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Show THE MIDVALE .JOURNAL Chronology olthe Year 1928 Comprlecl hy • E. W. PICKARD DOMESTIC Jan 1-Preeldent Coolldge held bl~ Years reception In White Hous(: Jan 4-Three bodies taken from sunken submarme S 4 Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider resigned and Pres1dent ap pointed Col Charles B Robbins of Iowa to succeed him Jan 8-Mr and Mrs A 0 Lask..er ' gave Sl 000 000 to University of Chi cago for med cal research Seventeen bodleR tak-en from wrecl ot the S 4 Identified Jan 11-.MexJcan documents pub Uahed by Hearst papers declared by senate !nvAstl~tarln~t committee to be fo>'ged Fifteen more bod lea ta:<en frr m wreck of the S 4 Jan 12-0emocrats selected Hous ton Texas for their national conve tlon and set J u.ne 26 for Its opening Mr!!. Ruth Snvder and Henry J Gray electrocuted In Sing Sing for murdo>r of woman s husband Jan 13-Presldent and Mrs Coolldge and partY left w ashln~tton Cor Havana Cuba Jan 19-Senate adopted resolution declaring vacant the seat of Senator Elect Frank L Sm th of Ill nols Preslden t Coolidge returned to WaEb tngton from Cuba Tan 20-Pres dent Cos~;rave of Insh Jir.ee State arrved In New York Jan 23-Pres d<!nt Cosgrave of lre Jand called on Pres dent Coolidge and other r.f!lclals A. P C,lannlnl S~n Franclsco bank • er gave Sl600000 to UnlveJsltY ot Callforn a Jan ~1-Senate passed Jones bill for conttnu~tlon of government owned and operated merchant mar ne Feb 8-Sena tc ar1 ested Robert w Stewart Standard 0 I of lnd ana offi clal tor refusal to answer certaJD (l tePtlons In Teapot Dome InQUiry Feb 10-Senate adopted resolution oopoRing third term for Pres dent Feb 12-Herbert Hoov~r announced hie Prest1entlal cand dacy by enterln"' the Ohio prlmarle" Feb 15-Serate called for Invest! gallon of oubhc util ties bv trade coil' miss on • Feb 16-Gov E~ Jackson ot Indiana treed of bribery char.:-es because ot statute of I m tat1o1 s Sen a e ordered lnvesttga tlon of coal mining cond tons In Pet nsylvan a West VIrgin a an 1 Oh o Feb 20-Presldent appointed Repre sentatlve W R Green of Iowa as judgt of court of claims Feb 21-H F Sinclair H M Day W J Durns ar d W S Bu1 ns to 1 d guilty of crlm nat contempt of cou t In on scandal case by Justice S ddnns of District of Columb a Supreme court Naval court lnqu 1 y pia ed bla n~ for S i disaster on comma der~ of submar ne and destroyer P3 ul<l ng Feb 23-House naval affa r~ con nit tee scrapped the adm n strat on na v program subs! tutlng a b I all ng for fifteen crUisers and one aJrl'raft car rler wlth In s x years March 2-Grand jury Indicted Col R. W Stewart for contempt of sen ate In connection with Dome o I caiSe Sen •te passed bill Cor reg strat10n of lobbyists Senator Walsh of Idaho entered Demorratlc race for Pres dentlal nom !nation March 18-Rodman Wanamaker s will provided for $2 000 000 for trade echool as memorial to h s father Senate reJected reaopo ntment or ~ohn J E•ch of Wlscons n to later etate commerce comm ss1on March 17-House oassed $2"4 000 000 naval bill orov d n~ for lo cruisers &lid one olane carrier March 21-Chlcago school board found 1uperlntendent McAndrew gulltv ot lnsubord natton and ousted hIm Mar< h 26-Revised McNary Haugen farm rei let b II reported favorably by house agr .-ulture committee Marrl1' 27-House passed bill appro pr atlng $360 000 000 tor naval con struct 0:1 March 28-Senate passed Jones bill approprlatmg $.,25 000 000 for flood centro! March 30-George Remus former bootleg king' and slayer of his w fe foUl'<! sane by Oh o Court of Ap~eals Set1ate confi1rned all pending aopolnt rnents to radio comm ss on March 31-Arth >r H \arden berg of Grand Raptds appolntPd senator from Mich gan to fill out term of F errls Go•ernment completed ourrhase ot Cape Cod canal Apr I 6-Cyrus Locher or Cleveland apro nted sena or from Ohio to 1111 oul term of late Senator Will • Anrll 9-llnlted States Supreme court upheld valid ty or flex ble tariff law April 12-Senate oassed McNary farm relief bill April 18-Soclallst national conven tlon nominated Norman 1! omaa for President and James H Maurer for VIce President APril 21-Harry F Sinclair acQuit ted by 1urv In Teapot Dome conspiracy case April U-House passed flood control bill Aprll 25-Senate passed the $360 000 000 naval appropnat1on bill after de featlng amendments attacking Pres! dents policy In Nll'aragua April 30-Senate ordered an Invest! ~~;atlon of Pres dential campalgr> ex pendlture• May 3-House oassed the Hau~en farm relief b II Mav 4-Senator T J Walsh with drew ss candidate for Democratic Presidential nomination Ma:v 6-House passed White bill to ncourage tbe mer<'hant marine Max Mason resigned as ores dent of Unlve1slty or Cblcago May 7-House paiSsed bill ralsln!ii pay of 136 000 government employees May 9-Senate oa sed flood control blll modlfled to avoid a veto May 10-Senate oassed bill to reor gantze 1lplomatlc serv ce t~romotlon \'>system May 15-Presld(nt Cool dge signed flood relld bill May 18-Senate voted full oubllcltv tor tas returns May 21-Senate passed flnance bill cutt n111 taxes $296 875 000 ,. May 22-House overrode President • vet~ ot postal pay raise bill May 23-PresJdent Cool dge vetoed tbt McNary Haugen farm relief bill May 26-Con,.;resa passed the M scle Shoals bill and the house passed th" Boulder )am bill Senate tal!oed bY 4 votes to oas11 farm relief bill over Pres dent a veto May 26-Hoalle and senate approved f conference report of bill reduclnl< taxes St2S ooo noo May 29-Congret!a adJourned leav lng Boutdt'T Dam bill unfin shed busl ne•~ before the senate President shwed tax reduction bilL Ma.T SO-President Coolidge tlellvered 114emorlal dav &ddresa at Gettvsburg MaY at-President Coolid..;e aelect"d Cedar Island lod~~:e on Brule river northern Wu•consln as suml!"er ~bite House June ?-President Coolidge let e MusdP Shoals bill d e Without veto or appro11al Jane 13-!'..esldent and Mrs Coolidge left tor Wisconsin camp June 14-H~rbert Hoover nominated tor Presldt!nt by Hepubl <'lln conven tlon n Kansae Cltv ~ June IIi-Republican convention nom lnated Senator Charles Curlls for \ i<'e Preslllent JunA 7-tlovernor Rlt~hle or Mq.ry Jar d -vltbdrew rom Democratic Pres Jdentlal race In favor of AI Smith June 3!1-0hlo Supreme court freed Georg., Remus wife slaver from 111 aane a~vlum June 21~etary of the Interior ~io:W • .. • • • Hubert C Work made chalrmtUI ot Ret ubllran national committee June 28--< v AI Sm th ot New York nominated for PrPs dent bv Demorrat lc conve1 tlon In Hou•ton rune 29-Senator Joseoh T Robtn~on ot Arkansas nominated by Demorrat lc convention tor VIce President July 4-lndPpendenre day ace dents In United States caused death of 226 nersons July 8-Secretary of the Interior Work named board ot englneerll to study Bo.Jider canvon dam orole<'t July 7--Serretary of Commerce HOQV .,r sent hla resl,.-natloa to President Coolltl~~;e JuJv 10-Prohlbltlon and Farmer La bor national conventions oo<'ned In Chicago July 11-John J Raskob of l)elawarf' elected ehalrman of Demo<'ratlc na tlonal l"Omm It teu Farmer Labor rarty nominated Sen tor Norris Cor President and Will Ver een or Georgia for VIce President both of whom declined July 12-Prob bltlon party nom• nated Will am Varney of New York lor Pres dent and James A F. dgert<>"1 ot VIrginia for VIce Pres dent July 20-Roy o West of Chicago ao pointed secretary of the lntf'rlor Jul;y 22-Capt Charl"s Collv<'r and John .Mears completed tour of globe II' rbCOrd time Of 23 days and 15 hours July 24-John J Raskob Democrat c nat onal cha rman severed his connec tlon with General llolotors July 28-PJ eg dent Cool dge spoke a! ded <'at on of monument to Col W I linn Colv II Clv I war bero at Cannon Falls Mit n Aug 13-Shtp to shore airplane mall serv c .. establ ~hed at 1\;ew ) ork Aug 15-Pre•ldent Cool dge approved report ot board of engineers on M s slss ppt rtood control Aug I -Sec1 etarv of d-pa ted for Par s to treaty Reuben Clark or Utah at~oolnted un der se<'retarv of state Aug 21-W F \\ h tlng of Holyoke MaJSs parer n ar ufnrturer appo nted se<'retary of co1 mtrce and s 'orn In Aug 26-D rector or the Budget Lord est n a ltd the treasury deftr t for tl s fiscal t>a• "ould be $94 276 346 Sept i-Mrs Flotenre Knapp former secretary of ~•" te of New Vork con vlcted o• embez~le nent of state funds sentenced to 30 da s n Ia I Sept 10-fit>publl ans won Maine state elert on llv heavy ma1or t es Sept 11-J oh n C( ol d"e son of Pres :lent be,..an work as clerk for New Haven a I oad Seot 12-1 res dent and Mrs Cool ldge returned to Wasil! gto1 Sept 19-Annual meetmg of the 0 A R ooe eJ In Denver Sept 1-l'>hn Roese elected com mander In rh ef of the G A R SepL 3 )~ul C A. Lindbergh Charles E ana Hughe~ and Or F M Chnpma ornltholog st awarded Roose velt med Jq for d t ngu shed service Oct 3'-Ch ago Sanltarv District o~ned Hew $32 000 000 •ewage dis oosal olan best n world Oct 6 -Navy department let eon tracts or two huge d r g1bles Oct 8- \ nerlcan 1 eglon convention opened " S n Anton o United Spnn sll War Veterans met tn Ha\aJa <uLa Un teJ ta s Suoreme court upheld right of Canadian~ to cross the borde• 1a lv to vo 1< n states Oct IIJ-1 r ono al convention ot Episcopal cburrh ooened m 'Wash In~~; ton Oct It-Paul V McNutt or Indiana elected natloi al commnnder of Amer lean Leg oa Oct IS-Attorney General Sargenl r led S n lair• :salt creek o I f!eld eon tracts ln,alltl Oct 19-B tlleflelds National park In Vlrg n a c.ed cated Pres dent Coolidge speaking Oct ~0-Con,.;resslonal n edal pre sented to Thomas A Ed son bv Pres! dent Cool h:e Nov 6-Hoover and Curtis R<'rut Ilea • elt>cted PI e• dent and Vl<'e P es dent of United Stn tea recelv n,:: H4 elector l votes to 87 for Sm th ar d ({ob n.son Democrats ArkansaR •oted for law to t~rohlblt tearh I nJ< of e> olutlon In tax suovortf'fl s oola Nov 12- Walter Ol~on of Rio I I won nat onal corn husk ng champion ship at Jio •ler Ind t-;ov 19-Unlted States Supreme court up I ol<ling a New I ork law de clare:! the Ku Klux klan an undes r able or~tanlzatlon President Elect Hoover sailed from San Ped o for 1<eod will tour of Lath Amerl a Nov 20-Robert W Stewart oil m~g rate acQUitted of perjury In Teapol Oome ca P by Jury In Washington Eng neers commission reported to Pres dPnt Cool dge that cost estimates ot Boulder Dam project were $40 oon 000 too low Nov 26-Pres dent Elect Hoover made stoos at Ampala Honduras and La Union Salvador Annual report of governor of Alaska showed decrease n fish ng and m n n~~t ind ustrle~ of the I err torv Nov 27-Nicara~<UaJ s o;reeted Mr Hoo\ er at Cor nto Nc v 2~-Mr Hoover visited San Jo~e Costa R ca Engar;:-en ent of Floq•nce Trumbull to Jol}o Cool dge announced N"v 29-SeNetary of Commerce W h tm~ n annual report told of ~~;reat orosoenty of country Dec !-Hoover v ~ ted Ecuador E telle l\lan\ lie ot New York mar rled to Count ~ olke Bernadotte neo11ew of k 11: of Sweden De 3-Shor\ sesRI:>n of congres• open£d Dec 4-President Coolidge s message was read to congress Dec 5-Hoo\ t>r "elcomed by great erowd• at Callao and ~In a Peru Dec 7-House passed b Ilion dollar trea~ury and post olllce s •ooly b II Dec 10-Hoover rerelved In Val oara1so and :Santia~to Ch le Dec 13-Hoover welcomed to Bueno• Aires Ar~;ent na De,. 17 -Hoover spent a day tn Montevideo Uruguay Dec 18-Hoo\er sailed tor Rio de Jane ro on U S S Utah INTERNATIONAL Jan 2-U ted State" marines de feated Nicaraguan rebels In two da\ s ba tie at Quilall Jan 1 0-Pnt e Plus Xl tssu~d en "VCI cal reJect n~ the movement tor un tv of ..111 Ch st an h rl'hes Jan 16-Pan American conference opened In Hrl\ a a Cuba w th speech~• bv Pres de \ Cool <l~e and Mal'hado Jan t4-Ruman a and ltalv te~~:a" C'>nference on format on of blor of soothe o European nations Jan ~6-Un ted States marlneq In Ncaragua ~.;aJ!Jred Snrcltnos st1on~~: hold at E:l Cl pote Jan 29-( e1 many and Lithuania sl,.-ned art tra• on treaty Jan ~n Pan AmeriC'an congress re 14 ted Mex cos plan for reor~>:a1 lza tlon or Pan Amer can un on ~eo 6-Nt>w fran co A merlcan arll trat on tr a tv s g ed on one hundred and llttleth ann \ersarv or signing ot first treatv bY the two natl ns Feb 0-Plan to make Pan Amertren union nn AmHI an lea~tue of nation• de tea ted In the Havana con fE"re nre Rad ophone serv <e het ween Am•r lea and German• opened Feb 13-Prtn Amer an congress tu ned down Argentinas demand tor declaration t ga I nst tar IT walls be tweAn American republ cs Feb 16-Un ted States refused to let Pan Amerll'an egnferenre dictate Ito lmml!lratlon policy F"l> 16-Uunorlo Puoyrredon an nounced hiS resignation as head or Argentine delegatio 1 to Pan American congress and as ambaRaador to IJnlted StatP& be aHse his demarld for derlarA tlon qgalnt~t hhrh tari!Ts was turnP<I down , Feb 20-Pas American congr~s• nd tourned after adootln..; resolut ons ~~:~n erally sat sfa torv to the Unit('d Stalt>s Feb ZI-H H .:-arv destroyed tlve <'ar loads of ma hlne guns shipped rrom ltalv l'n ~ve or tllflu rv bv I ea1<u• ot Nat1ons council Feb 27-Ftve Amerlcsn marine• ktlled ny Nl,.arllJ(uan rebels Feb 28-Secretsry of S a tl! Kell< ~~;g told !'ranee the United Stat<!s was ready to make treat lee with all 1he great powers rtlnouncoinlll war a• a na tlonal pollrv March 7 -Nlcarall: ua congress warned oy Un ted Slates m nlst~r to a<loot law guaranteelnl'l election fair to both parties In hat republic Mar~b ?1-Prt>sldent D1az decreed an electoral taw Pllttlng Nicaraguan tJRI lot under 11'\JpervJslon of Amerlran• Mar0h 24-Prel mlnary d sarmament <."onferenre adjourned without result aftet Great Britain aga a orooosed re ductlun f apltal sh ps March 27-Mex ran government 11!' sued petroleum re~ulatlons recognlz lr.~~; r ghts of foreigners In oil proper tleq pnor to 1917 Aorll li-Unlted State11 ~~;overnment ocgan eountllng out the great powers on multilateral treaty renoun<'lna: wRr a11 a na tlonal policy April 21-France made public Ito draft of treaty to end war Aprtt "8-John Bassett Moore re signed """ American member of thoJ permanent court of International ju• tlce Mav so-Italy and Turkey signed treaty of 01 clllatlon and arbitration June 16-CIInese NaUonal!st govern ment asked United State• for revl11lon of trea tltlll Julv 13-Chlle and Peru resum"d diplomatic relat ons July 21-Japan~se troops In Shan tung killed many Chinese In battle July 22- Jap~tn refused to accept Ch nese Natloll8llsts repudiation of un equal treaties July 2a-Ualted States ol!ered Na tlo ahst "overnment of Cl na a new autonomy treaty as step toward rec ogn tlon July 26-France Invited 14 other n11 tlons ro lgn ng or Kello~;g anti\\ ar treaty tn Pars on August 27 July 27-Un ted States sii'lned treaty glv ng China tar I! autonomy July ~0-England and France rna 1e sem secret ag:reemcr t on naval redu~ tlon Aug i3-¥tt~o Slav parliament with CroatR absent rat fled the Nettuno con,entlons w th Italy Aug 14-Argent na cancelled Para guay s "ar debt of about $4 200 000 000 Aug 24-Interoarhamentary Union met n tleru Aug •7-Kellugg antiwar treaty signed In Pars by lb nat ons Aug 31-League of Nato 1s cout ell refused Costa Rca s relluest to Inter or"t tl e Monroe Doctrine Seot 8-Cl aries ]!;vans Hughes elect ed a me nber of t1 e world court Sept 23-ltaly and Greece signed treat~ of a ntty and conr I a tlon Sept 9-Un ted States note del vered to Great Br ta n and France rejecti.n!': their agreement as bass for naval d Rarmament d scuss on Cct 6-ltaly rejected the Anglo French na •a! hm tall on agreement Oct 13-Rad ophone service between Un ted States and Spa n opened h' l re~ uent Cool dge and King Alfon11o Nov 11-Arm st Ice day celebra eo throughout Un tt>d States and al ed countr es of Europe Nov 16-AIIIes and Germany greed to I old congre s to rev se the Oawes rep"'ratJons p1an Dec 8-Bohvla and Pa g uay on verge of war over border d ~ute Dec tO-Conference of A nerlcan re I)Ubllcs on concll at on a d arb trat on opened In Was! gton and took Up Bohvta Parag 1 n dl pute Japan r~Je ted China a Increased taTIIf sch dule Dec !a-Troop• or Bol ' a and Para I{Uay fougl t In cl aco reg on Dec 16-Para..:uav mob 1 zed Its re servea FOREIGN Jan 3-l>r C C Wu appointed spe clal en VO) to ~\ash ngton by Ch ne><e National st goverr ment Jan 7-Lyman F Barber American eng neer kidnaped bY Mexican band ts k1lled tour of his guards and escaped Jan 1 l-France removed ban on ex oortatlon of ,.;old Jan J 5-Trotzky and other opposl t on leaders of Huss a extled to remote parts of !'.slat c Russ a Jan 20-Conservatlve cabinet of N r ~ ay resll'l ned 14 ore gn bus nec:;s concerns 2.greed to pay Ch nese National st g ve nmenl s ne v taxes Feb I-James Mc.Nelll Installed as governor general of the Ir sh Fre~ State Feb 9-Norway 11 labor cabinet re signed 1' eb 12-Cieto V!Quez elected Presl dent of Costa Rica Feb 20-Go' ert ment ot Japan woo at first unt versa! suffrage election Ji eb ~5-ltal ans completed subjuga tlon of the Tr poll httorial defeat ng rebels In two big battles Marcn U-Pr est and ll\e prominent citizens executed by Mexican firing lOCI uad March t7-Miss Nancy Ann Miller ot Seattle Wash wedded former ma harajah of Indore at Bombay India March IS-National st government In China announced execution of 61 Chi nese .>ffil'ers and sold en responsible for Nan .tlng mas•acre Mar<'h 25-All Italy celebrated nlntb anniversary of Fasc st party Marcb 26-Famous Tower of Charle magne at Tours France built In Twelfth century collapsed Marrh 27-0 ctator P lsudskl defeat e!l bv Communists In organlzat on of new Polish parliament Apr l 10-Iurkl h a•sembly pass~d bl l separattll!: chu <'h and state April 1°-Attemot to as as•lnate King Victor 8mmanuel of Italy In Milan by dynamite bomb resulted In 14 deaths Apr I 15-Gen O•<"ar Carmona lnaug !!rated P~es dent of Portugal April 16-Chlnese Nat onallsts won big v ctorv ov r northerners In Shan tun~ prov nee 30-Natlonallsts ot China an occupatiOn of almost all of Shantung L)r.:Jv nee and cut ra1lwav desp te warn ng of the Japanese May 4-Ch "ese Nationalists battled w th Jnpanese at Tslnan May 6-Two hundred thousand Ru manlan peasants met at Albajulla and demanded the res gnatlon of the Bra tlano government Mav 11-Hipol to lrlgoyen declared Pres der t EIPd ot A1 gent na Mav 20-Nat onallst party routed In German el~ctlons Socialists maklnJii b g gains May 2 -Greek cabinet resigned Mav 29-Chlnese National sts cap •urcd Paotlogfu key to Peking de tenses June 3-Marshal Chan~>: left Peking for Mukden snd was fatally InJured when his train was bombed J JnP J-Chlnese NatiOnal sts began occupation of Pekin~>: June 9-Ch a ng Kal shek south Ch nese general ~Rimo res gned June 14-Br tlsh hou•e of common• reje ted Church of England s revi~Pcl PrH ver ..,ook June 20-Yu~o Stavlan deputy killed t\\o Cr'Jatlan deputies and wounded four In row In oarllament June 21-The Ch nese i':atlonall•tF changed name of Pek nJ< to Pelolng July !-General Obregon elected Pr<> dent of Mexico Julv 4-Y Jgo ~lnv an go,ernment re siJ:: ned Alfred Loewens.tetn Belgian m ttl mill ona re d snr pea red from h s olane over the North sea Jt lv 11-Ch nese Natlonall,.ts el!ert ed tl cal un ty of the countrv after eight dav confPren<'e Ontar o government seized great ~tores of liquor readv tor smuggl na nto Un ted States Julv 17-GPn Alvaro Obregon Pres dent Elect of Mex co assassinated July 19-Bodv of Cant Alfred Loew •nsteln Belgian mlll on~lre found In l'l:n ll"h channel J~ v %!-Revolutionary att<'mpt In Portugal cru,.ned bv loyal troops LuiP Moront>s labor leader reR ~tnPd fr<>m Mexkan rah net and flt>d Ju v ~-Archbl•hop of Cant rbury prlmale of En~~:Jand resi~tnf'd eftPI'tlve Noven ber 12 Julv 27 -IJr Cosmo Lang archbishop or York appointed archbishop of Can terburv and pr matE' of sll England J ulv $0-Manch rta agret>d to unit• will Nation" ~t Ch na ign rlnl! Ja nan • warning Allg !-Russian government 1'\flmed • dlclator ford ~trltoutlon of the vear • rope AU I< ~-Florer rio Aros~mena eleet PO PrNl dent of Panama Aug 16-N~t onal s.t government ot Ch na la\lo<'hed Ita first de$troyer AUJii 17-C"hlne•e gov.,rnmeat decltl "II to terminate <rltl•h Dan ~h <'alle monooolv tn I no M'l ..;ollan army led by HoP• ana 1n va<led W<'Rt<'rn Manrhurla '.tereaJI "' ~b ne"e troops Aug 19- \i enlzeloo t~artv won Greek ele t ons Set~t !-President C&lleo ot Meslco refue~d re electloD. Apri ~ounced Prohibition defeated In New South Wales and Canberra Australia Ahmad Zo~~:u berame kmg of Albania aP Scanderbeg Ill Sept 3-Chlnese Nationalist force• cleaned c~ut a great olrate stronghold In H nghwa bay SPpt 11-Four thou~and revolltfon aries •rreRted In Spa n for plottlniZ aga nst the d ctatorsh p s.,pt. 17-~lex can JrOVer:~ment or dered reopen ng ot all dolled churche• S ot 19-Fasclst grand council es tabtlshed as supreme power In Italy Sept. 6-Mex ran c ngresll named l':mlllo Portes Gil prov slonal Presl dent for H months trom December 1 Sept 26-SwE>d sh rablnet beaded bv Ekman reslgn"d Oct !1-Gen ChlanF; Kal sh-ek elect~d President ot China by Nat lonallat council Oct 13-Hungarlan A'overnment closed tour JD vera tlea ber.ause of anti Semitic riots Nov !-Machado re elected President of CUb'l Nov 3-Vlntlla Brat!ano resigned a• oremler of Ruma n1a Nov 4-Gen Jo•e ltlarla Moncada elected President of Nlcarag Ja Nov 6-1 remler Poincare of Franc" and h a ca blnel res gned South Afr ran ~o,ernm nt of Pre mter lit'rtzo~t resigned and he formed a ne v one Brit Hh parliament oot>ned the l£~n~ ora ~ ng ht> Kellog~ pa~t f\:ov 8-Torn I as~aso n of Pr esldent E:lect ( bre.,on of Mex o condemned to death 1 Mnher Concepc on In telle tual author of the cr me se ei<'"d to 2u Jear• IT nrlso1 Nov 9-Jul u Man u Peasant oarty leader made 1 em er of Ruman a Nov 10 -H rob to formaJiv throned as e nperor of Japan Nov 11- Po ncare formed new cab !net for Fra ce No\ 25-Mextcan troops defeated rehels I bloody 11 e hour battle Nov aO-Em Ito I ortes G I lr aug orated PIe dent or ~lex leo Dec 4-KinE:" e ge < f England ap po nted a ro a comm ss o 1 to act for h m dur ng I ser ouR line ~ Dec 6-\VIll elm M klas ele ted P e .. !dent or II s r a Dec II- I ol <'e ot Argentina dlscov ered an r h •t plot to blow up Her bdrl H ver s tra n Oe I t-Pea•ant party won the Hu m n elect o o l c 16-Revolt In Afghanistan king ar d Ql een took refu, e In a fort INDUSTRIAL Jan 2-Twenty thousand pulp work ers of S ellen lockt>j ouL Jan 10-Inster•tate co nmerce com n J~IS on approved reorgar zat on of Chicago .111\\a kee & SL faul RY ~ eb 13-t-:e v mIners un on " gned agreement w 1th operators In Iowa field Mar<'h 20-Consol dation of Mackay compan es and tnt rnat onal 1dephone and 1elegraph co npanv an no 1nced Mal ch 28-111 no s ml e operators cea~e negotlatiol s w th mine un on lnd ana str p m r e owners agreed to ntY Jacksonville scale for another vear April l-13(1 000 coal miners of Mid die West QU I worl< April 2-T\\ enty t" o Tlllnol• ml ne~ agreed ta esu ne on Jacksonville "age scale April 22-1 housand northern Ill nolA coal m ners a,reed to arcept reduced wages May IS-Interstate commerce com m s~Jon .:ut th" propos<.>d Van Sweat In gen rail merg('r to ln<'lude only the C & 0 and the Pere l\la1 Quette June 19-Locomot ve engineers ot western roads gra oted 6 'h per <'ent w~g~ ncrea e July 18-U lted M ne Workers or Amer ca abandoned the Jacltsonv lie scale as a bas1s for wage settlements Aug 31-1 Ill no s coa I m ners str l<E set led on bas s of re luced wages S pt 7-Contlnental Nat onal and Ill no " \ler ha ots Tru't banks of Chi ca~>'o merged Sept IS-Federal mediators aban doned rrorts to settle threatened str I<~ of westt>rn rallr~ad trainmen Sept 29-Pre~ <I nt CooiiJge named board to Investigate western ra !road wage <1 spute Oct 1-F ftv thousan1 German sblp bu lders stru l for n ore pay Oct 6-1 ext le "orl<ers of New Bed ford Mas" a<'ceoted "age rut and ended str~ke Oc- 18-Jnd ana coal miners and op erators J.greed on a wage scale Oct 30-E nergency board consider lng western ra lroad wage d spute recommend~d wage Increase of 6 '>2 per cent w thout change In rules or 7% with certain changes tn operation Nov 19-Amer can Federal! n Labor In sessiOn n New Orleans de clared war n dl,placement of work men bv machinery Nov ~u-,Vestern railroad dis) ute settled trainmen E:"ett ng 6 'h oer cent raise AERONAUTICS Jan !-Lindbergh flew from Bellas Br t sh Bond tras to Sa Sal,ador Jan 3-Ltndbel gh landed m 1egucl 1{0 !~a Honduras Jan 7-Llndbergh flew to San Jose Costa R ca Jan 9-1 lndbergh landed at Panama Ja 26-Resum ng his C ribllt>nn tour Lindbergh flew Crom Panama to Cartagena Colomb a Jan 27-l ln<lbergh flew to Bogota Dlr g ble Los A geles made lana n~~: on a rplane carr er Saratoga at Qea Jan 29-Lindbergh flew from Bogota to caracas Venezuela Jan 31-Lindbergh flew 1 050 mile~ from Caracas to the V rg n Island• Feb 2-LindbeJ gh hopped to San Juan Port Rico Feb 4-Lindber~th ftew to San Do mtn~o Feb 8-Colonel I lndbergh ended Ills Latin A'llerlcan tour at Havana Coates and Lebr x French a via tors who flew across the south Atlantic. ar rived at Washington Feb 13-Lmdbergh made nonstop tlight from Havana to St Louis l<'eb 22-Bert H nkler completed 110!0 fl ght from England to Austral a In 16 days [ eb 26-Dirlglble uOS Angele• began nonstop flight to Panama Canal Zone Feb 27-Los Angeles arT!ved at France leld Canal Zon" Feb 29-Woodro v Wllson peace n edal and $25 000 a warded to Colontl Lindbergh March 7-Co~tes and I ebrlx encted the1r transcontinental and American flight at San Franc sco Mar~h 13-Caot W liter Hln bel tre Br t1sh ::tv ator anct Eh;lo Ma kay hopped off from London for tran atlan tic flight to U S and "ere lost March 19-Mrs Keith Miller end"d 13 000 mile flight from England to Austral a March 21-Presldent Cool dge pre seoted Colonel L ndbergh w th Con 1:"1 ('•s onal !lledal of flon r Mnrrh 0-MaJor de Bernardi or ltnly set ne "~ qpe.erl record for a rplanes at 366 ti miles an hour Stinson and Haldeman made new en durance record of 63 hours 36 m nu tes 30 seronds Apr I 12-Roehl Von 8 tenefeld and Fltzmaur ce hopped orr from Dublin Cor N~w York " he olane Bremen Apr l 3-1he Bremen aviators land ed on Greenly Island Stran of Belle Isle bemg- the first to ~a ke east west nonstop II g M across tl'le A tla n tlc April 15 -Noble started from ItalY <m hie alr<~hlp ltnl a for the N rth pole Aor l !!-Capt GE'Orge H W lkln• and Oarl B Elison compleled fl ghl across Arctic region from Point BH row Alaska to So t:ober.:-Pn and re ported eelnl'! ne land May 6-N h le In d lr1glble Ita II& reachPd :Spitzbergen May 15- •l">b le In d r1glble ltalla eta rt•d on flight over polar regions May 18-f)lriglble ltal a returned to Spit?:bergen May 22-Col Charlee A Lindbergh bel'ame head of tech nl at committee or rranscoJ t nental A r 1 raneport May Z3-Noblle In the I tal a oas•ed over th• Nor h ole Mav 26-l>lrlrclble ltalla wrecked on tee floe Mav 30-Eleven of 14 balloons In na ~nal el n na tlon tace from Pitts bur~;:h were dr tn do ;vn bv rur o 1• storm two mt>n k lied Mn v 31- Monotla n(' Southern Cross ,.lth crew of four "tart<'d from Oak land Calif t r s,dnev Au tral a VIA !Jawali f? j nn<l fir •I ane Ju e 1-:So ttht>rn rros~ landed at WhePIPT field llH\all J!une ~-S<>uthern Crosl! left Hawaii tor Fill Friday, January 4, 1929 June li-Southern Cro•• reached Suva Fiji June 9-Soutbern Cross arrived safe ly ut Brisbane Austral a Colo el Lindbergh given flrst maRter of aeronautic• degree by New York university June tO-Southern Croso landed at Sydney Austral a June 12-captain Carranza completed nonstop flight from MexJco City to Washington June 17-Amella Earhart and com panlon11 In airplane Fnendshlp bopped oft from Trepassey N F June IS-Captain Amundsen and nve companl)ns lost In attempt to reach Nobile party n plane Airplane Frlendsh p landed In Burry Inlet Wales June 19-Major Maddalena reachPd Noble ani ll\e compan ons by alrplar e June 24-Swedish airman rescued Nob Ia Julv 1-Ferrarln and Oel Prete Italians hoor>ed off at Rome Cor Brazil July 6-Itallan flyers landed near Port Natal Brazil havmg made new distance record of 4 44~ miles July 11 -Ru"sian av ator discovered D tor Malmgr"n and two compan ons n em I ers of Nobile party who had wan dPted over lee U davs but he could not Ia nd J 1lv 12-Ru•slan lc~breaker Krassln reacued Main gre 1 s campan ons but fou d Malmv:ren tad been dead a month t then re <'Ued the fi e men ltft near Fo~ n Island by Nob le July 13-Avlat rs rescued SoJa aMI V n Dongen wl o were lost wb Je hurt ng for the Italla survivors Caot F milo Carranza Mexican gooll will ll~('r k lied by lightning In New JeriSeY Julv 15-Icebreaker Krassln picked up Ru u Ava tor Cl ukl novskv and fut.r noan o R wl o had cra~b('d while hu t ng tt e Noble party Tulv 31-Noblle 81 d SUI vl•ors or bls party rea ... hed Rome Au,.; 2-Capt C T Courtney and three compan ons tiYinK from the Azores to Newfo n lland were forced do\\ n In mlil ean and o ckPd uo b~ a steamer ldz kuko\\skl and Rutata Polish a• ato s started tl ght from Pars to New York Aug 4-Polt~h flyers fell In oeean and ' "re "eked up by stea ner Aug 16-Hassel a d Craner flew from Rorkford 111 to Cochrane Ont O'l W"-V to Sto kholm Aug 18-1 ockfor 1 flyers left Coch rane for 1ount Evans Greenland and d sappeared Aug 20-A rt Gobel flew from I o• Angeles to Ne v Y 01 k n 18 hours 68 minutes VI hou stop Sept 2-Has ell and Cramer round sare In Cree land plane disabled Maur ce Bol<anowskl French mint~ ter of a r a <l commerce and four aid• killed In a rplane ace dent s~pt 5- fhlrty seven a rolanea staz-t ed from New York In t1 anscontlnental a1r derby Seot 10-f arl Rowland Kansas won In Cla~s A of aerial dert y Sept 18-Span sh nventor aero s Eng! sh rbannel In new gv1o Diane Oct 11-The Graf Zeppelin great German d r glhlP st <rt~d from Fred rtooschafen Germany for the United States Oct 15 -rhe Grnt Ze1 pelln landed safelv .. t Lakehurst N J Oct 17 -Commander H C McDonl\ld English aviator startPd solo 11 ght from Newf undland to En~tland In small 1.1 nne and was lost Oct. 25-'1 urker and Collyer lie" [rom :-.:ew York to Los Angeles In 24 hotrs 61 m nutes Oct 29-Graf ?:eppelln began Its trip bark to Germany NIJV 1-Graf Zeppelin arrh ed o.t Fr edrlchschafen Gern anv Nov 4-1u l<er anl Coil er cross con 1 ent re<'or I holders k JIPd lo Arl zona 1n rorar:;h t plane Der 1°-lnternat onal civil aviation conferen e opened In Wash ngton Dec 17-Deleg tes to av atlon con terence celebrated at K tty Hawk N C the t" enty flfth anniversary of tb(' fiiSt filgbt bY the \\Jight brothers DISASTERS Jan 2-Russlan steamer Cou 1dered In Black sea 200 dro" ned Jan 9-1 Wt't ty one men kill d by mine ex1los on at West E rani fort Ill Feb 10-Tw~ ve men killed and 60 hurt In oil refi 1ery explosion at Ev ere t Mass Thirty n ne killed In lire In Bollln~ter ~vld mine at Tl nmtns Ont Feb 12-Thlrteen k lied by mine ex oloslon at Whlteha' en England Feb 24-M ne explosion at Lind Ark I< lied 13 men March 10-l wo hundred killed by Mount Serrat lands! de In Santos Bra z1 .Mar h 13-San Franc squlto dam water supply tor Los Angeles broke 436 drowned March 27-EarthQuake In Udln~ prov nee Italy ltllled ten and Injured manv March 31 -EarthQuake shattered Sm} rr a k llllng n any o 1 sons Anr l 13-Exploslon de•tro}ed dance ball in \\ e~t Plct ns .Mo k !ling i !'.pr I 14-Fo ty t1 ree k lied by earthquake In tl e Balkans Apr l 16-D sastrous earthQU:tl<e In Pel 1 man) k lied April 22-Earthquake In central Greece ru ned cor nth ar d k lied many pergons Mav 19-Exploslon In mine at Ma ther P l< lied 198 Ma\ 22-~1 ne explosions at Yukon W V!!. and Kenv r Ky killed 32 men June 16-Tornado In Ol<lal on a k lied 100 Julv t-V:>Icanlc eruption wiped out to" n of Llbog 1n Ph I PP nes July 7-Ch lean army transport eank 300 drowned Aug 6-E ght killed 62 Injured In Ill no s Central train "reck near .Mounds II Italian submarine sunk In collision wtth 27 men aboard all ~ "hom oer !shed Aug ~4-Thlrteen killed 100 InJured In New York subway wreck !'>ept 13-Foul teen k lied by torna does n Nebra>ka and South Dakota Dest1 urt ve hurricane swept Porto R co ar d I essor Antilles hundreds k lied Sept 14-About 20 persons killed bY tornado In and near Rockford Ill Sept 15-1 r o l'al hurrlrane rea hed entral Flor da doing ..;reat dama~e and killing 2 20ll Sept 23-About 120 perlsbed In the a er lire n Madrid Spain Oct 3-1' ren<'h "ubmarlne sunk by coil " on N th Greek steamer 43 men lost Oct 26-1 hlrty one k lied In train wre k n Humanla Nov 6--Se•eral Sclllan to\\ns de stroved bv er pt on of !\!t Eltna Nov "-liner \estr • sank 240m leq o!T th-. \ rg n a <'8 pes Ill lo"t 215 re•<'ued No\ •I-I er :lc •torn s In the Philip o nes And on the c asts of Europe f)" 1-f rthquake In southern Cl le wre<'ked se' ern! towns and k lied ~bout 200 pprQons NECROLOGY Jan ~-Lo e ~ •ller dancer In Paris M K ttle pres dent of Sears Hoe ouck & Co In Chicago Emllv Ste\ens American actres" Jan 3-Dorotbv Uonnelly actress and plav vr ght Jan 6-Marvtn Hughltt. railroad 1> lder n Ch cago Jan 11-Thomas Hardy Engl sb novel st. Jan 14-Andrew MacLelsh pioneer merchanl of Ch cago Jan 19-Ed"ard L.. RYersop Chicago steel magnate Jan ~v-Wtlltam Du Pont former bead ,-,r the Ou Pont Interests Jan ~1-MaJ ten George W Goe thai" bu lder or l a nama ranal Jan 22-Rear Admiral V ot.or Blue ret r~d Jan 2~-lalcott Williams lournallst In New York Jan 2S--(:ount Hugo Hamilton Swt>d sh stateRman V ncente Blasco Ibanez Spanish nov el st Jan 29-.l!;srl HalF; eomn ander lo h t<f ot Br t sh ar nlep In WO'J"Id war Feb 16-HerLtrt H Aequlth eat 1 of vxrord nd As~ u tb former Brt t lolh oren t!r Feb 16-Edd e lioy veteran comedl an In Kansas City Fet 20-1 llward B Butler ChiCKI(O m It na re 'errhnnt and art patror Fe to 26- Will am 0 Brien Irish Na Uonallst leader c Jam~s L For<! author and dramatte cr t" n New York Feb 29-Marshal Armando Olas Ital an commander In chief In World war March 7-Willlam H Crane dean ot American stage at Holly\\ ood Cahf March 9-Rodman Wanamaker prellldent John Wanamaker stt.res March 18-John F Smulskl Chlcaco banker March 19-Nora Bayes actress March 20-James W Packard auto pioneer at Cleveland Marcb 21-W!IIIam C Sproul former governor of Pennsylvania March 23--Senator Woodbridge M Ferris of Michigan March SO-Frank B Willis United States senator from Ohio Apnl 1-Dr Sanger Brown allenl•t. In Chicago R C Carton English dramatist. April 3-Congressman J A. Gallivan ot Boston Mass April 6-Chauncey M. Depew In New York W E Grltns author lecturer and authority on Japan April 9-John A. Olx ex governor of New York April tO-Stanley J Weyman E l&'• llsh novelist Apr I 16-E M Statler hotel In New York Charles Sims Engll•h o.rtt11a, • April 22-Baron Okura., millionaire merchant Archb shoo Mora y del Rio ot MexIco In San Antonio Texas Apnl 25-Floyd Bennett. famous aviator m Quebec Baron Peter Wrangel leader of \\ h te R tss ns Ar>rtl 27-Congressman Martl:l B Madden of Ch cago May 1-CongreQsman Thaddeus C. S\\ eet :>f New York May 3-0r E<!gnr Faha Smith chemIst In Phllndelph a E B P1 oer ed tor Portland Ore~on an A W Krech New York financier May 4-George A. Thorne ChicagG cap tallst Mav 8-Rev Dr J S Stone Eols co pal an d 'lne of Chic \~O Mav 10-Judge w H Sanborn U S Circuit Court of Aooeals m St Paul M nn May 16-Sir Edmund Gosse English authcr May 18- William D Hay" ood former I \V W ch ef lu Mosoo v May 19-Bessle van Vorst America ll author May 21-Pror Hld.,yo Noguchi bnc terlologbt of Rockefeller In~tltute Allan Dale <iran atl<' critic May 24-Hersche Jones publisher nt M 1 ea1 oil• J rna! ~lay •9-Dr \V A Young director ot mediCal research tor Rockefeller ln~tl tute June 2-Dr Otto Nordenskjold Sw"d• Ish exolnrer Jun~ 6-John D Works former U S S)nator from California June 13-~!rs Emmelme Pankhurst. suftragiRt In London June 17-E T Meredith former secretary '>f tgrlculture In Des Moh e• I ow t. J ne 19-0onn Byrne American lrl~h no\ el st In Ireland Jute 21-Marshal Chang Tso lin Manchur an war lord June 24-Senator Frank R GoGdlng of Idaho Boll rook 81 nn actor June 27-Robert Bruce Mantell Shakespearean actor June 29-l eo 0 tr chsteln actor Ju e 30-AveJ y Honw ood American playwright July 8-Howard Ell ott former prPs !den of Nerthern Pac ftc rail vay July 9-Ge rge E Chamberla n !or mer s nator from Oregon July 15-H R Rathbone congress man at large from llllno s Julv 16-Giovannl Glohttl Italian statesman Or C L. Summers t~edlatrlclan lD Bait more July .0-EIIen Terry English actress Jt IY 22-Dr George Colvin president of Un vers ty of Loulsv lie Julv 23-Rear Admtral W M. Folger ret red In Bo•ton July 28-T B \\ alker multimillion· alre lumberman and art patron In M nnear oils July 30-Federal Judge 0 C Wester• Ua•er at Cleveland Ohio Aug 7-Prof E C Uayes ot Unlver• stty of Illlno s Aug 8-George E Brennan OemG• cratlc national committeeman from Illl· no s In Chicago Aug 11-James B Laughlin oteel company president. In H}annlsport. Mass Aug 19-VIscount Haldane Brltlslt. statesman Aug 20-Col George B Harvey public st and former ambassador to Gteat Britain Aug 27-MarJnal Emile Fayolle famous French strateg st Aug 28-A R Sorlie governor ot Nortl 0'llcota Aug 29-:llarv Garrett Hay eulfrage leader n New Rochelle N Y seot 3-Rear Admiral G F Wins lo v retl red Sept 20-\\ Ill am Whitman cotton rna ufarturer 1n Rrookl ne Ma•s Set t 21-Roy K Moulton newspa oer h<lmorlst In (3t Joseph lito Sept 23-S r Horace Darwm sclen tlst and son of Chat Jes Darwin Sept 25-R F Outcault newspaper eon " art st. Sept. 26-A E Stilwell railroad man n New 'I' ork Sept 29-Br g Gen W H Bixby farmer <'hlef of army engmeers Oct. 6-George Beban film actor o t 8-Larrv Semon motion picture comedian OcL 12-Mrs 11\ugusta E Stetson famous d sclple M Mary Baker Eddy fn Rochester N Y Oct 13-Dowager Empress Marie ot Russia Oct 14-Willlam J Flynn tormer ch ef of U S secret service Oct IS-Benjamin Strong governor of New York rederal Reserve bank S r Frank Did< see English painter and pre• dent of Royal Academy Oct 2•-Adolf Kraus Jewish leader tn Chicago Charles A TowPe former U S eenator from Minnesota Dr A H Putney International Ia~ authority In Wllsh ngton M ss Frances Newman American no\ ellst Oct 23-Ga>rge Barr lllcCutcheon Amer can no,el st In New ~ork Oct 24-Cardlnal de Lal In Rome O<'t ~6-Rev R A Torrey evana-e u~t at A•h> lie N C Br g Gen J R McQuigg former na tlor al c mmander of Amer can I eglon Oct !0-Hobert Lan~ ng former sec ret a ry of st te Richard Hudnut. American perfum ery manuf durer In France Nov 3-1!:1 ~a Srldmore writer on Far Ea~t Nov 8-Dr Frank Crane American wr ter In N ce France Nov J0-1 rlnce Trepol! premier ot Ru's a In 916 Nov 4-Dr Sabin von Sohocky tn ventor of ra Jlum paint at East Orange N J Rev J 11 Nicely moderator In Indiana pres b) tery Nov 16-Prof T C Chamberlin l(eologist 1n Chicago Nov 18-Dr John Harding father ot the late Pres dent Barding Nov 19-W lllam A Oldfield con• gressman from Arkansas Nov 21-Hermann Sudermann German lramlltist Nov 22-George H Jones chalrmao ot Standard Oil of New Jersey Nov 2~-Thomae F RYan flnancler In New York ur E Y Mullins president Southern Bapt "l Theological eem1nary In Loul11 ville Ky Nov 24-<len Baron JacQuea Bell<lan war commander Nov 26-Admlral Scheer comman~r ol Geronan fleet In battle of Jutland Nov 28-Admlral F F Fletcher retired Dec !-Henry A. Haugen Chlcu:o banl<er Dec 2-Lord Tennyson eoo ot tbe famou• poet l)ec 3-Ezra Meeker Jast ot the Oregon Trail ploneere In S'eattle lJec 7-M sa Allee Loo,.-fellow daughi<'T of the poet. l>ec 8-Jllmea A. Patten. Chlcace '\nancler Dec 1~-J M l>lckln~on former MO• retary of war tn Cbl<'ago Dec. 16-F leanor Wvlle Amerleaa poet and novelist. (@J by Westena N. .Bli&J)er l1111011,t |