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Show Oct 2S Lieut. J. H. Doollttla won Schneider trophy In Seaplane race at Baltimore. Bal-timore. Oct. 27 One hundred and fiftieth birthday birth-day o the United Statu navy celebrated. Lieutenant oollttleset new speed record rec-ord for seaplanes at 254.713 miles an hour at Baltimore. Oct 28 Court-martial of Colonel Mitchell Mitch-ell opened; General Summerall, president of the court, -and Generals Bowley and Sladen withdrawn for alleged prejudice. Oct. 30 Col. Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, four German and Swiss citizens and three German and Swiss corporations indicted by federal grand Jury on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States government. Nov. 3 James J. Walker. Democrat, elected mayor of New York: A Harry Moore, "wet" Democrat, elected governor gov-ernor of New Jersey. Nov, 5 Biennial convention of Antl-Sa-loon league opened in Chicago. Nov. 6 James E. Jones appointed director direc-tor of prohibition. Nov. 9 Colonel Mitchell, opening his defense, de-fense, made a new series of charges against the army and navy air services. Nov. 14 Garland F. Nye appointed United States senator by Governor Sorlie of North Dakota to succeed the late Senator Sen-ator Ladd. Nov. 18 Federal grand jury at Chicaero indicted Boston & Maine railroad and 24 Individuals for beer running conspiracy. Nov. 23 Mississippi Valley association convened in St. Louis and demanded Immediate Im-mediate development of inland waterways, water-ways, Including the Ohicago-to-Gulf project. proj-ect. New tax bill completed, cutting United States revenues by $325,736,000. Nov. 24 All permits for wine making revoked by government Nov. 25 Major General Patrick, head of army air service, in annual report scored administration for neglect of the service. Nov. 26 Maj. Gen. Amos Fries, chief of chemical warfare service, in annual report re-port declared the service was menaced by too much economy. Nov. 2S International Live Stock exposition expo-sition opened in Chicago. Nov. 29 Secretary of Commerce Hoover submitted annual report; urged early completion of mid-west waterway projects. proj-ects. Dec. 1 All sacramental wine permits revoked, effective December 31. Muscle Shoals board of inquiry made divided report; majority recommended lease to private capital for exclusive production pro-duction of fertilizer; minority opposed government operation and advised division divi-sion between fertilizer and other products. prod-ucts. Dec. 7 Sixty-ninth congress opened Its session. Nicholas Longworth elected speaker of the house. American Farm Bureau federation opened meeting in Chicago and was addressed ad-dressed by President Coolidge. Dec. 8 President Coolidge's message was read to congress Dec. 18 House passed the revenue bill. ! Ogden H. Hammond of New Jersey j appointed ambassador to Spain. 1 Erie railroad and ten individuals In-; In-; dieted in Chicago for beer running conspiracy. Dec. 21 R. V. Taylor, Democrat, of Mobile, Ala., nominated to be member of interstate commerce commission. general strike because of row wltli. the bricklayers. June 23 F. W. Sarrent, elected president presi-dent of Chicago and Northwestern railway rail-way W. H. Finley retiring. July 10 Anthracite miners presented demands for 10 per cent wage Increase. Dissolution of the Grain Marketing company, co-operative concern, announced. an-nounced. July 13 Standard Oil company of New Jersey changed from 12 to 8 hour dav for its oil fields, with new wage scale. July 17 American Woolen company announced an-nounced 10 per cent wage cut in mills. July 23 International Association of Machinists notified members to quit all relations with communist organizations or lose cards. July 28 Grain Marketing company formally dissolved. Aug. 1 First union of cemetery workers work-ers organized In Chicago. Aug. 2 American Federation of Labor reverted to its non,-Partisan political policy. Aug. 4 Anthracite coal wage negotiations negotia-tions broken off; operators refused higher wage scale and check-off; miners refused arbitration. Aug. 23 Shipping strike began In English Eng-lish ports. Aug. 27 President Lewis of the miners issued order for anthracite strike on Sept. 1. Aug, 28 Shipping strike on in ports of South Africa. Sept. 1 Strike of anthracite miners began. be-gan. Sept. 14 Secretary of Agriculture Jardine dismissed federal charge against merger of Armour and Morris packing plants. Sept. 22 John V. Farwell Co. of Chicago, Chi-cago, wholesale dry goods, bought by Carson, Plrie. Scott & Co.. forming a 5100,000,000 a year combination. Oct. 2 Jurisdictional dispute between bricklayers' and plasterers' unions that had long tied up building construction settled. Oct. 4 Four hundred million dollar merger of "Ward, General and Continental Baking companies announced. Oct. 6 Italian confederation of in-Industry, in-Industry, representing employers, and confederation of Fascist labor unions, agreed to close co-operation. Forty-fifth annual convention of American Ameri-can Federation of Labor opened in Atlantic At-lantic City. ct. 9 Chicago Board of Trade adopted stringent rules to prevent market manipulation, ma-nipulation, as demanded by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. Oct. 12 Seamen's strike called off in South Africa ports. Oct. 15 American Federation -f Labor turned down all propositions for cooperation co-operation with Russian trade unions and recognition of the soviet government; President Green and other officers reelected re-elected Oct. 19 U. S. Supreme court ruled against Arizona minimum wage law for women. Nov. 2 S. M. Felton resigned us president presi-dent of Chicago Great Western railway, Col. N. L. Howard succeeding him. Nov. 29 Anthracite miners accepted Pinehot plan for ending strike. British seamen's strike in Australian ports ended without gain for men. Nov. 30 Chicago " cemetery workers went on strike in five cemeteries. Anthracite operators rejected Pinehot plan for ending strike. Dec. 18 French manufacturers offered of-fered to mortgage nation's industries for $400,000,000 loan to government. Dec. 20 King AH of Hedjaz abdicated abdi-cated following capture of Jedda by the Wahabis. Jan. (New German reichstaff convened. con-vened. Premier Mussolini reorganized Italian cabinet. Jan. 15 Dr. Hans Luther formed new cabinet for Germany, in which monarchists mon-archists and nationalists were strong. Jan. 17 Italian chamber adopted Mussolini's Mus-solini's electoral law and adjourned. Jan. 23 Navy Junta government of Chile overthrown by group of young army ofiicers. Jan. 28 Russian mercenaries of Marshal Mar-shal Lu Yung-hslang took possession of Shanghai. Chilean army and navy reached agreement agree-ment on government, recognizing President Presi-dent Ale.ssandri. Jan. 31 Ahmed Zogu, leader of recent revolt, elected president of Albania. Feb. 2 Russian government granted amnesty to counter-revolutionists. Giacomo d! Martlno appointed Italian ambassador to Washington. Feb. 8 Elections in Vugo-Slavla resulted re-sulted In establishing virtual dictatorship dictator-ship of Premier Pachich and the military mili-tary juma. Feb. 25 Indians of Panama rebelled, burning a town. Feb. 27 Turkey began big mobilization to crush Kurd rebellion. American marines landed on San Bias coast, Panama, where Indians were in revolt. March 2 Japanese lower house passed universal manhood suffrage bill. March 3 Turkish cabinet resigned owing ow-ing to Kurd revolt and row with Greece. March 5 Panama made peace with San Bias Indian's. lamet Pasha again made premier of Turkey. March 9 Tacna-Arica boundary dispute dis-pute between Chile and Peru, was advanced ad-vanced toward final solution by decision of President Coolidge that the ultimate disposition of contested province should be by popular vote March 29 Germany failed to elect President in its first popular election. March 31 New Finnish cabinet formed by M. Tuienheimo. April 5 Premier Theunis and cabinet of Belgium resigned. April 8 Field Marshal von Hlndenburg nominated for President of Germany by Nationalists. April 10 French cabinet, defeated In senate on financial bill, resigned. April 14 Communists attempted to assassinate as-sassinate King Boris of Bulgaria. April 15 Paul Painleve made premier of France. Infernal machine explosion in Sofia killed 180 and wrecked cathedral. April 16--Painlcve formed new French cabinet with Caillaux as minister of finance and Briand as foreign minister. Kurd revolt ended, leaders captured. April IS Bulgaria under martial law; 400 Reds executed. April 19 Former Crown Prince Wil-helm Wil-helm of Germany found not guilty of war crimen. April 2G Field Marshal von Hinden-bur Hinden-bur elected President of Germany. May 11 Eight men sentenced to death for Sofia cathedral bomb outrage. May 12 Paul von Hindenburg inaugurated in-augurated president of Germany. May 13 Aloys Van de Vyvar-a formed new Belgian cabinet. May 20 Chang Tso-lin occupied Pe-ging, Pe-ging, Feng Yu-Hsiang withdrawing his troops. May 21 Amundsen hopped off for the pole from Spitzbergen with two planes. May 22 Belgian cabinet resigned. May 30 Serious riots started by native students in Shanghai followed by fatal fights with foreign police forces. June 5 Ex tensive plot to assassinate king of Spain uncovered. June 11 Presbyterian. Methodist and Congregational churches of Canada merged into United Church of Canada. June 17 Viscount Poullet formed new Belgian . ministry. June IS Amundsen party arrived at Spitzbergen safely. Flew to within less than 150 miles of pole, lost one plane and returned in other. June 25 Greek government overthrown by military and naval revolt and new one installed under General Pangalos. June 26 Pangalos became premier of Greece. June 29 Sheik Said and 21 other leaders of the Kurdish insurrection executed ex-ecuted by the Tmrks. July 19 Druse rebels In Syria besieged the French garrison of 700, In the fortress of Suedia. July 21 Premier Da Silva and cabinet of Portugal resigned. July 25 Leaders of Turcoman revolt In Persia executed. Aug. 3 Serious revolt of Druses in Syria asainst the French Aug. 13 President Kemal of Turkey by presiden tial decrees divorced his wife, Lacife Hanoun. and removed afl restrictions on women's dress. Aug. 22 Seven Egyptians executed for murder of Sir Lee Stack, the sirdar. Sept. 1 Bolivian congress annulled the election of Villaneuva as President. . Sept. 24 French routed Druse rebels at Suedia. Oct. 1 President Alessandri of Chile resigned. Oct. 4 Russia entirely abandoned prohibition. pro-hibition. Oct. 19 Revolt of Druses in Damascus suppressed by French in one day after bloody battle. City partly destroyed by bombardment. Oct. 24 Emiliano Figueroa elected President of Chile Oct. 27 Premier Painleve and the entire en-tire French cabinet resigned when Finance Fi-nance Minister Caillaux refused to quit after his financial program ha J been disapproved. Oct. 29 Painleve formed new French cabinet with himself as premier and minister of finance. Conservatives led by Arthur Meighan won Canadian parliamentary election. Oct. 31 Persian parliament deposed Shah Ahmed Mirza, and Riza Khan, premier and dictator, assumed the throne as King PaMavi- Nov. 4 Bakry Bey, rebel leader, proclaimed pro-claimed Syrian republic. Plot to assassinate Premier Mussolini and overthrow the government foiled by Italian police; all Masonic temples seized by authorities. Nov. 9 Plot to assassinate king of Rumania thwart ea Archbishop of Canterbury appointed committee to -study faith healing. Nov. 11 Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang took control con-trol of Peking and members of the cabinet resigned. Marshal Chang retreated re-treated toward Manchuria. Nov. 13 Polish cabinet resigned. Nov. 15 Syrian rebels won battle In Lebanon and captured several towns from Christian forces. Communist governor ousted by state legislature of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Twelve Russian ofiicials sentenced to death for graft Nov. 20 New Polish coalition cabinet formed by Premier Skrzynskl. Nov. 21 Egyptian parliament held rump session and voted lack of confidence confi-dence in government. .Nov. 22 French chamber of deputies rejected re-jected part of government's financial project and Painleve cabinet resigned. Nov. 25 Doumer and Herriot both failed to form new French ministry. Army rovolt against Ci.ang Tso-lin In China reported. Nov. 20 Kins Rama of Riam died and Vvas succeeded by his brother, Prince Frajatipok. Nov. 27 Gen. Feng challenged Marshal Chang to quit Chinese politics or fight. Briand formed new cabinet for France with Loucheur as finance minister. Nov. 28 -Italian parliament passed laws making Mussolini dictatorship complete. ,f ----- - . I Chronology I of the 1 Year 1925 Compiled by E. W. PICKARD (, 1020, Western Newspapei Union.) INTERNATIONAL Jan. 2 France Informally offered to pay United States debt in ninety years. Htarting with ten year moratorium. Jan. 19 Internal ional opium conference reopened In Geneva. Jan. 20 Japan and Russia signcJ treatv of mutual diplomatic recognition, with clause giving Japan naval oil reserve on Saghnlin. I Jan. 22 Costa Rica withdrew fro i I League of Nations. I Feb. 6 United States withdrew from International opium conference. ! March 1 Marshal Foch's allied military committee found Germany's violations of ! the Versailles treaty extremely grave. i April 20 United States marines landed In Honduras to protect foreign inter- i est s during revolution. I May 4 International conference on con-, con-, ti ol of arms t rattle opened in Geneva, i May 11 Abd-el-Krlm declared a holy I war against Spain and France. ' May 20 French defeated Rirtians near Fez, saving that city. May 31 Allies Informed Germany of her failures to disarm as required by j treaty. j Riots in Shanghai started anti-foreign ! movement throughout China and Ameri-! Ameri-! can and Italian bluejackets were landed. I June 5 Plots of Russian bolsheviks to mart civil war - in China exposed. Geneva arms conference agreed to outlaw out-law poison gas in warfare. Germany yielded to some disarmament : demands of allies, refused others. , June D Velnstra of Belgium won Bennett Ben-nett cup balloon race. Juno 12 Secretary of State Kellogg warned Mexico she must protect lives Bi.d property of American citizens and meet her international obligations. June 1 1 President Calles of Mexico replied defiantly and indignantly to Sen i i:iry K eiiogg's warning. Ji:n.; ";! Chineso situation abroach-J:i abroach-J:i crisis as more foreigners were attacked. at-tacked. July 7 French reported repulse of Rif-tians Rif-tians after ten days of lighting, but evaciial-d two towns. July ' France ratified the Washington Washing-ton treat iv.) concerning China .Lily II Kiilians began offensive against French on J0o mile front. July 22 French in Morocco repulsed KidUm offensive after evacuating several sev-eral outposts. July German reichstag approved Sli i semann's security pact proposals. July ;u Fifty thousand Poles in Germany Ger-many and Germans in Poland repatriated by force. Aug. 2 Creece prepared to "invade Bulgaria Bul-garia because of murder of Greek mer-cha mer-cha n t in Bulgaria. Aug. 3 United States marines evacuated evacu-ated Nicaragua after 12 years Ayr. E '-Belgian debt commission arrived ar-rived in United "States." Two treaties of AYashlngton confer-! confer-! mce relating to Chinese customs and open door went into effect. Aug. 11 French and Spanish armies ti ni ted for drive on RitTians. Aii;,', 3 2 Germany asked that United .Sta tcs return property seized during the var, valued at J3iK),000,GO0. .Marshal Retain given chief command In Morocco. Au. 17 Opening of fourteenth Zionist Zion-ist t on gross in Vienna marked by great aii Li -Semi te riots. A !.;. IS Agreement for settlement of r.i';.!;ian debt to United States reached; in ti rest on w ar obligations canceled. Aug. 25 French and Belgians evacuated Luis-doi'it. Uuisburg and Kuhrort, the "sanction cities." -" A i.g. 2U Great Britain granted liberal th-tit settlement terms to France. Aug. JS Great Britain renewed full tii i.l i m a lie relations with Mexico. ! Any. 21 French and Spanish warships 1 and planes destroyed AUjir, capital of , AKl-el-Kran. Sept. 5 America. Japan and Great Britain agreed to send judicial repre-Hi repre-Hi r. tat i vt'.s to inquire in to the Shanghai 1 i k.ls. uther European powers and China re f'.red to co-opera te. S e ; t . 7 Sixth annual assembly of 1 .ea gue of Nations opened in Geneva: Senator Raoul Uandurand of Canada elected president. Sep'. S Spanish army effected landing land-ing in Ath'i. emas Bay after hard fih1 with Kilhur.s. Capture of Tetuarr threat-end threat-end by Riff forces. Sept. 12 Allies invited Germany to Ffi urity part conference. Sept. 19 Mosul, dispute referred to The llaue court by League of Nations. Sept. 22 Great Britain accused Turkev. -4v;'ore League of Nations, of violating the Mosul frontier. Sept. 24 French debt commission h."-'df?d bv Caillaux arrived In Washing-! Washing-! ton. i Germany aeccpi'-ah.'s' Invitation to i,. security part conference. Sep;. 2S League of Nations assembly adjourned. 1 Oct. 1 Caillaux's offer on French debt rejected but he took back Ameriean offer ta accept $ii,000.txK) a year for five years wic n negotiations will be resumed. Int.erparhamentnry Union sessions op ' ned in Wash in g ton. Oct. 5 European security pact conference confer-ence opened in Locarno. Switzerland. Oct. 7 International commission began ir.'S'.iiry ir:to Shanghai riots. Oct. 9 Terms agreed on for funding Chechoclovakian debt to United States. Oct. 12 United States troops, at request of President Chiari of Panama, entered Panama City and suppressed Bed rent rio: s. K-usia ad Germany signed commercial commer-cial treaty. Oct. 1G Ministers of Great Britain. France, Germany, Belgium. Italy, Pole. Po-le. :;! and Czechoslovakia at Locarno signed t!ie Hhine security pact and ac-comujy ac-comujy ing arbitration treaties. ,v(1-l. pj.-G'-eeks and B'l'furians fought on frontier near Demihissar. ."Oct. 21 Greece sent ultimatum to Bul-' Bul-' fcaria, demanding Indemnity and apology. French cabinet rejected temporary arrangement ar-rangement converging debt to America and planned new offer- Oct. 22 Greek troops Invaded Bulgaria, rhelled the town of Petrich and several villages: Bulgaria appealed to League of Nations. Oct. 25 League of Nations council ordered or-dered Greece and Bulgaria to cease hostilities hos-tilities and withdraw from each other's territory at once. British case in Mosul dispute submitted sub-mitted to international court of justice; Turkey declined. International conference on Chinese .tariff opened In Peking. 0 t. 27 Greece and Bulgaria agreed to obey League of Nations council. Nov. 3 International conference In Pek ine agreed to give China tariff autonomy au-tonomy not later than lit 19. Nov. 11 Germany agreed to all the ftlli J demands on disarmament Nov. 12 Agreement readied for funding fund-ing 1 1 a!. an debt lo United States. Nov. IS British parliament ratified o' :i rno treaties. Nov. 21 Chile withdrew from Tacna-A Tacna-A r! a pleblnelte comni Ifsinn. Nov. F-uypt yielded to Italy's frontier fron-tier demands and gave up rich oasis of Jan hub. Nov. 27 German reichstag ratifkd Lo nrno treaties 1 j.-c. 1 Loeurno tren ties signed In London Lon-don by fiovc n nations, promising peace uri'l security for Furop. Evacuation of i'r,u'.::ic to be eornpleU'd by Januarv '.'A. ('ji'l. protester to League of Nations nan-d PwslilnK's alleged retarding of 'J a- ::a-Ariea plebiscite. . a i'- f n e n I lor funding K;imanla's debt t'i f ri'ieii h-iatfM r'a"iied In Washington, c 21 A ImU e 1 - K rl m " fipened peace tieoi la t Ions with France and Spain. FOREIGN jri;, i r;h!nrf:e government proclaimed pinreHty to all fxet-pf ex-President Tr-iao Kn i :itid Ii!k pai liarnentftrv Htippurters. IT triier Miik.hoIItiI of Italy bfgan sup-I sup-I r"'(in of oppoul tlon ort;an Ixations and Bubmltted nami of Warren to senate to be attorney general. March 13 Senate ratified the Isle of Pines treaty which fixed ownership of Island Is-land wiUi Republic of Cuba. March IS Senate again rejected President Presi-dent Coolidge's nomination of Warren to be attorney general by vote of 46 to 39. March 25 President Coolidge appointed Thomas F. Woodlock of New York as member of the Interstate commei-'e commission March 30-Eriff. Gen William Mitchell ordered to Texas flying field, reverting to rank of colonel. March 31 United States shipping board sold Its five Pacific ships for $5,625,000 to Dollar interests. April 3 Indictments against Fall. Sinclair Sin-clair and the Dohenys dismissed on a technicality. April 7 U. S. S. Saratoga, largest airplane air-plane carrier, launched. April 16 Senator Wheeler of Montana went to trial in Great Falls for illegal use of his influence as senator. April 23 District of Columbia judge suspended consent decree by which "Big Five" packers agreed to divorce themselves them-selves from unrelated lines. April 24 Senator B K. Wheeler acquitted acquit-ted In trial at Great Falls, Mont. April 27 War game at Hawaii ended without official decision. April 29 Solicitor General J. IvI. Beck resigned. May 3 W. T. Van Orman won national balloon race with Goodyear III. May 4 International Council of Women convened in Washington. May 5 Secretary Wilbur ordered aviation avia-tion training for all cadets of Annapolis academy Coast guard fleet began Intensive war on the Atlantic coast rum fleet May 13 Glenn Frank, editor of Century Cen-tury magazine, elected president of University Uni-versity of Wisconsin. Mgr. J. F. Noll of Huntington. Ind.. made bishop of Fort Wayne. May 21 Presbyterian general assembly 1 met in Columbus, Ohio, and elected Dr. C. R. Erdman of Princeton seminary moderator. May 25 J. T. Scopes indicted in Dayton, Day-ton, Tenn., for test case of state law against teaching of evolution theory. Governor Baker of Missouri appointed G, H. Williams United States senator to fill out term of late Selden S. Spencer. May 27 Grand jury in Washington returned re-turned new indictments against Fall. Sinclair and Doheny. Shipping board voted to scrap 200 vessels. ves-sels. May 28 Doheny leases In Elk Hills naval oil reserve and Hawaii contracts voided by federal court in Los Angeles. May 29 Federal grand jury in Chicago Chi-cago indicted 2-J9 furniture making concerns con-cerns and individuals for combining in restraint of trade and commerce. June 5 William D. Mitchell, St. Paul, Minn., .appointed solicitor general. June 8 President Coolidge addressed Norse-American centennial celebration in St. Paul, Minn. . June 14 President Goolldge declared himself against reduction in sugar duty. June 17 MacMillan expedition to explore ex-plore Crocker land sailed from Boston. - June IS Forty-nine chairmaiters pleaded guilty to trust charges and were fined. June 19 Federal Judge Kennedy at Cheyenne, Wyo., decided the Teapot Dome oil reserve lease to the Sinclair company was legal and proper. June 23 President Coolidge moved to summer White House at Swampscott. Mass. Sweeping reorganization plan for federal fed-eral prohibition enforcement announced by Treasury department. 'June 30 Ice box manufacturers indicted in-dicted for anti-trust law violation pleaded guilty and were fined by Federal Judge Cliffe in Chicago. Mrs, Edith N. Rogers of Lowell. Mass.. elected to congress to succeed her husband, hus-band, the late John Jacob Rogers. July 1 Overnight air mail service between be-tween New York and Chicago established. estab-lished. Dr. F. E. Clark, founder and for 44 years president of Christian Endeavor, resigned and was succeeded by Dr. D. A. Poling. July 10 E. B. Brousard. Utah, appointed ap-pointed to tariff commission Scopes anti-evolution law trial opened in Dayton, Tenn., with W. J. Bryan aiding prosecution. Eighty-three furniture manufacturers pleaded guilty of violating anti-trust law and were lined $188,000. July 21 Scopes convicted in Dayton evolution trial and fined S100." July 2u New indictments returned In . Chicago against 155 furniture manufacturers manufac-turers for violating an Li -trust laws. William Jennings Bryan died suddenly in Day ton, Tenn. July 31 William J. Bryan Interred in Arlington National cemetery Aug. 4 Ford's bid of $1,706,000 for 200 United States shipping board vessels accepted. ac-cepted. Aug. 12 National crime commission organized in New York by prominent men. Aug. 18 Max Mason, mathematics professor pro-fessor in University of Wisconsin, elected elec-ted president of University of Chicago. Aug. 19 MacMillan expedition abandoned aban-doned exploration of polar regions by airplane for the season. Aug. 20 Secretary of Agriculture Jardine ousted Dr. H. G. Taylor, chief of bureau of agricultural economics. Aug. 21 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews announced appolnt-ment appolnt-ment of 24 prohibition district administrators. adminis-trators. Aug. 29 Power production started at Muscle Shoals. Aug. 31 Two navy planes began the flight from San Francisco to Plonolulu; one broke down 300 miles out. Fifty-ninth annual encampment of the G. A. R. opened In Grand Rapids. Mich. Senate recount of Iowa senatorial election elec-tion votes showed Brookhart 184 votes ahead of Steck. Sept. 1 Second navy plane forced down near Hawaii by lack of fuel and lost in stormy sea. with crew of five. Found ten days later. Sept, 3 Navy dirigible Shenandoah destroyed by storm In Ohio. Lieut. Com. Zacharv Lansdowne and 13 others killed. John B. Inman. of Springfield, II!.. elected elect-ed commander in chief of G. A. R. Sept. 5 Col. William Mitchell severely criticized army and navy air service. Sept. 10 President Coolidge returned to Washington from vacation. Sept. 12 President Coolidge named board of nine to investigate air defense. Sept. 15 James Walker, Tammany candidate, nominated for mayor of Now York by Democrats, defeating Mayor H"-lan; H"-lan; F. D. Waterman nominated by the Republicans R. M. La Follette, Jr., nominated by Wisconsin Republicans for United States senator: W. G. Bruce nominated by Democrats. Sept. 17 President's air investigation board held first session. Secretary Kellogg c anceled vise of Saklatvala, British Communist and delegate dele-gate to Interparliamentary union. Sept. 19 Col. William Mitchell relieved of active service in army because of his criticisms of air service. Sept. 29 R. M. La Follette. Jr.. e'.ected United States senator from Wisconsin. Col. William Mitchell, testifying before be-fore aircraft board, upheld his severe criticisms of army and navy air services and offered defense plans. Oct. 1 Shipping board resumed full control of Fleet corporation. Oct. 3 F.. J. Thompson resigned from shipping board. Oct. 5 Convention of American Legion opened in Omaha. Oct. 6 President Coolidgfl addressed American Legion convention, urging tolerance, tol-erance, and adequate defense without Jingoism. Leigh C Palmer forced to resign an president of Fleet corporation: ."liner E. Crowley elected to place. Oct. 8 Episcopal house of bishops affirmed af-firmed charge of heresy aga hist . Bishop W. M. Brown of Arkansas, Oct. 9 John It. McQuigs of Cleveland, Ohio, was elected cnmnuuider In chief of tbe American Lenlon. Oct. 12 Bishop Brown deposed from Episcopalian ministry Lieut. Cyrus KeUI.-i, U. S. A., won Pulitzer trophy In record time in Mltchcl field ylr races. Oct. 13 President Cooliduo accepted resignation of J. W. Weeks as secretary of war and appointed D. K. 1 'avis to succeed suc-ceed him. t)ct. 11 Bishop Murray of Maryland elected prcsidlnu bishop by Episcopalians. Oct. if. ( ' o 1 . Ihinford MaeNidcr appointed appoint-ed a. sninnt secretary of war Oct. 20- cii-rt-mrllRl for Colonel Mitchell ordered to convene October 2S. Arthur It, Hnlnnwon of Indianapolis appointed ap-pointed Uni ted St. it es senator from In-d.n-u l fill out term of late Senator KmIuUjii. April 2-Ralph T. Pain, Amertn author, In Concord. N. H ' May 1-WIlllam A. Tllden, retired Chicago Chi-cago banker. Congressman Arthur B. Williams of Battle Creek. Mich. May 6 Viscount Leverhulme. Enjrlish "soap king." F. G. Crowell. American artist. May 7 Maj. Gen. H. A. Bandhj?U, U. S. A., retired, at Constantine. Mich. May 8 Duke of Rutland. May 9 Henry O. Wilbur, Philadelphia chocolate manufacturer May 10 Herbert Quick, American author au-thor and editor. W. -F. Massey, premier of New Zealand. Zea-land. May 12 Miss Amy Lowell, poet and critic at Brookllne. Mass. Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray, retired, In Washington. Gen. Charles Mangin, the defender of Verdun. May 13 Viscount Milner. Engirsh statesman. May 14 Sir Henry Rider Haggard. English Eng-lish author. May 15 Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. U. S A., retired, in Washington. May 16 Selden P. Spencer, United States senator from Missouri. May 22 Field Marshal French, earl of Ypres May 26 Dr. Ernest DeW. Burton, president of Chicago university. Louis Falk, noted organist, In Rochester, Roch-ester, N. Y. June 1 Thomas R. Marshall, former vice president of the United States, in Washington. June 4 Camllle Flammarion. French astronomer. Pierre Louya, French author. j june 6 Vance Thompson, American author, in Nice, France. ! June 12 Warren S. Stone, president I Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. June 15 Julius Kruttschnitt, railway magnate, in New York. E. L. Phillpp, former covernor of Wisconsin. Wis-consin. June 17 Edmund J. James, president emeritus of University of Illinois. June 18 Robert M. LaFollette, United i States senator from Wisconsin. I June 22 Edwin F. Ladd, United States senator from North Dakota. July 15 Mary Cholmondeley, English . novelist. July 16 Rear Admiral G. W. Williams, at Charleston, S C July 19 Col. Moses Shoenberg, -prominent merchant and banker of St. Louis, Mo. Cardinal Begin, archbishop of Quebec. July 25 Dr. A. J. Ochsner, famous -surgeon, In Chicago. July. 26 William Jennings Bryan In Dayton, T110 Mrs.. Helen H. Gardner, author and educator, in Washington July 28 Edgar A. Bancroft, United States ambassador to Japan. Aug. 3 Paul J. Gores, prominent hotel man, in Chicago. Aug. 5 Owen F. Aldis, pioneer Chicago Chi-cago capitalist, in Paris. Aug. 7 George Gray, former United States senator from Delaware. Aug. 8 John Temple Graves of Georgia, -editor and lecturer. Aug. 11 Theodore Spiering, American violinist, in Munich. Aug. 15 Sir Adam Beck, prominent member of Ontario cabinet. Aug. 19 Victor F. Lawson, editor and publisher of Chicago Daily News. Miss Helen Culver, aged philanthropist, at Lake Forest. 111. Aug. 22 Sir George Goldie, founder ; of Nigeria, In London. Arthur Shirley, English dramatist Aug. 29 Thomas Hisgen, Independent league candidate for Presidency in 1904. W. O. Stoddard, once private secretary secre-tary to Abraham Lincoln, at Madison, N. J. Sept. 3 E. R. Stettinlus of J. P. Morgan & Co., in New York Sept. 4 Reginald C. Vanderbilt, at Portsmouth, R. I. Sept. 7 Rene VivianI, former premier of France. Sept. 8 Earl of Portsmouth. Sept 11 Samuel P. Thresher of Chicago, Chi-cago, anti-vice crusader. Sept. 14 Max Pam of Chicago, noted .corporation lawyer. Sept. 16 Herbert Parsons, former congressman con-gressman from New York. Seymour Cromwell, New York banker and broker. Sept. 19 Marquis Eaton, off Chicago, i lawyer and ch ic leader Sir Francis Darwin, scientist and son of Charles Darwin. Sept. 20 Paul Bartlett. American sculptor, in Rome. Sept. 21 A. C. Bedford of New York. Standard Oil magnate James Deering, Chicago and Miami millionaire, at sea. Sept. 24 Viscount Hamao, Japanese statesman. Ada Lewis, American actress. Sir Pratab Singh, maharajah . of Kashmir. Sept. 29 Leon Bourgeois. French statesman. Oct. 3 William II. Scrlven of Chicago, prominent railroad executive. Stephen Ronan, noted Irish jurist. . ' Oct. 6 Fred Zimmerman, president C. I. & W. R. R.. at Battle Creek. Mich. Oct. 7 Christy Mathevvson, famous baseball pitcher. Oct. 10 James B. Duke, tobacco magnate mag-nate and philanthropist. In New York. Oct 14. Samuel M. Ralston, U. S. senator sena-tor from Indiana. Eugene Sandow, famous strong man. In London. Oct. 15 Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood, former congressman and Civil war veteran, in Toledo, Ohio. Rt, Rev. Frederick Burgess. Episcopal bishop of Long Island. Oct. 17 William Livingstone, president of Lake Carriers' association, in Detroit. De-troit. Oct. 22 Bishop Edward M. Parker of New Hampshire. Oct. 20 Dr H. J. Waters, agricultural expert and editor of weekly Kansas City Star. Job Harriman, Socialist leader, in Sierra Sier-ra Madre. Cal. Oct. 27 E. H. Carmack, prominent Insurance In-surance man of Chicago, Oct. 28 Theodore PrCsser, publisher of Etude, in Philadelphia. Oct. 30 M. E. Ailes, president Rlggs National bank of Washington Gen. Felix Agnus, veteran of army of Napoleon III. and of the Civil war and former publisher of Baltimore American. Oct. 31 L. White Busbey, veteran journalist. In Washington Gen. M. W. Frunse. Soviet Russian commissar for war. Nov. 5 Dr. Samuel Dickie, president emeritus of Albion college, Michigan. Nov. 6 P. A. Lannon. former publisher pub-lisher of Salt Lake Tribune. Khai Dinh. emperor of Annam. Nov. 7 Eldridge Gerry Snow, New York financier. Prof. Nordhagen, noted Norwegian architect. T. H. Preston, veteran Canadian editor edi-tor Nov. 8 Ira O. Baker, emeritus professor profes-sor of civil engineering at University of Illinois. Domiclo De Gama, Brazilian statesman. states-man. Nov. 10 A. J. Earllng:, former president presi-dent of C. M. & St, P. railway. In Milwaukee. Mil-waukee. Nov. 13 E. D. Libbey, millionaire glass manufacturer and art patron of Toledo. Ohio. Nov. 15 J. W P. Lombard, veteran banker of Milwaukee. Nov. 17 J. Campbell Cory, well kne n cartoonist. In Denver. Nov. 19 O. O. Shields, author, lecturer lec-turer and editor, in New York. Nov. 20 Dowager Queen Alexandra of England. Clara Morris, actress, at New Canaan. Conn. Dr. Paul F. Peck, professor of history in Northwestern university. Nov. 24-W. T Brown, vice president of Order of Railwav Telegraphers. Supiyalat, whlow of Theebaw, last king of Burma. Nov. 26 Rama VI, king of Slam. A. A. MeCormick. former publisher and civic leader of Chicago. Nov. 28 Gordon 15. Sherman, authority on international law, in Morristown, N. J. Nov. 2! Andrew Fletcher, president of American Locomotive company, in New York Doc. 18 A. N. Holding, noted silk m c re h a n t , n t R oc k v 1 1 1 r. Conn, Pec. li B. A. Johnson, publisher Lumber World Review. In Chicago. Dr. W. 11. Thornycroft, British scul ptor. James Wood, president emeritus of American Bible society. Dec. 20 Prof. 10. S. Morse, zoologist, at Salem. Mass. Dr. O. A. Rlanchard, president of Whonton college, Illinois, j Dec. 22 Frank A. Munsey, news- paper publisher. DISASTERS Jan. 23 Serious Hoods in southern states. j Feb. 1 Mine explosion at Dortmund, Germany, killed 13S. I Feb. 20 Mine explosion at Sullivan. Ind.. killed 51 men. Feb. 28 Earthquake shook all eastern 1 North America: seven persons killed in Canada. March 16 Thousands killed by earthquake earth-quake in central China, j March IS Over 800 killed and 3.000 injured in-jured by tornado which swept southern I Illinois. Indiana, Missouri, Alabama and 1 Tennessee. April 6 City of Chalchihuites, Mexico, destroyed by volcanic action: 200 killed. May 8 Mississippi river excursion steamer capsized near Memphis; 22 lost. May 16 Forty-three men killed by mine explosion near Dortmund. Germany. May 26 Explosions in coal mine near Sanford, N. C, entombed and killed 52 men. June 2 Disastrous tornado at Minneapolis. Minne-apolis. June 8 Seventeen men killed by mine explosion at Sturgis. Ky. June 16 Forty-five persons, mostly Chicago German-Americans on their wav to Bremen, killed in train wreck near liackettstown, N. J. June 29 Santa Barbara, - Cal., wrecked ; by earthquake; 11 dead; property loss ! more than $:?5,O00,P0O. ! July 4 Nearly fifty persons killed by j collapse of Boston dance hall. ! Aug. 18 Boilers of excursion steamer exploded near Newport. R. I.; 50 killed. Aug. 25 Italian submarine lost with 49 men. Sept. 3 Navy dirigible Shenandoah destroyed by storm in Ohio; Lieut. Commander Com-mander Zachary Lansdowne and 13 others : killed. Sept. 24 U. S. submarine S-51 sunk in collision with steamship City of Rome off Rhode Island coast; 83 men lost, 3 saved. Oct. 27 Eighteen killed In train wreck near Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 12 British submarine with crew of 08 lost In English channel. Nov. 18 Clyde liner Lenape burned off Delaware coast; 367 passengers and crew saved; one man drowned. Three million dollar fire on docks at New Orleans. Nov. 30 West coast of Florida ravaged by storms. DOMESTIC Jan. 4 Associate Justice Joseph Mc-Kenna Mc-Kenna of Supreme court resigned and President Coolidge named Attorney General Gen-eral Harlan F. Stone to succeed him. Mrs. Nelie T. Ross sworn in as governor gov-ernor of Wyoming. Jan. 6 Senate upheld President's veto of postal salary raise bill by one vote. Senate passed Interior department bill and house passed emergency deficiency bill carrying ?lo7.000.000. . Jan. 7 Senate passed treasury, post office and agriculture supply bills. Jan 9 House passed armv appropriation appropria-tion bill carrying ?33 1,000,000. Jan. 10 President Coolidge announced that Secretary of State Hughes would retire from the cabinet on March 4 and that Frank B. Kellogg had been selected to succeed him. Charles B. Varren nominated for attorney at-torney general. Jan. 12 Presidential electors met In the stale capitals and cast their votes, Coolidge Cool-idge and Dawes being formally elected. Jan. 13 Alanson B. Houghton, ambassador am-bassador to Germany, selected to succeed suc-ceed Frank B. Kellogg as ambassador to Great Britain. ' Senate passed deficiency bill carrying $15,0,000. Jan. 14 Eerate passed the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill Jan. 15 C. BaSLOm Slemp resigned as secretary to the President and Everett Sanders of Indiana was named to succeed suc-ceed him. Rt. Rev. W. M. Brown, former bishop of Arkansas, found guilty of violating Episcopal doctrine by church board of review and his expulsion from ministry recommended. Former Secretary Denby exonerated and Fall condemned by minority report from senate committee on oil inquiry. Jan. 2) President Coolidge announced completion of work of United States railroad administration created during the war; cost to nation was $1 ,674,5,'.l0,0O0. Senate adopted majority report on Teapot Tea-pot Dome oil scandal, censuring Fall and Denby. Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson Inaugurated governor o f Texas. Jan. 30 Col. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the v etera ns' bureau and John W. Thompson, millionaire contractor contrac-tor of St. Louis, found guilty by a jury in Chicago of having conspired to defraud de-fraud tbe government in contracts for soldiers' hospitals Emiie Daeachner, new French ambassador, ambas-sador, presented credentials to President Coolidge. Senato passed postal pay and rate increase in-crease bill Jan. 30 Dog teams carrying antitoxin for diphtheria-stricken Nome started on 66i-mile run. Feb. 2 Serum reached Nome In record-breaking record-breaking lime. House passed bill for $150,000,000 for public pub-lic buildings program for six years. Delaware and Utah rejected child labor la-bor amendment. Feb. 3 House returned postal increase bill to senate, asserting Its right to initiate ail revenue legislation. j.-ell 4 Col. C. R. Forbes and J W. Thompson sentenced to two years in prison and $10,000 fine each. Tennessee legislature rejected -hlld labor la-bor amendment. Feb. 10 House passed postal pay and rate Increase bill substituted for senate measure. Senate ratified commercial treaty with Germany. Keb. 14 William M. Jardine of KarssriM appointed secretary of agriculture, and George Parks Kovernor of Alaska. Feb. 1G Floyd Collins, entrapped by bowlder in Sand Cave. Kencueky. on January 30. found dead. Senate confirmed nomination of Frank B. Kellogg to be secretary of state. Senate passed again its own postal salary and rate bill. Feb. 17 Senate voted to incre.se salaries of members of congress to $10.-U00 $10.-U00 and of cabinet members to $1j5.000. Feb. 20 House accepted senate amendment amend-ment for raise of congressional and cabinet salaries. Fb. 26 Charles S. Deneen appointed senator from Illinois to succeed tlie late Medill MeCormick. House passed Dickinson co-operative marttctinc bill as substitute for Capper-Haugcn Capper-Haugcn measure. Feb. 27 Republican members of next house in caucus elected Nicholas Long-worth Long-worth of Ohio speaker. House committee reported great frauds In bureau of printing and ejiravhiA. Marc!) i lie J.-e :iJ.pU"l 1 eul u Hun a t - vocating American entry into world court. Navy war name becan In the Pacific. March 4 Oil v in Cool id e and Chark j G Dawes inaugurated President nd vice president of United S'ates. March 5 United Slates sMpplns board and Emergency Fb'-t corporation won verdict for $1 1 ,r)71 .S'.H against Virginia Shipbuilding corporation March 6- I Je-ut. Col. James K. Keehot limned as successor to Li rig G'. n, W'il-Ha W'il-Ha in M iteliell, ass is tan t chief of army air Bcrvlco. March 10 Senate rejected nonil.Mi' Ion of Charles Bcccher Warrun ua attorney general. March 12 Pisident Coullcio aualn NECROLOGY Jan. 4 Archbishop Henry Aloeller of Catholic diocese of Cincinnati. Jan. 8 Georgo W. Bellows, American artist. Jan. 9 Edward Morgan, postmaster of New York City. Jan. 10 Dr. Norman Bridge, eminent Chicago physician and philanthropist. Jan. 17 Daniel G. Reld. "tin plale king," in New York. Jan. 25 John C. Eastman, owner and publisher of Chicago Journal. Jan. 27 Field Marshal Baron Grenfell, famous British soldier, Jan. 31 George W. Cable. American author. Feb. 2 John Lane. English publisher. Feb. 6 Julius Fleischmann, millionaire million-aire yeast manufacturer of Cincinnati, at Miami Beach. Feb 7 Thomas W. Lawson. former Boston financier. Feb. 12 Mrs. Clio H. Bracken, American Ameri-can sculptress. Feb. 15 Fj-ed W Upham of Chicago, former national treasurer of Republican party. M. H. De Young, founder and publisher pub-lisher of San Francisco Chronicle. Feb. 18 Dr. Marion Le Roy Burton, president of University of Michigan. James Lane Allen, American author. Feb. 23 Maj. Gen. James H Wilson, last of Civil war corps commanders. Feb. 24 Hjalmar Branting. former premier of Sweden. Feb. 2& Medill MeCormick, U. S. senator sena-tor from Illinois. Feb. 20 Robert C. Clowry. former president pres-ident of Western Union Telegraph company com-pany Feb. 27 J. I. C. Clarke, veteran newspaper news-paper man and playwright, in New York J. E. Marline, former senator from New Jersey. Feb. 2S Frledrlch Ebert, president of Germany. March 2 William A. Clark, copper magnate and former senator from Montana Mon-tana March 9 Bishop William A. Quayie of Mothodist lipiscopal church, at Baldwin. Kan. March 12 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, fjrst president presi-dent of Chinese republic, at Peking. March 3) Marquis Cunon of Kedleston at London. March 21 Gen. Lord -Henry Seymour ItawlmHOn, commander in chief of the British forces In India, at Delhi. Mitrcli 31 Vespasian Vvarner. former commissioner of pensions, at Clinton. 111. April 3 lean de Beszke, famous tenor. In Nice. .Mine. Bernice do I'asciuall, opera diva. In ( nnaha. April (i Archbishop Alexander i.'hrlstln of Human Catholic diocese of Oregon City. Ore. April 13 Elwood TIaynes. Inventor of flryt American automobile, in Kokomo. Hid. April IB John S. Sargent, eminent American painter. In London. April 24 G. S. Sanderson, socTetary of United Slates senate. INDUSTRIAL Jan. 19 Federal railway labor board raised pay of 87,000 railway clerks. Feb. '? New York garment workers' strike ended with increase of pay. March 31 Dodije A u to mobile company sold to syndicate of bankers for 475.-C.-VOO cash. A j;ril 10 Great Northern and Union Pacific telegraphers granted waK Increase In-crease of 2 cents an hour by U. S. railway rail-way labor board. April 13 U. S. .Supreme court held unconstitutional un-constitutional the compulsory arbitration ff labor disputes under Kansas industrial indus-trial court act. May Ki Secretai y of Agriculture Jardine Jar-dine warnod Chi quo board of tra.de to end Riatn price manipulation or Iojs lis ' charter. May 19 International Harvester company com-pany exonerated of trust charges by special federal court of eqult v. Juno 1 U. 8. Supreme court held the Ka'herJng and dissemination of information informa-tion by trad associations on cos is, pri'Cfi, etc., are not nrcowaarlly viola ti on of Hiili-trust lawn June 9 Hurley Tobacco Growers' Co-Operative Co-Operative Marketing RHKociation enjoined en-joined from dolnff bUHlnocH In Tennessee. Juno 10 I'Usterora of America bci'.aii |
