dr. G. O. Sars, noted Norwegiai zoologist. Young Corbett, formsr featherweight champion, in Denver April 27 Albert J. Beveridee. . senator from Indiana, orator and an. mor. utio eorcneri, presiauni Mil. waukee baseball club. C. T. Treeo oldest member Chicago Board 4 Trade. May 2 Dr. Benjamin Ida Wheeltr. president emeritus of University ol California, in Vienna. May 3 Col. E. E. Ayer, Chlcapj capitalist, philanthropist and art col. lector. In Pasadena, Calif. May 6 Hudson Maxim, explosive! expert and inventor, at Lake Hotiat cong, N. Y. May 25 Payne Whitney, capitalist at Manhasset. L. I.May I.-May 29 James J. Van Alen. Ke York financier. In Paris. June 4 Martin Roche, noted arch,, tect. In Chicago. Robert MeKim, stsc and screen star, in Hollywood, Calif, Marquess of Lansdowne. June 5 Dr. Joseph Schneidet, world-famed oculist, in Milwauke W. R. Stansbury. clerk of U. & Supreme Su-preme court. June 7 Robert C. Hilllard, actor, It New York. Thomas W. Balch. authoi and editor, of Philadelphia. June 13 Coles Phillips. America artist. In New York. June 14 Jerome K. Jerome, Engllsl author and playwright. Mrs. B. F Hight. last survivor of old Boston Museum Mu-seum company, in Lynn. Mass. c-'n G. E. Tripp, chairman of Westing' house company board, in New York. J. C. Gillmore, last commodore of tl S. navy, in Washington. June 20 Clara Louise Burnham American author. June 27 Henry Clay Pierce, finan' cler and oil magnate, in New York. July 9 John Drew, leading Amer lean actor, in San Francisco. J. B Odell, vice president Western EleetriJ company. In New York. July 15 Henry White, American diplomat in Lenox. Mass. July 20 King Ferdinand of Rumania. Ru-mania. A. A. Hamerschlag. formef president of Carnegie Institute of Technology. , , July 29 B. F. Bush, chairman of board of Missouri Pacific railroad, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, in Paris. Louisa Abbema. noted French painter. Aug. 7 MaJ. Gen. Leonard woo governor general of the Philippine in Boston. Aug. 13 Rhlnelander Wald ot New York. James Oliver Curwood American author, at Owosso. Mich. Aug. 15 Judge E. H. Garv. chairman chair-man of board of United States Steel corporation. In New York. Bertram B. Boltwood. professor of radio cnem-istry cnem-istry at Yale, suicide. Aug. 16 Ogden Armour of CWcairo, in London. , . ... 'Aug. 20 Mrs. Fannie BloomfieU Zeisler. noted pianist, in Chlcaw Wilbur Nesbit. Chicago poet and advertising ad-vertising man. Dr. J.. M. Tanner, Mormon Mor-mon church dignitary, at Lethbridrt Alia. . Aug. 23 Zaghlul Pasha, EgyPtla" nationalist leader. Aug. 25 Cardinal Rieg y Casanon of Toledo, primate of Spain. Sept. 1 Amelia. Bingham. American Sept.' 5 Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of Anti-Saloon League. 1M cus Loew. motion picture ma mate. -Glen Cove. L, L - , ,,, CPU il t. W. j...,. . - -.j s grand exalted ruler of . Elks, in U' cago. coi. unanes j. unu . phone and aeronautical pioneer. Boston. Sept 23 Mai. Gen. Llovd M. Brett, retired. Baron Ago von Maltzan. u man ambassador to Washington. . Oct. 2. Prof. A. S. Arrhenius. Swed; lsh scientist. Austen Peay, gor" of Tennessee. "Corporal' James i ner of Washington. Oct. 3 John Dalzell. former co gressman from Pennsylvania. Oct. 8-Blshop P. J- Mu1ld??,n Catholic diocese of Rockford. in. Oct 9 Col. J. F. Dillon, member" federal radio commission. . Oct 11 F. D. Stout. PM,'ntcu. Missouri Southern railroad ana -cago capitalist . Jtl Oct 22 Cardinal O Donnell Dr"n!" of Ireland. Oct. 23-MaJ. Gen. J. T. Dick"" 'bt. 29 John J. Mitchell. Offl financier. Archbishop J. O. Hartj Omaha. Rear Admiral J. M. UeM. 1- a N retired. , .,). i Oct 31 John Luther Lonv APL, csn nnthnr and nlaywrlght Elizabeth Harrison, pioneer in ki" assist archevOloglst g Gua(enllW minister to United States. -j Nov. 10 James C. Brady, Ne financier. Mnt Nov. 11 W. K. James. PrefSk American Farm Congress, In si- MNot. 12 J. N. Huston, frr,JS nrer of United States, In Wasniw Nov. 17 Mulai Yusef. sultan oi rocco, - ,., u Charles Mellen, noted rail" " in Concord, N. H. i.. statu Dr. J. J. Muir. chaplain United "not1 24-Ionel Bratiano. premier' virtual dictator of Rumania. Rear Admiral W. H. Bullard. cn man of federal radio commission- f Nov. 26 John Cardinal Bor. Rome. - .hMtl Nov. 29 Henry W. Savage. tnel producer, in Boston. -tiance" v Dec. 1 Herbert S. HadleV, f of Washington university. . and former governor of fore Dec. 12 XL D. Ratcbford. ( president of United" Mine Massillon, Ohio. im't,i Dec. 13 Ellen M. Stone. AWj j, missionary who was .A, Macedonian bandits In J"1- imci" Dec 14 James M, Allison, J 1st, in, New York. t' Dc. 19 Willis Moore, font)" cl United States weather hu" ( by Westers Newspaper V" |