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Show REVIEW OF THE EVEHTSOF 1 924 Chief Happenings of the Past Twelve Month at Home and in Other Lands. DAWES PLAN IN EFFECT Europe on th Way to Economic Recovery Re-covery British Labor Government Govern-ment Overthrown Republican! Win Gredt Victory In American Ameri-can Election Flight of Army Plane! Around World. By EDWARD W. PICKARD M mi.v fM-niK nf great moment iiunk.-.l Hi.- j.ar lb-' I. First of these In 1 1 1 1 1 i i r I n 11 1 i! uinloiible'lly was the f.. ruiiiliini.il, ml. .. III. il mi' I iiittliii lnlo (ij.. inn. .11 at Hie ImuiM 'I ii tr the I .ii 1 1 1 -1 r nt (Iitiiiiiii reparations iinil Indirectly Hi.. Iluanclnl iin.1 . 1 1 1 1 1 i leg.-u.-i alien of 1 1 1 ii I country nml Lu-r..... Lu-r..... j.- -( i i; 1 1 1 y . 'I In- Mir. ess of this h.licllie lliciihs 111 111 ' J for III' entire civilize. civ-ilize. I world, liming been devised i i J 1 1 1 1 1 V b.V Americans, It ll'lil.S In lln; prciMge ir America. Willi urn- lew nml lint especially Important 1 1 1 1 -1 - 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 ' . The oil I -Htiiiiillng lines wore the -1 v 1 1 war for tin ci .ii I r. .1 nf the gov eminent of ( ' I i f i ti , tin; attempt nf S hi i ii lo con iiii'i' tlic rebellious tribesmen nf Morocco, Mo-rocco, lln- h ii i j i rivssl on of ii rebellion In Meb o ii i I ii long drawn-nut revolutionary revo-lutionary iiiovement 111 Brazil. There were also several of tbe always-to-be-cn'Cleil Internecine conflicts In Con-tnil Con-tnil America. (In the whole Mars hinl nilher mm Idle yenr. Fur it time the ii I it it ii I .si s talked of wnr between the United Slntes nml Japan over tlie Japanese exclusion eliuise In tlie new Ai linn Immigration In w, hut tlie crisis wns passed Hiil'ely, for tlie time III le.iul Great I'.i'ltnln experienced tlie novelty nov-elty of being under a I.nbor govern-inent govern-inent which whs fairly successful nnlll ltt got tangled up with the Russian Soviets, whereupon It w as ousleil, the ( 'onsen at Ives winning the parliamentary parliamen-tary elections by large majorities. Stanley Baldwin n ir.i In became prime niltilsler. I luring the lirst quarter of the year ttie soviet government of Russia won recognit ion from almost every Important country except !he United Slates, lint the soviet leaders conl limed to recede from their Bolshevik Bol-shevik principles. Socialists captured tlie government of France and llerriot became premier, l'resident Muslnpha Kemal of Turkey and Dictator Mussolini Musso-lini of Italy w ere subjected to so ere nltacks from political opponents anil were forced to more liberal attitudes. In the Fulled States the lowest event of tlie year was tlie national flection, together with the sensational Democratic convention which resulted In the nomination of John XV. Pa vis and t'hnrles V. Bryan, and 'lie iinle-pendent iinle-pendent candidacy of ?i:oVur I.nFol-lette I.nFol-lette ami Senator Wheeler on a radical radi-cal platform. Despite (lie oil reserve scandal that had laid the Republican administration open to attack, the voters of tlie land, by a plurality of about 10.000.IK1. decided that Calvin Coolidge should continue in tlie presidential presi-dential ollice, with Charles dates Pawes as vice president. Paring tlie lone months of tlie campaign business In the Fnlted States had languished, but Immediately after the election It revived rapidly, and at the same time there began u considerable boom In securities on the stock exchanges. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AF-FAIRS When the year began the matter of German reparations was still foremost unions the problems awaiting settlement. settle-ment. The commission of experts appointed ap-pointed by tlie reparations commission an. 1 headed by den. Charles C. Pawes of America began its work January 14 Willi the examination of dermany's capacity ca-pacity to pay. It functioned rapidly and with precision, formulated what has been known as Hie Pawes plan, n ml submitted its report on April ;V Two days later this was accepted by t'ie reparations commission, and on April to it was approved bv the Herman Her-man and British governments. Belgium, Bel-gium, Italy and Japan accepted it on April 20. but France, mainlv for political po-litical reasons, withheld approval for the tune being. On Julv lo Owen P. Young of San Francisco 1U i opted the position of fiscal agent of the Pawes plan, and the same dav the allied premiers met in London to discuss dis-cuss the operation of tlie scheme Later they invited Germain- to send a delegation, and the conference resulted result-ed m complete agreement. France promised to evacuate the Ruhr within a year, and almost immediately be-m o set her military and civil forces out of the region. The London agreement was ratit:ed by tlie parliaments t'e derman rvivhstag passed the bi!U necessary nec-essary for the operation of tlie plan and the pact was formally signed on August :;.i. It was the oniy scheme yet pat forward upon which, the various rations could agree, and its adoption was hailed the wo;-;, over as t'.0 he-ginning he-ginning of the recuperation of Furore ' from the disastro-s effects of the war dermai'.y began making p-tv-eats mnier tlie Pawes plan on September 2. Next day Seymour Farker diibert. a young American financial expert was appointed agent general of reparations, repa-rations, and on October 10 the big loan to Germany was offered to the world. It was promptly heavily over- vilo.Tll.ol In most countries. Gerti.ac ind-iitry r.-sj r.'nrty and fh n:;oofh and et!i'!.-nt operation of tiie ..-i ws plan s-.-in.-l aojr.-d. s.....',il attempt were li.ad- dur'n,' tl.e war to forward the f. jrtl.fr r.-.luc- rloo lit nrn-aments by ugre.-iueru. but nothing d.-I!nite was uoooinpll sl.ed un-i un-i til S..pr..ui.er, wbi-n I'rime Minister M,i. li.-ioild of dr. -at Britain submitted submit-ted to the l..-nue of .N'aiion.s bis plan for mi International agreement for security, se-curity, arbitration and disarmament. 'I he d,s 'ii.-.si..n was heated, and Japan refu-.-. to adlere because the plan prohibited wars based on Internal policies poli-cies of nations. Her delegates did not conceal tbe fact that they were referring re-ferring especially to the JapuneHe ex-eliisloii ex-eliisloii clause of the American Immigration Immi-gration law, which already had caused protests from Tokyo and boycotts and threats against Americans In Japan. They Insisted tbe agreement must provide pro-vide that any nation might ask the league to arbitrate Internal affairs of any other nation, and tlie league assembly as-sembly yielded to them and adopted the protocol with .such amendment. Assent of tlie legislative bodies of all member nations of course was requisite, requi-site, and as time went on It became evident this could not be obtained. Tin.' I'.ritlsli parliament, It was believed, be-lieved, w as almost certain not to agree since Canada, Australia and New Zealand Zea-land were bitterly opposed. In October drcat I'.rltain and Turkey Tur-key were at swords' points over the ..I.I Mosul oil holds dispute, hut they submitted the matter to the League nf Vat ions council, which ordered the stalus ii no be maintained for the present. pres-ent. Sir Lee Stack, sirdar of the Egyptian Egyp-tian army and governor general of the Sudan, was murdered by Egyptian nationalists na-tionalists in November. The British government, swiftly moving warships and troops to strategic positions, demanded de-manded an apology. Indemnity of $2,-v.OO.tlOt), $2,-v.OO.tlOt), punishment of the assassins, and, most Important, concessions concerning con-cerning the Sudan and the great Irrigation Irri-gation project there. Premier Zagloul I'asha resigned and Zhvar, his successor suc-cessor yielded to all the demands. The root of the trouble was the control of the Sudan, which wns claimed by both na I Ions Clreat Britain's war debt to the United Unit-ed States was funded on a basis generally gen-erally sallsfactory, and late in the year France began negotiations to fund her debt to us. The British government at once announced that if France or any other nation that was In debt to Britain Brit-ain paid tlie United States, she would expect to receive payment from them In proportion. This checked the proceedings pro-ceedings for the time. Poland already laid arranged for the funding of her American debt. The Irish Free Slate registered with I he League of Nations tlie treaty with England by which it was granted its measure of Independence, but In December De-cember the British government protested pro-tested against this action, asserting that the league had nothing to do with arrangements between sections of the British empire. FOREIGN AFFAIRS With the aid of the Liberals in parliament, par-liament, the Labor government of dreat Britain functioned through most of the year. It took ollice on January 2 with Ramsay MacPonald as prime ninlster. Its policies were fairly moderate, mod-erate, but several of Its bills were beaten, notably those for the aid of the poor and for the nationalization of mines. It did not resign because no party then had a majority in parliament. parlia-ment. However, the people rebelled against the treaties with soviet Russia Rus-sia which MacPonald negotiated, and on October S tlie house of commons refused him a vote of confidence. Parliament Par-liament was at once prorogued and the general election set for October -i At the polls the Conservatives won an overwiiclnung victory, getting 413 of the G15 seats in the house. The Liberal party seemed almost wiped out and the Lahorites suffered heavy losses. Stanley Baldwin was selected to be prime minister again and on November No-vember C bis government took office. To the great relief of France, Austen Chamberlain was made foreign secretary secre-tary instead of Lord Curzon. Winston Churchill, a free trader and determined deter-mined foe of socialism, was named chancellor of tlie exchequer. England's most serious trouble internally in-ternally continued to be unemployment. unemploy-ment. This increased through tlie year, and so, unfortunately, did the cost of living. In February' there was a great dockers' strike which threatened threat-ened to cut off most of the country's food supplies. But through the efforts of MacPonald and his colleagues it was soon settled. France changed her government twice. Premier Toincnre was not in sympathy with the movement to restore re-store friendly relations with Germany and on June 1 he resigned. Francois-Marsal Francois-Marsal formed a ministry which lasTed only a few days, and then Fresident Millerand aiso gave up his ollice The radical Socialists who are not so radical there as In some countries-took countries-took charge and made F.douard Kernel: Ker-nel: premier, after Gaston Pomergue -ad been elected President. On September Sep-tember :;o France turned out a Iml-Mved Iml-Mved budget for the first time in ten years. Austria in November lost the invaluable inval-uable services of her chancellor, M-r eipei. who resigned because of a genera gen-era railway strike for higher wages T . :her "'..satisfactory conditions !.ue largely to the greedy profiteers of .enr.a. He w:-.s succeeded bv Ru. ! ;,,!!:h Kamek' At one time or another during tlie year the governments of ! Japan. Belgium. Albania. South Africa ! go-Siavia, Finland and Portugal also" changed hands. Greece went "further than that. Venizelos formed a ministry minis-try in January, was succeeded by Kar- l famlnris In February, und he ;u fol- lo-Aed by i'a;..ai:.'ts!asiuu In March. n Mar.Ii z the assembly, Ignoring tiie protests of Great Britain, voted to de : posi- d;i- dlu.-k.s' otir dynasty and establish es-tablish a republic, subject to a plebiscite. plebis-cite. The people voted in favor of the republic on April 13 and the royal family went Into exile. Nicolai Lenin, the master mind of soviet Ilussiu, who had been Incapacitated for a long time, died on January 21 and Alexis I. Rykov was chosen to succeed him as premier. The funeral of Lenin was an 'Xtra..rdinary demotiatratlon and bis tomb has become the national shrine. The Turkish assembly voted on March 3 to depose the caliph and abolish abol-ish the cullphate and next day the caliph left for Switzerland. President Mustapha Kemal worked hard for the prosperity of his country, but his dictatorial dic-tatorial methods brought about a powerful pow-erful combination of his opponents that gave him much trouble. In November No-vember this group forced the resigna tion of Premier Ismet Pasha, the President's Pres-ident's right-hand man; lie was succeeded suc-ceeded by Fethi Bey. Arabia's radical religionists, the Wnhnbls, under Ibn Saud revolted against the rule of King Hussein of the Hedjaz and that monarch abdicated abdi-cated on October 3 at the demand of (he citizens of Mecca and Jeddah. Emir Ali, his son, was put on the throne, but had no better success than his father, for in tlie middle of October Octo-ber Wnhnbls occupied Mecca. Germany's reichstag was dissolved March I,'! and a hot campaign ensued, the Nationalists planning to restore the monarchy. In the elections the Social Democrats easily won. The cabinet of Chancellor Marx resigned May 27. but he was retained in office. Again In October the reichstag was dissolved, Marx having failed to reorganize re-organize the ministry satisfactorily. Thereupon lie cut loose entirely from the Nationalists. New elections were held December 7. On November 7 the German budget was balanced for the first time since the war. The reichstag reichs-tag elections came on December 7 and the three parties supporting tlie republic repub-lic and the Dawes plan won the most seats. However, Chancellor Marx found It so difficult to form a new cnbi- net that he and bis ministers" resigned on December 15, carrying on until their successors could be chosen. The Fascist! won the Italian elections elec-tions on April 6, but the tide against Fascism rose steadily. SIg. Matteotti, a Socialist deputy, was kidnaped and murdered by FaschrtI In June and Premier Pre-mier Mussolini faced a crisis which he survived only by the most energetic action. He dissolved the national militia mi-litia and reorganized bis government, and some of his prominent supporters were ousted. His opponents were kepi fairly quiet until November when, confronted by another attack In parliament, par-liament, Mussolini frankly admitted the faults of the Fascists and promised prom-ised to punish their excesses and to curb their utterances, beginning with . himself. China's civil war for 1924 broke out September 3 in tlie Shanghai region between the armies of Chekiang and Kiangsu provinces, the former being backed by Gen. Wu Pei-fu, military chieftain of the Peking government and the hitter having the moral support sup-port of Marshal Chang Tso-lin of Manchuria. Man-churia. The Chekiang troops were victorious after a long campnign, but meanwhile Chang had moved on Peking and defeated his old enemy Wu, partly through the treachery of tlie hitter's chief general, Feng Yu-hsiang. Yu-hsiang. President Tsao Kun resigned. Feng took possession of Peking, but wns practically eliminated by Chang, and the Manchurian made Tuan Chi-jui Chi-jui bead of a provisional government. On this side of the Atlantic there was the long drawn-out rebellion in tlie state of Rio do Sul, Brazil, the chief effect of which elsewhere was the Increase In the price of coffee ; and, early in tlie year, an attempted revolution in Mexico which caused the federal government a lot of trouble. Gen. I'lutarco Calles was elected President Pres-ident of Mexico and was inaugurated on December 1. Gonzales Cordova was elected President of Ecuador, Horacio Vasquez of Santo Domingo,' Carlos Solorzano of Nicaragua and Gerardo Maehado of Cuba. There was a rebellion In Honduras in the spring that was ended through the intervention interven-tion of the United States, and a treaty of pence by the Central American nations na-tions was signed. In Chile a military group came, to the fore and caused President Alessandri to resign. However, How-ever, the senate refused his resignation resigna-tion and gave him six months' leave in Europe. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Politics consumed a vast amount of time and energy in the United States, as Is tbe case every four years. There was little doubt from the first that the Republicans would nominate President Pres-ident Coolidge to succeed himself. Both Senator Hiram Johnson and Senator Robert M. LaFollette were candidates in the preferential primary states, but the former won almost no delegates and tlie latter only those from Wisconsin. Wiscon-sin. The convention w as held In Cleveland, Cleve-land, opening on June 10 with Frank W. Mondell as chairman. The Wisconsin Wis-consin delegation presented LaFol-lette's LaFol-lette's substitute platform, which had no support outside that delegation, and it also cast its vote for tlie senator. sena-tor. Coolidge was nominated on the first ballot, tbe vote being: Coolidge LOvo; LaFollette, 34: Johnson, in' trunk O. Louden of Illinois was nominated nomi-nated for vice president, but declined end the place was given to Gen t-hanes Gates Dawes of Chicago Ihe Democrats convened in New l ork on June 24 and did not complete their work until the early morning of July 10 the most protracted national convention in tie nl8tory of politics. Nearly a score of names I were presented for the presidential nomination, with William G. MeAdoo and G..v. Ai Smith of New York leading. lead-ing. The former was credited with support from die Ku Klux kian and the latter is a Roman Catholic, therefore there-fore the religious issue became de-ph.rably de-ph.rably prominent. The committee on resolutions struggled over two points especially whether or not the klan should be denounced by name and whether or not the party should declare itself definitely in favor of American membership in the League of Nations. Both questions went before be-fore the convention in minority reports and many fiery speeches were made. The-delegates decided not to name the klan and not to declare for league membership. Balloting for a presidential presi-dential nominee began June "0 and it was Immediately apparent that there was a deadlock, for neither MeAdoo nor Smith wouljj give way unless the other would do tbe same. Day after flay the voting went on, most of the other aspirants dropping out one by one. As the one hundredth ballot drew near the vote for John XV. Davis began be-gan to grow. On the one hundred and third ballot the break came and Davis obtained a majority. The nomination wns then made unanimous. Out of a dozen names put up for the vice presidency, pres-idency, Mr. Davis selected that of Charles W. Bryan, governor of Nebraska Ne-braska and brother of William J., and he wns nominated. Willie this wns going on Senator LaFollette La-Follette became tiie candidate of a third party that called Itself the Progressive, Pro-gressive, lie was Indorsed by tlie chiefs of the Federation of Labor, and, apparently against his will, by the Socialist party. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana was given second sec-ond place on the ticket. There were several other candidates, as usual, who cut no figure in the results. The evident plan of the LaFollette following follow-ing was to cause a deadlock in the electoral college and throw the election elec-tion Into congress. When the votes of the nation were counted on the night of November 4 It was found that Coolidge had carried 35 states, with 382 votes In the elec-totl elec-totl college; Davis had carried 12 states, all In the "Solid South," with 130 electoral votes, and LaFollette had won only the 13 electoral votes of Wisconsin. Coolidge's popular plurality plural-ity was nearly 10,000,000. The Republicans Re-publicans also won complete control of the next congress. Among the interesting results of the day was the election of two women as governors of states. They are Mrs. Miriam Ferguson of Texas and Mrs. Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming. AI Smith gave an impressive demonstration of his popularity by overcoming a huge Republican plurality in New York stat and defeating Theodore Roosevelt, Roose-velt, Jr., for the governorship. Scandal resulting from the leasing of naval oil reserve lands furnished material for bitter attacks on the administration ad-ministration and for long investigations investiga-tions by senatorial committees. Albert H. Fall, former secretary of the interior, in-terior, was badly Involved, and others were smirched. Secretary of the Navy Penby resigned under pressure. President Presi-dent Coolidge and congress took steps to bring the guilty to justice and to recover the reserves. Court proceedings proceed-ings are still going on. Congress gave considerable time to a bill for tax reduction re-duction and passed a measure that included in-cluded many features urged by the Democrats and insurgent Republicans. A soldiers' bonus bill also was passed. The President vetoed it, hut both house and senate overrode the veto. An immigration bill before congress contained a clause that would exclude the Japanese. The ambassador from Tokyo protested agninst this, and so vexed congress that the measure was quickly passed and signed by the President. Pres-ident. Four airplanes manned by eight army pilots started on a flight around tlie world from Santa Monica, Cal., on March 17. In the Alaskan Islands the commander, Major Martin, and his plane came to grief and the other planes continued the flight. With many vicissitudes and some exciting experiences the flyers made their way to .Tapa.i, China, India, and so on thr ough Europe to Iceland, where another an-other plane was wrecked. The two remaining planes successfully flew to Greenland and thence home. Aviators of several other nations attempted the same feat, but all failed. Curtis D. Wilbur of California became be-came secretary of the navy on March 14 when Mr. Penby retired. Attorney General Daugherty resigned March 28 at tbe request of the President be cause his official actions were assailed and under investigation. He was succeeded suc-ceeded by Harlan Flske Stone of New-York. New-York. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Wal-lace died October 25 and Howard Gore was named to till the post until March 4. Friendly relations with Mexico haying hay-ing been restored, Charles B. Warren was appointed ambassador in February. Feb-ruary. Later he resigned and James R. Sheffield of New York was named Cyrus Woods, ambassador to Japan resigned in May and in August Edgar A. Bancroft of Chicago was given that post. Hugh S. Gibson was made minister min-ister to Switzerland in March Congress began the short session on December 1. President Coolidge in his message urged economy and tax reduction re-duction ami measures to relieve ngri culture, declared himself In fvor of further reduction of armaments ad-neren.-e to the permanent court of In fernational justice, against joining the I League of Nations and against o n" -eb f ,r"r ,,eb" " "e" nu" staies by other nations The senate on December 11 passed oTh bU'Vnmns $uoA. 0W for the rehabilitation of the navy The annual reports of the secretaries ot war and the aav, and of Mv .col 1 commissions stressed the steady decline de-cline in our defenses on land and sea and in the air. but the President indicated indi-cated that he was not in sympathy with the demands for huge sums to be expended on armament. The house passed the Interior department appropriation appro-priation bill carrying u total of S23S,-000,000. S23S,-000,000. Congress took a holiday recess from December 20 to December 20. On December 8 two huge public benefactions ben-efactions were announced. "James B. Duke, tobacco and power magnate, gave $40,000,000 to educational institutions institu-tions in North and South Carolina; and George Eastman, bead of the Eastman East-man Kodak company of Rochester, N. Y., gave $12,500,000 to colleges, schools and hospitals. INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR Labor in the United States had a prosperous and in general a quiet year. There was not one general strike; wages maintained their high level and In mnny Instances were increased. in-creased. The New York Central Railway Rail-way company Increased the pay of 15,-000 15,-000 employees on January 22; Chicago teamsters won an increase in February Feb-ruary by a short strike, and so did several other local unions later. Wages of various classes of railway employees em-ployees were raised during the year by tlie federal board. Only the textile workers of Maine suffered a reduction, in November. Silk workers of Pater-son. Pater-son. N. J went on strike and so did the garment workers of both New York and Chicago. The American Federation of Labor held its convention in El Paso, Texas. Communism and the labor party movement were ngain squelched, and Samuel Gonipers was re-elected president. presi-dent. He and many of the delegates went to Mexico City for the convention conven-tion of the Pan-American Labor Federation. Fed-eration. Mr. Gompers was elected president of that body. While there he suddenly fell ill and was hurriedly brought back to San Antonio, where he died on December 13. In July the federal trade commission commis-sion ordered all steel companies to abandon the "Pittsburgh plus" system, sys-tem, which was said to work injustice to the Middle West. The commission also accused the Aluminum Company of America of questionable practices. Organized labor won a great victory on October 20 when the Supreme conrt of the United Sfates ruled that federal fed-eral courts must grant jury trials in contempt cases growing out of labor disputes. . DISASTERS While there was in 1924 no such terrific disaster as the Japanese earthquake earth-quake of the previous year, the list of quakes, conflagrations, mine explosions, explo-sions, tornadoes and other visitations was long and the loss of life was heavy. The Red Cross was kept busy throughout the year. The worst of these occurrences were as follows : January 3, explosion in starch factory in Pekin, 111., 36 killed; January 10, British submarine with crew of 43 sunk in collision ; January 15 and 16, severe earthquakes In Japan, India and Colombia ; January 26, coal mine explosion at Shanktown, Pa., 40 killed; February 5, 42 killed when pond broke through into iron mine near Cros'.v, Minn. ; March 1, explosion of TNTSit Nixon, N. J., killed IS; March 4, San Jose, Costa Rica, half wrecked by quake; March 8, mine explosion at Castle Gate, Utah, killed 175; March 26, landslide near Amalfl, Italy, killed 100; April 28, mine explosion at Wheeling, W. Va., fatal to 111; April 30, destructive and fatal tornadoes in Southern states ; May 27, tornadoes in South killed 45; May . 28, Bucharest arsenal blew up with great loss of life; May 31, 22 inmates of defective girls' school in California burned to death; June 12, turret explosion on battleship Mississippi killed 48; June 28, tornado killed 150 and did vast damage at Lorain, Ohio; in August, thousands killed in floods in China and Formosa, and 80 lives lost in Virgin Vir-gin Islands hurricane; September 16, mine explosion at Sublet, Wyo., killed 39; September 21, storms in Wisconsin fatal to 58; October 20, 14 killed by explosion on U. S. S. Trenton; November Novem-ber 12, hundreds of lives lost in earthquakes earth-quakes in Java ; November 14 and 1G, destructive conflagrations in Jersev City, N. J. y NECROLOGY Of the many notable men and women wom-en who were claimed bv death during the year these were the more famous In January: Mrs. Martha Foote Crowe, author and educator; Rev. S Baring Gould, English author; former Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia Vir-ginia ; John Leyland, English naval authority; Alfred Gruenfeld, Austrian composer; A. F. Adams, impressario of musicians; Dr. Basil Gildersleeve, American savant; former Senator XV. V. Allen of Nebraska; George Cram Cook, author and playwright; Dr Maurice Francis Egan, diplomat nnd author; Nlcolnl Lenin, premier of Russia Rus-sia ; Gen. Lee Christmas, soldier of fortune: W. C. Fox, former minister to Ecuador; Grand Duchess Marie of Luxemburg. In February: Dr. L. S. McMurtry, loted surgeon ; Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth President of United S'ates; Rear Admiral T. O. Selfridge; Col. William Lightfoot Visscher, soi-Ili-r and writer; Pierce Anderson, Chi-ftigo Chi-ftigo architect; Dr. Jacques Loeb, biologist ; Rev. Mother Vincent de I'aui, superior general of Gray Nuns of the Sacred Heart; Bishop Alexander Alexan-der B. Garrett In Texas; Bishop .7. E. Gunn of Mississippi; R. F. Goodman, millionaire lumberman of Wisconsin: ConfTS5!RJM-H. G. Dupre of Louisiana Louisi-ana ; Bishop T. Meerschaert of Oklahoma; Okla-homa; ei-Coinressm.au J. L. Blayden "f Texas; George Randolph Ch," author; Mrs. Lydia Coonlev w riter. " ra. In March: Ex-Congressman J x, Uevy of New York; W. F. Lee nj cago publisher; A. H. Smith, 't New lork Ceatral; Daniel Rid Knight, American artist; Gen V Danglis Greek soldier and statesman Lopez Gulterrez, de facto pre7dea of Honduras; Federal Judges F r Baker and G. W. Jack ; Dr. W. O Stm nn, head of American Humane all' cation; Dean N. C. Ricker of CnE s. -v of Illinois; Newton Fuessle noT elist; Rrney Barnard, comedian oT Robert Niveile . defender of V L,r- -I- C. Mendenhall, educator James McNa.ly, Chicago publish Z-Sir Z-Sir Charles Stanford. Irish Wnm: or. I A. Baker, general superinten (lent Anti-Saloon league; Glen C Donough, musical comedv librettist In April: Charles A. Munn. pul,.1 Usher Scientific American ; ex-Sen',, M. A. Smith of Arizona; Hugo Stinno. German industrial magnate; William Bayard Hale, American journalist. Louis II. Sullivan, eminent Ciilourn architect; F. X. Leyendecker. artlM-Eleonora artlM-Eleonora Duse, Italian actress; sUrii, Corelll, English novelist; Lindon W Bates, American waterway expert. Karl HellTerich, German statesman' J. Sloat Fassett, New York political leader; G. Stanley Hall, psychology. Charles F. Murphy, head of Tanimmiv Hall ; ex-Gov. E. L. Norris of Mn. tana; Niels Gron, Danish-American diplomat; Sir Horace Nugent, English statesman. " In May: H. M. Byliesby, financier and engineer; Dean C.-. Worcester scientist; Kate Claxton, actress; Mrs" Hubert Work, wife of secretary of Interior; In-terior; Katie Putnam, veteran actress; H. II, Windsor, publisher of Popular Mechanics; George Kennan, traveler and writer; Baron Constant d'Estour-nelles d'Estour-nelles of France ; Sir Edward Gosehen, British diplomat ; Victor Herbert, composer; com-poser; Aaron Hoffman, playwright; Paul Cambon, French diplomat. In June: Bishop H. C. Stunz of Omaha ; E. S. Bronson, president National Na-tional Editorial association ; Peter Clark Macfarlane, author; Frank G. Carpenter, traveler and writer. In July: A. A. Adee, second assistant assist-ant secretary of state; Calvin Coolidge, Cool-idge, Jr., son of the President; Palmer Cox, author and artist ; Ferruccio Bu-sonl, Bu-sonl, composer; Edward Peple, drum-ntist. drum-ntist. In August: George Slilrns, former justice of United States Supreme court ; Joseph Conrad, author, in England; Eng-land; ex-Senator C. E. Townsend of Michigan ; Mary Stuart Cutting, novelist nov-elist ; Mrs. Joseph Jefferson, widow nf the actor; Dr. Richard Green Moulton, educator; Senator LeBaron B. Colt of Rhode Island ; Mrs. Lucy Page Gaston, Gas-ton, anti-cigarette crusader: Charles B. Lewis ("M. Quad"), humorist; Adolph Seeman, pioneer circus man; Julia Reinhardt, actress. . In September: Edward F. Geers, noted harness driver; Dario Resta, automobile racer; Maria T. Daviess, author; Frank Chance, noted baseball player and manager; Charles Zenlilin, educator; ex-Gov. W. L. Douglas of Massachusetts; J. W. Schaeberle, astronomer; as-tronomer; James Carrutliers, "wheat king" of Canada ;: ex-Senator R. J. Gamble- of South Dakota; Congressman Congress-man W. R. Greene of Massachusetts; Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer, President Harding's physician ; Estrada Cabrera, ' ex-President of Guatemala,' Charlotte Crabtree (Lotta), veteran actress; H. L. Bridgeman, New York publisher. In October: Sir William Price, Ca- . nadian capitalist ; ex-Gov. Warren Garst of Iowa ; Dr. W. A. Shanklin, educator; Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago Chi-cago banker and art patron; Anatole France, dean of French letters; B. L. Parkin, astronomer; Dr. L. C. Seelye, first president of Smith colleger Senator Sena-tor Frank Brandegee of Connecticut; ! H. H. Kolhsaat, former Chicago news- I paper publisher; Admiral Sir Percy Scott, British gunnery expert; F. Wight Neumann, impressario; ex-Gov. H. A. Buchtel of Colorado; John E. Wright, journalist; Secretary of Agriculture Agri-culture Henry C. W'allacer Laura Jean Libbey, novelist; Lew Dockstader, minstrel ; Percy D. Haughton, football foot-ball authority; Gen. XV. B. Haldeman, commander of United Confederate Veterans; James B. Forgan, Chicago banker; Edward Bell, American diplomat; diplo-mat; W. E. Lewis, publisher New York Telegraph ; T. C. Ilarbaugh, author au-thor of Nick Carter stories; Frances Hodgson Burnett, author. In November: Kai Neitson, Danish sculptor; T. K. Cornish, first president of Bell Telenhone company; ex-Sena tor Cornelius Cole of California; Ferdinand Peck, pioneer Chlcag'oan; Gabriel Faure, French composer; Gen. Anson Mills; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts; ex-Gov. W. K. Kitchin of North Carolina; President Presi-dent Samuel I'lantz of Lawrence college, col-lege, Appleton, Wis.; E. S. Montagu, ' English statesman; E. E. Rica, theatrical the-atrical producer; Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Sr.; A. N. McKay, editor Salt Lake Tribune; Cardinal Logue of Ireland; Thomas H. Ince, moving picture producer; pro-ducer; Gen. Sir Lee Stack, sirdar of Egyptian army ; Mrs. Warren G. Harding;' Hard-ing;' C. S. Fairchlld, former secretary of tbe treasury; Duke of Beaufort; Giacomo Puccini, Itnliap composer. In December: Ciprlano Castro, former for-mer dictator of Venezuela ; Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, novelist; XV. C. Brown, former president New York Central' Bishop H. J. Alerding of Fort Wa. Ind. ; William C. Reick, Jo'-' Chief Grand Rabbi Isaac T Vienna, In New York; former justice of the .' court ; August Belmor sportsman; Edward F j artist ; Samuel G' o American Federatl- ..- gressman T. F. ' sey ; Martin F. of New York lia. 1925. T |