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Show THE PROGRESS SLOW DURING THE YEAR Heavy Taxes, Chaotic Financial Conditions and Minor Wars Hamper Recovery in 1921. HOPE COMES NEAR ITS END Washington Conferenoe on Armament . Limitation the Moat Important Event What President Hard. ( Ing's Administration and ( ' tla Congress Have Accomplished. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Back to Normalcy was the slogan of 1021, not only In America but In all the civilized nations of the world. But minor wars, Internal economic disturbances, chaotic financial conditions In Europe, widespread unemployment, famine In Russia and other hindrances made progress In the right direction plow, excepting, perhaps, in the United (States. When the year opened the peoples were groaning under the burden of taxation and depression resulting from the World war. As It drew to a close they were still groaning but had hopefully turned their eyes toward Washington, where the represents tires of great powers were negotiating International agreements that would eliminate some of the causes of war, especially In the Far East, and limit the means of making war. In the set cess of this conference and of others that might grow out of It lay for the time being the hope of humanity. Efforts to enforce the terms of. the treaty of Versailles resulted in conflicts among some of the new nations created by that pact, and several of the older nations were Involved In warfare. Germany, working fast to recover her old position in the world of commerce, was hampered by the disastrous decline In the value of the mark, and her leaders protested continually that she could not possibly pay fhe war indemnity. Peace negotiations between the British government and Sinn Fein were brought to a successful conclusion by which the Irish Free State was constituted. f INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The League of Notions, though functioning without the of the United States, accomplished much during the year, chiefly through Its council, which met In Paris on February 21 and Immediately referred proposed amendments to the covenant to a committee. President Wilson, who during January had withdraws the American representatives from the council of ambassadors and the reparations commission, on February 23 sent to the league council a strong protest against the Inclusion of the Island of Yap In territories subjected to the mandate of Japan, and also formally demanded for America a pole In the disposal of the former German colonies. The council la reply said It was not concerned with the allocation of Yap to Japan and Invited the United States to take part In discussions concerning the Turkish and African toandutes. A month after the Republican administration took office Secretary of State Ilughes reiterated Mr. Wilson's stand concerning Tap and mandates In general, and later France and Italy Indorsed America's position In the controversy over the Island, though Japan formally refused to give up her mandate. Thereafter that dispute was the subject of long drawn-ou- t negotiations between the United States and Japan which ltd to treaty by which the United States was assured equal rights In Yep and other Islands mandated to i Japan. The council of ambassadors In January gave Germany more time to disarm, appointed a commission to pass on Austria's economic status, decided that Latvia and Esthonla should be recognised as sovereign states, and then fixed the German reparations at 224,000,000.000 gold marks, payable In annual Installments, and 12 per cent tax on exports during the period of decision payment. This reparation created consternation In Germany an4 Berlin at once began efforts to persuade the United States to Intervene In her behalf. The Wilson admlnlstra-tiomode no response, DUt on April 2 Hughes Informed the United Slates would not countenance her escaping full respon-slblllt- y the war or Ratlin out of paying to the llojlt of Iht ability. A few days earlier, Berlin hnvlng fulled to make. the first payments, French troops occnplod Iueseldnrf, I Mils, burg and llnhrort. The British strongly to this Independent action and Frsix-- e withdrew. It would be tedious to detnll the ne!i:!s'iti over the reparations hill. SuOe It to Wlrth say tlmt Germany, with as chancellor, was compclb-to cept the figures of I.Tl.nm.tion.0'10 gold marks finally derided on by the council, made the payment due during the year hut, on December H. announced that the In major part of the sums due In the eorly psrt of 1912 could not tie rsled. And inre mnny economist agreed that to drive her hit absolute bankruptcy would be disastrous to the rest of the world, toward the che of the year there was Increasing talk of srranglng a moratorium of two to three years for tier. France was the chief objector to such delay, as she relied on the money doe her from Germany, but bl.e showed signs of yielding to the Division of Upper general view. Silesia between Germany and Poland caused a lot of trouble, A plebiscite was held there in March, but both sides asserted It was unfair and early In May the region was invaded by Polish irregulars. Thinly veiled support was given them by the Warsaw gov ernment and also by the French and there succeeded a long series of fights between them and German volunteer forces. The entente cordlale of the allies was near to rupture, but In June British troops entered the territory and began clearing out the Poles. The dispute was referred to the league council which In October announced the boundary lines. Neither Germany nor Poland was satisfied but both accepted the decision- All through the year the Greeks fought the Turkish nationalists In Anatolia, with varying fortune, while the allied powers held aloof, though offering mediation which Greece re fused. In November France made a treaty with the Kemallst government which aroused protests from Great Britain and led to diplomatic negotia tions. The United States formally made peace with the central powers, the treaty with Austria being signed Au gust 24, that with Germany August 25, and the pact with Elungary August 29. In these treaties America reserved all that was given her by the treaty .of Versailles which the senate had re fused to ratify. President Harding on July 10 issued Informal Invitations to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to send representatives to Washington for a conference on limitation of armament and Far East questions. Acceptance from all was already as sured by a process of "feeling out and on August 11 the formal Invita tions went out, China, Belgium, Hol land and Portugal being asked to participate In discussions Involving the Far East. The foremost statesmen of these nine powers were named as delegates and on November 12 the momentous conference opened with Im posing ceremony. Almost Immediate ly Secretary Ilughes put forward America's plan for reduction and limitation of naval armament, Including a naval holiday for ten years, the scrapping of all shipbuilding pro grams, destruction of vessels to a cer tain point and the maintenance of the navies of America, Great Britain and Japan on a basis. The plan was formally accepted by the delegates of those nations on December 15, and to the agreement were added clauses for the preservation of the status quo of naval bases and fortification In the western Poclflc Of almost equal Importance was the four-powpact accepted by the conference on December 13. This was cast In the form of a treaty by which the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan agreed to maintain peace In the Pacific, the Anglo-Ja- p anese treaty being abrogated. China offered some very difficult problems to the conference and all the demands of her delegates were not satisfied. The conferees, however, did enter Into an agreement to remove many of the foeelgn restrictions on China and to respect the territorial and administrative Integrity of the oriental republic and preserve the open door for trade and Industry of all na tions. Direct negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese delegates re sulted in Japan's agreeing to restore Shantung province to China upon re ceiving payment for the railway. It was evident from the first that the conference could not do much In the matter of limitation of land arma ments so long as the situation In central Europe remained so unsettled. Premier Briand was present to give voice to France's needs of protection and fears of aggression by Germany and poesibly by Russia. Ills eloquent speech so far convinced the confer ence that the other powers gave as surance that France would never be left In the "moral Isolation" which she feared. President Harding has clung to his Idea that an association of nations can be formed which would do what the I.erue of Nations cannot do, and on November 25 he put forward the suggestion of s continuing series of conferences like that In Washington, which presumarSy might result In the The formation of j association. Idea was record with favor everyat the French where, eieeTs at ftJi jropewed inclusion of tleimaky. FOREIGN AFFAIRS n tier-man- y fr s. During the first six months of the year the guerrilla warfare ttetween the British forces In Ireland and the Irish continued unabated. "republicans" Murder by the Slim Felners and by the British were of almost dal'y prurience. The Irish were especially exasperated by tin? execution of n numler of prisoners convicted of complicity In the killing of soldiers. The appointment of Lord Tallot, lead-InBritish Roman Catholic, as lord lieutenant of Ireland, failed of Its effect. On Hay 2ft the Sinn Fetncrs burned the Dublin custom turns, nud ? Karnonn do tliey Valera president of the "Irish republic." Meanwhile the new government of on .Tune JW TIMES-NEW- S, Irish Free State. A treaty to this effect was ratified by the British par liament and submitted to dail elreann Ulster was not consulted, but was given the option of becoming a part of the Irish Free state or retaining her status. Angrily she chose the latter. of Austria-Hu- n Charles, gary, made two futile efforts to regain the Hungarian throne. On March 27 he appeared in Hungary without forces and claimed the crown, but Regent northy refused to step aside. Czecho and Rumania slovakia, mobilized to frustrate the coup and the allied council of ambassadors warned Hungary that the restoration of the Hapeburg regime would not be toler ated. So Charles returned to his place of refuge in Switzerland. But he was not through, for on October 21 he and his wife, Zita, went by airplane to Hungary and rallied a considerable number of supporters who proclaimed Charles king. Again the "little entente" prepared for action, but Regent Horthy led his army out of Budapest and defeated the Oarlists in a real battle. The former emperor and empress were taken prisoner, as were a number of prominent Hungarian nobles. Thin allies decreed that Charles must b exiled, and In November he and Zlta were taken to Fa.ncJb.al, Madeira. Russia's year was one of fightlnav famlne and efforts to resume relations with other nations. The soviet government held Its own against repeated revolts, which Included risings of the worklngmen of Moscow, of peasants under Antonov, and an Invasion of the Ukraine by Petlura, which for a time threatened to be successful. Failure of-- the crops brought a terrible famine In the Volga region. Many thousands starved to death and even the American relief administration, which took charge of the situation, could only partially check the disaster. In seeking to break through the ring of Isolation surrounding It, the Moscow government gradually reoeded from Its communistic principles. It sought the aid of foreign capital, and on August 9 It abandoned state ownership of all but a few of the largest Industries. Treaties were made with the Baltic states and with Turkey, and tempting offers of concessions were held out to other nations. In a notable pronouncement on October 21 Premier Lenin admitted the economic defeat of communism. Old King Peter of Serbia died In Belgrade on August 17, and four days later his son Alexander was proHe was claimed king of Jugo-Slavlreluctant to leave Paris, however, and It was not until November 0 that he went to Belgrade and assumed his crown. Portugal was upset by several revolutionary movements toward the close of the year. On August 19 the ministry was overthrown by a nrffl-tar- y coup and several cabinet members. Including Premier Granjo, were assassinated. A few days later a plot of the royalists was uncovered, and In November Carvalho Mesqulta led a re volt. Because of these disorders and of the spread of bolshevlsm the powers began consideration of a plan for intervention. Spain had rebels, also the ' tribesmen of Morocco. Against them she maintained a wearying and expensive warfare for months. And while on the subject of rebellion, mention must be made of the revolt of the Moplahs on the Malabar coast of India, which caused the British government much anooyauee and not a few lives. There were communist outbreaks In Germany In March, and on August 20 Mathlas Erzberger, the German statesman who signed the treaty of Ver sailles, was assassinated. Doctor Wlrth, who became chancellor on May 10, recabinet on October 22, signed with but was persuaded to remain in office and form a new ministry. In November there were riots In many German cities doe to the high prices of food. The chauvinistic element In Japan was active, especially after the Washington conference opened, and on No vember 3 Premier Haro was assassinated. Viscount Takahashl succeeded hlnv The emperor of Japan suffered a complete mental and physical breakdown some time laM year, and Crown Prince Hlrohlto was made regent on November 25. He had lately returned from a tour of Europe. Jugo-Sla-rt- n DOMESTIC AFFAIRS During the early part of the year the country was preparing for the change of administration on March 4. Preetdent-elec- t Harding resigned as senator frota Ohio on Jannsry 9, and the next dny be asked that preparations for an elaborate Inauguration be canculed, feeling that It would be Inconsistent with the urgent need for economy. On February 19 Mr. Har ding announced the appointment of Charles E. Hughes as Ms secretary of atate a choice that met with general approval and on succeeding days he completed his cabinet with these nnmes: Keeretary of the treasury, Andrew W. Mellon: secretary of wnr, John W. Weeks; attorney general. Harry M. Datigl orty ; postmaster gen- erul. Will 11. liny; secretary of the navy, Edwin Denby; secretary of the Interior, Albert H Fall ; .secretary of agriculture, Henry C Wallace; secretary of commerce. Herliert C Hoover; secretary of labor, James J, Dnvls. Mr. Harding was Inaugurated on Match 4 with simple, dignified ceremony, and President Wilson, despite his continued Illness, was able to he present. The senate. In extra session, confirmed the cabinet and a number of other ap-Iwilntinents, and adjourned on March northern Ireland was organized, with Mr James Craig r.s premier, and on June 22 King George went a cross to parliament, I Valera open the t on July U accepted the Invitation of Premier Lloyd tieorge to a conference In txntdon, and truce was announced. Then began the aerie of negotiations that lasted thronth the remainder of 15. Offers end counter-offe- r the year. On the first day of the year General were made, and finally prltain prof- Crowder was sent by President Wilfered Ireland full slat as at a dominion son to Cuba to see what could be done within the empire, to be known as the to restore financial and economic con lnr NEPHI, UTAH ditions there, upset by the collapse of the sugp.r boom. He remained on the island for a long time and succeeded in his mission to a considerable extent. On April 11 telephone communication between the United States and Cuba was opened by an exchange of greetings between Presidents Harding and MenocaL. The United States Supreme court rendered several notable decisions. On January 31 it held that Judge Landls had no lawful right or power to preside over the trial of Victor Berger and other Socialists. On March 28 It ruled that profits from sale of corporate stocks and bonds and capital assets are taxable as Income. On April 11 It refused to review the convictions of Haywood and 79 other L W. W. members. The conviction of Senator Newberry of Michigan and others for alleged violation of the corrupt practices act was set aside on May 2, the act being held void. On June 30 William Howard Toft was appointed chief Justice and was sworn In on October 3. The unemployment situation became so bad during the summer that President Harding called a conference of experts on the subject It began Its sessions on September 26 and, after a long study, established a central bureau and started local employment movements throughout the country. The resulting relief was but partial, for business itself was suffering a general depression. One of the worst race riots In the history of the country broke out In Tulsa, Okla, on May 81. Before It was quelled the negro quarter of the city had been burned and 85 persons had been killed and many wounded. Labor troubles of long standing in West Virginia culminated In an insurrectionary movement by miners which called forth a proclamation by the President ordering them to disperse. Federal troops were sent into the region and the miners soon surrendered. A commission, headed by Gen. Leonard Wood, was sent to the Philippines. It reported In November, recommending against Immediate withdrawal of the United States from the Islands. Meantime General Wood was offered and accepted the post of governor general. The American Legion, In session at Kansas City, elected Lieut. Col. nan-for- d MacNlder of Iowa Its national commander on November 1. The Legion had as guests Marshal Foch of France, General Diaz of Italy, Admiral Beatty of England and other distinguished warriors. These same visitors and many other eminent persons participated, on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, In the ceremony of the burial of America's unknown soldier In the National cemetery at Arlington. Under the budget law which was passed in May Gen. Charles G. Dawes was appointed director general of the federal budget and he. and his aids made notable progress In the way of cutting down the expenses of the government NATIONAL LEGISLATION Not a great deal of legislation was passed by the Republican congress during the last two months of President Wilson's administration. The President vetoed the bill to revive the War Finance corporation on January 2, and congress promptly repassed It On January 12, 17,100,000 was appropriated for enforcement of prohibition. The house decided, on January 19, that Its membership should not be Increased. After much debate congress set the limit of the regular army at 179,000 men. Mr. Wilson vetoed the measure, but It was passed over his veto. On February 26 the President signed the Wlnslow bill, making available to the railroads (370,000,000 from the government guarantee fund. President Harding called congress In extra session on April 11 and nearly all the rest of the year It wan busy with the task of redeeming the pledgee of the Republican- party, with what success mast be left to Individual Judgment Among the first bills passed were emergency tariff and Immigration sets; a new anny bill cutting the army down to 150,000; and the budget bill. On April 30 the senate adopted a resolution declaring the war with Germany and Auxtria at an end: on June 13 the house adopted a resolu tion of similar purport and the measure was finally passed on July 1 and signed the next day by President Herding. Repeated efforts to pass a soldiers' bonus bill came to naught but a soldiers' relief bureau was created on August 2 and Col. C. It. Forbes was made Its director. The house passed both a tax revision bill nnd a tariff bill, but the senate did not get around to the latter. The tax meas ure was enacted Into law on Novem ber 21. Among other Important mensiires passed were u Mil to exempt Amertcnn coastwise shipping from payment of Panama cnnnl tolls; a hill fur government fcgulat'on of the packing Industry; the flS.r-o.oo- o shipping board deficiency 1,111 ; the blliton-dolln- r farm exports credit bill; and various measure relating to enforcement the one prohibition amendment, forbidding the manufacture and stile of e.-- r as medicine. The extra session enine to an end on November 2Tt, and on December 5 emigres met for the regular session. - In January the national con ference of state manufacturers' associations pledged support for the open shop movement. On the last day of that m?ath the railway executives asked that the national working agreements be abrogated ; the railroad brotherhoods appealed to President Wilson to prevent wage reductions but he refused to interfere. By order of the railway labor board some of the working agreements were terminated on July 1 and a wage cut averaging 12 per cent was put into effect The rail ways later announced they would ask further wage cuts. The membership of the brotherhoods decided by vote that a strike should be called on Octo ber 30, but nine allied unions refused to support such a strike, and on an nouncement by the board that it would not consider wage cut requests until all working rale questions had been decided the 6trike order was canceled. On December 1 the board reconstituted the working rules so that the open shop principle was recognized. In the packing Industry there was a wtge reduction In March and a strike was narrowly averted. In September the large packing plants Installed the shop representation system and in November, under this plan, the employees consented to a further reduction of 10 per cent The meat cutters repudiated this and called a strike on Dec. 5, There were many minor strikes, most of them short lived. Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor which held Us convention In Denver In- June. Great Britain's coal miners went on strike on March 1 and for nearly four months the nation's Industries were near collapse. The rail and transport workers refused to go out and the government would not yield to the demands that the mines be national ized, so the miners returned to work on June 38 without having gained lowers. much. SPORTS It was a great ytar for sports. In all lines there was activity and pros contests perity, and International were numerous. Organized basebUl, which had suf fered from the White Sox scandal. rehabilitated Itself by the appointment of Judge Landls as supreme ar biter. The New York Giants and the New Tork Tankees won the National and American league pennants, respectively, and In the series for the world championship the Giants were victorious. The former members of the Chicago White Sox who were accused of conspiracy to "throw the 1019 world's series" were acquitted by a Jury, though not by public opinion. jock Hutchinson of America won the British open golf championship In June. In this country the" titles went as follows : Western amateur, Charles Evans, Jr.; national open, James M. Barnes ; western open, Walter Hagen ; national amateur, Jesse Guilford. The feature In pugilism was the battle for the world's heavyweight title between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentler of France on July 2. The Frenchman was knocked out In the fourth round. Benny Leonard defended the lightweight title against Richie Mitchell on January 14; Jack Britton, welterweight champion, de feated Ted Lewis of England on February 7, and Pete Herman won the bantamweight title from Joe Lynch on July 25. Davis and Johnston, the American tennis team, won the Davis cup In New Zealand on January 1, and Til den won the International champion ship In Paris on June 4, and the American championship on September 19. The Americans again won the Davis cup on September 3 by defeating the Japanese team. The University of Illinois won the Western Conference track and field meet and the National Collegiate athletic meet In June. Tale defeated Harvard In their annual boat race on June 24. The University of Iowa won the Western Conferenct football championship, and Harvard beat Tale on November 19. The East was given two Jolts in football, for the University of Chicago defeated Princeton and Centre college of Kentucky beat Harvard. On November 23 young Jake Schaef-e- r won the world's halkllne championship long held by Willie Hoppe. Sen-ato- 1 lender; Nov. 27, Lieut Col. C. W. Whittlesey, hero of the "lost battalion ;" Nov. 2S, Abdul Baha Abbas, leader of the Bahalst; Nov. 29, Ivan Caryll. composer, and Lord Mount Stephen, creator of the Canadian Pacific railway system. Dee, 1ft, Sir Arthnr Pearson, famous Mind publisher of England; Dec. 11, the earl of HalsbiltT, former British lord high chancellor, Dec. 12. II. Clay Evans of Tennessee, former commissioner of pensions; Dec. 13. Congressman J. A. Elston of California, who committed suicide; Dec. Id, Camilla , noted French composer. Salnt-Saens- DISASTERS NECROLOGY Just the names of the cago ; March 17, Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, educator, lecturer nnd preacher, of Chicago ; March 19, Bert Leston Taylor of the Chicago Tribune, most famous "column conductor"; March 24, James Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore; March 28, Mrs. George M. Pullman, widow of the car builder, and Charles Haddon Chambers, Australian playwright ; March 29, John Burroughs, beloved Amerlcun naturalist April 3, Annie Louise Cary, once famous prima donna; April 8, Julie Opp, actress, and B. E. Wallace, pioneer circus man ; April 9, Archbishop Walsh of Dublin, Sydney Fisher, Canadian statesman, and Ernesto Nathan, former mayor of Rome; April 11, Augusta Victoria, former empress of Germany; April SO, John Robinson, noted circus owner. May 3, Dr. W. R. Brooks, astronomer ; May 5, J. A, Sleicher, editor Leslie's Weekly ; May 14, ALf Hyman, ther atrical manager; May 15, Former T. B. Catron of New Mexico ; May 18, Former Secretary of the Interior Franklin B. Lane; May 19, Edward D. White, ohlef Justice of the United States Supreme court; MajlJ' ' . Horace Porter, war veteran aiThA-mn- t ' June 5, W. T. Crooks, noted British labor leader; June 7, Alvln T. Hert, Republican leader of Kentucky ; June 8, Col. F. AV. Galbralth. Jr., national commander of the American Legion ; June 13, Gen. Jose Gomee, former president of Cuba, and H. C. Ide, former governor general of the Philippines; June 15, Judge W. A. Blount of Florida, president of the American Bar association; June 16, William E. Mason, congressman-ct-larg- e from Illinois ; June 22, Dr. Morris Jastrow, authority on Semitic literature, and Gen. C. H. Taylor, editor of the Boston Globe; June 28, Charles J. Bonaparte of Bal- tlmore; June 29, Lady Randolph Churchill. July 3, John F. Wallace, eminent engineer ; July 10, Douglus Story, author and Journalist ; July 12, Harry Hawker, famous British aviator; July 15, Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Purdue university; July 29, Vbert E. Burke, prominent Democrat of Chicago, and Charles B. Cory, ornithologist ; July 31, Edgar Sultus, author. Aug. 2, Enrico Caruso, the famous operatic tenor; Aug. 6, John G. Jens kins, Wisconsin Jurist; Aug. 11, WIV Ham C. Hook, Jurist of Kausas ; Aug. 12, Alexander Block, noted Russian poet ; Aug. 13, Samuef VCWrjTeade!B rubber industry ; Aug. 17, King Peter of Serbia; Aug. 19, Deuietrioa Rhallys, Greek statesman; Aug. 23, Sir Sam Hughes of Canada; Aug. 25, Peter Cooper Hewitt, noted American inventor; Aug. 31, Field Marshal Count voq Buelow, German war leader. Sept 2, Austin Dobson, English poet ; Sept 11, Former Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island ; Sept 15, Peer Stroinme, American author Journalist; Sept 21, Sir Ernest Cns-se- l, British financier; Sept. 28, Enge'r-be- rt Humperdlnck, German compvst Oct 1, Former Federal Judge Peter Grosscup of Chicago; Oct 2, David Blspham, American baritone, and William IL former king of Wurttemberg; Oct 12, Philander Case Knox, senator from Pennsylvania; Oct IS, Ludwtg III, former king of Bavaria; Oct 21, MaJ. Gen. W. W. Wotherspoon, U. S. A.; Oct 25, Bat" Masterson, writer and former noted westerner; Oct. 20, ' Henry Oyen, Ameriertn novelist Nov. 3, Dnn Hanna, capitalist and publisher, of Cleveland, O.; Nov. 0, Uev. Antoinette Blackwell, first woman ordained as a minister in the United States; Nov. 13, C. II. Prior of St. Paul, railway builder, and Mrs. George J. Gould; Nov. 20, Lawrence C. Earl, American painter; Nov. 22, Christine Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, once famous operatic soprano, and Henry M. Hyndman. British socialist well-know- n men and women who passed away In 1921 would fill much space. Among the shining marks fuuad by Ieath were these: Jan. 1, Dr. Theobald von Beth Floods, tornndn and conflagrations eoet many live and vast property losses In 1921. A fire destroyed the business section of Athens, fin., on Jsnnary 21. The Ar- mour grain elevator In Chicago, largest In the world, waa wrecked hy Are and explosion on March m, the los A thonsnnd house being In Tokyo were destroyed hy flames in March, and In April fire In Manila retflered l.VOts) homeless and 4 fx building were burred In Hakodate. Japan. The Southern slates were siriK-by a fornndo on April 1.1, loo trrons being killed. On June 3 enme ti e terrible flood In entern Colorado In which hundreds lost their lives and Immense property damage was done. Hun A'ltotdo, Tex., exjwrlenced s 'lis-nstron flood on September 10, of Maine. The two most startling disasters Feb. 2, Cardinal IVrrnrl, arrh!i,liop occurred abroad. On Angust 21 the of Milan, nnd I.nlgl Minlcelll, noted LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL giant dirigible ZR 2, built hy the Britcomposer; Feb. ., Prince Kroixttkln. ish for the United States, broke In nihilist leader, and Prof. Barrett Wen two while over Hull, Knsinnd, on her Two strong tendencies In the world dell of Harvard; Feb. 9, James Gibbons men were of labor marked the year hi United Hiiiicker, music critic and author; Feb. 1ni trial trip. Fnrfy-s- l State. One was toward a reduction 22, W. F. Mcnunbs, former Demo- killed. Including 15 menders of the of wages, as a part of the "return to cratic national chairman ; Feb. 21. Pr American crew that was to bring the the ocean. normalcy," and the other was toward F. J. V. Skiff, director of the Field vessel aero On Heptemtr 21 a great 'nitrate the establishment of the ojen shop. Museum of Chicago. plant at Oppan. Germany, blew tp. March 1, Nicholas I, Mnj of MonteNaturally both were contested by orThe town ss wiped out shout 100 ganized labor, not wholly negro; March 2, Congressman Champ The railway executives tnrt the lead Clark of Missouri: March 11. 8. W persons were killed and thousand! were InJnred. In both movi menta, tut had many fol Buruhajn, eminent astronomer ci Chi Ia. lilt. WxtM SmNM IncJ-.idin- 1 former German Imperial chancellor; Jan. 3, Ferdinand Schiesinger. Wisconsin capItallM ; Jan. 7, James G. Scrtpps, publisher of rnnnj newspapers; Jan. 13, Henry Itelnhnrdt, fumou.s American art collector ami dealer; Jan. 10, lHinb- - p.nrto, professor of ngrlculture In the University of Illinois; Jnn. 21, Crirrewmnn Charles Itoohcr of Missouri, and M:ir- M. Whitney, fumous astronomer nt Vnssar; Jun. 2, "Cup" Strceior, the noted Chicago lake front squatter; Jan. .",(, John Francis Murphy, Amerlcun landscape pnlnter; Jan. 31, Go.--. F. II. Parkhursi mann-Ilollweg- aW0. - Patasv) ' |