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Show 2 th2 Year CompUed by E. W. PSckard FOREIGN Jan. 2 Government of Panama overthrown over-thrown by re volution 1st a and President Presi-dent Arosemena captured. It i car do Alfa Al-fa ro, ml n inter to the United States accepted offer of the presidency. Jan. 4 Dr. Daniel Salamanca elected president of Bolivia. Jan. Itl Hound table conference on India cloned in London. Jan. 22 French cabinet headed by Steeg rewigned. Jan. 26 Pierre Laval formed new mln in try for France, Feb. 7 King of Spain restored con ntitutional rights and called an election. elec-tion. Feb. 9 Earl of Bessborough appointed appoint-ed governor general of Canada. Feb. 1 4 Berenguer cabinet of Spain resigned and kins cancelled call for parliamentary elections. Feb. 16 Pehr Svinhufvud elected president of Finland. Feb. 18 New Spanish government formed by Admiral Juan Aznar, monarchist. mon-archist. Feb. 20 Attempt to assassinate King Zog of Albania in Vienna failed. Peruvian counter revolution suppressed sup-pressed with bloodshed at Callao but continued at Arequipa. March 1 Navy Junta In Peru forced Provisional President Cerro to resign and put Chief Justice Rlcardo Elias at head of government. Dr. Gabriel Terra inaugurated as president of Uruguay, and Arturo Ar aujo as president of Salvador. March 5 Army Junta in Peru ousted Ellas. March 10 Lieut. Col. David Ocampo became provisional president of Peru. April 4 Mutinous troops seized Madeira Ma-deira Island; Portugal rushed warships war-ships to crush rebellion. April 12 King Alfonso's enemies triumphed as Spain voted; Republicans routed monarchists In municipal elections. elec-tions. April 14 King Alfonso abdicated and sailed for exile; republic set up headed by Alcala Zamora. April 19 Civil war broke out In Honduras, Hon-duras, loyal troops defeating rebels in three battles. April 20 Honduras 'nsurgents captured cap-tured and looted Progreso. April 23 Honduras rebel forces routed by federal troops. May t Rebels in Madeira island surrendered sur-rendered to Portuguese forces. May 13 Aristide Briand defeated for presidency of France; Paul Doumer elected. May tt Spanish republic decreed absolute freedom for all religions. May 80 Premier Mussolln i ordered dissolution of all Catholic action youth organizations In Italy; Pope Pius re-eponded re-eponded by placing the Catholic Action In control of the bishops. June 8 Great Britain awarded ownership own-ership of Jerusalem wailing wall to Moslems, wi th free access for Jews at all times. June 13 Paul Doumer Inaugurated president of France. Juan B. Perez resigned presidency of Venezuela on demand of congress. June 16 Government of Austria re-aigned. re-aigned. June 19 Juan Vicente Gromez elected president of Venezuela. June ?.0 Pope Pius denounced the Fascist government of Italy. Doctor Bu rosch formed new government govern-ment for Austria. Juno 28 Spanish elections won by Republican coalition. July 9 Mussolini barred all Fascists f i om joining Catholic Action. July 11 Financial crisis in Germany due to failure to get huge loan for Jteichsbank. July 26 Carlos Ibanez, p res id en t-dlctator t-dlctator of Chile, resigned and fled. Prlnoesa Ileana of Rumania and Archduke Anton of Austria were married mar-ried at Sinaia. July 27 Juan Esteben Montero became be-came acting president of Chile. Aug. 9 Plebisci te failed to overthrow over-throw Prussian government, and radicals rad-icals staged fatal riots. State of war declared in Havana as revolutionary movement broke out. A ug. 1 4 Cuba n army cap tu red Gen. WhHv Menocal and other revolutionary leaders. Aug. 17 President Machado announced an-nounced the Cuban revolt was sup- proved. Aug. 10 Count Bethlen resigned as premier of Hungary and was succeeded uy Count Karolyl. Aug. 24 British labor cabinet resigned re-signed and Premier Ramsay MacDon-ald MacDon-ald was asked to form a coalition ministry min-istry to balance the budget. Iidro Ayora, president of Ecuador, res. gned. Aug. 25 British national government formed with MacDonald as prime minister. min-ister. Sept. 1 Mutiny In Chilean navy threatened government. Sept. 2 I taly and the pope reached an accord on Catholic Action societies. Chilean cabinet resigned. Sept. 6 Ch ilean govern ment planes bombed warships held by mutineers. Sept. 7 Chilean mutineers surrendered. surren-dered. Sept. 8 British parliament met and national government won vote of confidence. con-fidence. Sept. 10 House of Commons accepted Enowden's budget, increasing taxes and cutting the dole and pay of government govern-ment employees. Sept. 14 Round tabe conference on India opened in London with Gandhi present. Sept. 21 British parliament passed measure suspending gold standard act for six months. Sept. 27 Norway and Sweden suspended sus-pended gold standard. Oct. 4 Juan Esteban Montero elected president of Chile. Oct. 7 German cabinet resigned and Chancellor Bruening was commissioned to form a new government with greatly great-ly increased powers. Oct. 13 Spanish eortes voted separation separa-tion of church and state. Oct. 14 Zamora resigned as president presi-dent of Spain and was succeeded by Km a nu el Azana. Oct. 22 People of Cyprus revolted against British rule, burning the government gov-ernment building in Nicosia. Oct. 23 Cyprus revolt suppressed by troops Oct. 24 Sanchez Cerro elected president presi-dent of Peru. Oct 26 President Gugglari of Paraguay Para-guay handed over the president ial powers to Vice President Navero, because be-cause of disorders. Oct. 27 Mac Don a id's National government gov-ernment won a sweeping victory in the British elections. Nov 5 Prime Minister MacDonald of Grea t Britain announced new cabinet cab-inet of 20. Nov. 16 Philip Snowden was created cre-ated a viscount and elevated to house of lords. Nov 19 Spanish national assembly i declared former King Alfonso an out- : law ! Nov. 25 Labor cabinet of Australia was defeated and resigned. Nov. 27 British conference on Burma Bur-ma opened in London. Dec. 1 Round table conference on India In-dia ended without result. Dec. 2 Moderate coalition won New Zealand election over rad icals. Dec. 3 President Arturo Araujo of Salvador ousted by military revolution. Wages of Canadian railway workers work-ers cut 18 per cent. Dee. g German government decreed reductions fn wages, salaries, and nearly all costs of living. Sanchez Cerro inaugurated president of Peru. Dec. 1 0 Zamora was elected con-Blltutionat con-Blltutionat president of Spain Dec. ii Japanese cabinet re-signed. Smetona re-elected president of Lithuania. Lith-uania. Dec. 12 TsuyoshI Iniikai, head of Seiyukai party, made premier of Japan. Jap-an. Dec. 13 Japan suspended the gold standard. Dec. 15 Chiang Kai-shek resigned as president of China. Lin Sen succeeded suc-ceeded him. Dec. 17 Giuseppe Motta elected president of Switzerland. INTERNATIONAL Jan. 8 Pope Pius XI issued an encyclical en-cyclical coniemning divorce, birth control and many phases of modern life. Jan. 23 League of Nations council decided to convene world disarmament conference Feb. 2, 1'J'A2. March 1 France and Italy reached an accord on naval strength. March 27 International wheat conference con-ference opened in Rome. April 27 New commercial accord signed by J taly and Russia. May 4 China abrogated all extraterritoriality extra-territoriality treaties, effective Jan. 1, 1U32. May 1 6 Commission on proposed European union met In Geneva, and Austro-German customs union was debate de-bate I. June 20 President Hoover proposed one year suspension of German reparations repara-tions and payments on war debts. June 23 Rotary International met in Vienna and elected S. W. Pascall of London president. June 24 France made counter proposal pro-posal for war debt moratorium. Great Britain and Italy accepted Hoover's plan. July 6 France and United States agreed on moratorium plan and it became be-came effective as of date of July I. July 13 World bankers at Basel extended ex-tended $100,000,000 credit to Germany. July 20 International conference on German crisis opened in London. July 23 London conference adjourned ad-journed after adopting recommendations recommenda-tions that . hort term credits to Germany Ger-many be renewed. Aug. 11 Protocol co-ordinating moratorium mor-atorium plan with Young plan signed hy International experts in London. Aug. 27 -American and French hankers arranged for $400,000,000 loan to Great Britain. Sept. 3 Germany and Austria formally form-ally abandoned the proposed customs union. Sept. 5 World court ruled Austro-German Austro-German customs union was illegal. Sept. 7 League of Nations assembly met in Geneva, electing Nikolas Ti-tulescu Ti-tulescu of Rumania president. Sept. 8 Mexico accepted bid to Join League of Nations. Sept. 14 Panama and China given seats in League of Nations council. Sept. 1!) Japanese troops shelled and occupied Mukden, Manchuria. Sept. 20 Japan occupied all cities in southern Manchuria; China sent note demanding Japanese cease hostilities and withdraw troops to previous positions. posi-tions. Oct. 5 Fourth Pan-American commercial com-mercial congress opened in Wash in g-ton. g-ton. Oct. 8 Japanese army planes bombed Chinchow, temporary capital of Man-! Man-! churia, killing many soldiers and civilians. civil-ians. Oct. 10 China served ultimatum on Japan, demanding immediate evacua-, evacua-, tion of Manchuria. Oct. 11 Secretary of State Stlmson called on League of Nations to avert war between China and Japan. Oct. 15 League of Nations council Invited United States to participate in discussion of Si no-Japanese embroglio, Japan opposing. Oct. 24 League of Nations council demanded that Japan evacuate Chinese territory by November 16 and adjourned ad-journed to that date; Japan rejected the demand. Nov. 4 League of Nations again told Japan to withdraw troops from Manchuria. Man-churia. Nov. 6 Japanese won three day battle bat-tle with Chinese under Gen. Ma Chan-shan Chan-shan at Nonnl river bridge. Nov. 8 Three thousand armed civilians civ-ilians rioted in Tientsin; Fifteenth United States Infantry called out, together to-gether with French and Italian troops. Nov. 12 Germany asked a moratori-um moratori-um on reparations. Nov. 16 League of Nations council : met in Paris to consider the Sino-Jap- i anese embroglio; Ambassador Dawes : present as American observer. ! One year armament truce declared In effect by League secretariat. Nov. 18 Japanese routed General Ma and captured Anganchi and Tsitsihar. Nov. 20 Truce in Manchuria, planned by League of Nations council, rejected by Japan. Germany proposed new conference on reparations and debts. Nov. 23 Japanese army In Manchuria Manchu-ria began advance southward on Chinchow. Chin-chow. Nov. 26 Cnlnese and Japanese troops began fierce fighting In Tientsin. Dec. 1 Japanese stopped advance on Chinchow; General Ma defeated Japanese Jap-anese troops near Tsitsihar. Dec. 6 Japanese in Manchuria began be-gan war on bandits on three fronts. Dec. 7 International bankers committee com-mittee to investigate Germany's ability abil-ity to resume reparations payments next summer met in Basel, Switzerland. Switzer-land. Dec. 10 Japan and China accepted with reservations the League of Nations Na-tions resolution for cessation of hostilities hos-tilities in Manchuria and a commission of Inquiry. Dec. 20 Chinese army began drive to recapture Mukden from Japanese. DOMESTIC ! Jan. i President Hoover proclaimed the London naval treaty in effect. Jan. 5 Congress resumed business and house passed bill appropriating $45,000,00.0 for drought relief; senate increased amount by ? 15,000.000 for food loans. Jan 9 Senate asked President to resubmit three nominations to power commission. Jan. 10 President Hoover refused to return power commission appointments to the senate. Jan. 1 5 House passed army appropriation appro-priation bill carrying $446,024,000. Jan. 16 Senate passed $30,000,000 bill for modernizing three battleships. Jan. 17 Senate voted for $25,000,000 gift to Red Cross for free food. Jan. 18 President Hoover named Red Cross relief drive committee head ed by Calvin Coolldge. Jan. 19 Wickersham commission report re-port on prohibition delivered to President Presi-dent Hoover. Jan. 20 Wickersham report, trans-mitted trans-mitted to congress, found to be a straddle of the liquor question. Jan. 29 Secretary Stimson apologized to Halv for remarks derogatory 1o Mussolini made by Gen. Smedley Bui ler, who w as ordered cou rt martialed. Feb. 4 Senate reconfirmed Garsaud and Draper as members of power board but rejected George Otis Smith Feb. 6 Compromise in drought re-! re-! lief matter reached hy congressional j leaders by adding $20,000,000 to loans fund. , J J Feb. g General Butler reprimanded and his trial called off. Feb. 13 House passed $349,000,000 naval appropriation bill. Feb 14 Interior department appropriation appro-priation carrying $20,000,000 for drought relief passed by congress and signed by the President. Feb. 16 House passed bill Increasing loans on veterans bonus certificates to 50 per cent Feb. 18 Senate rejected treaty with panada for preservation of Niagara falls Feb. 19 Bonus loan bill passed by (he senate. Feb. 20 House adopted conference report on bill for government operation of Muscle Shoals. Feb. 21 Senate passed $358,000,000 naval appropriation bill, adding funds for eleven destroyers. Feb 23 Senate adopted Muscle Shoals measure; house passed the Wagner Wag-ner employment agency bill. Feb 24 United States Supreme court again upheld validity of. the Eighteenth amendment. House passed resolution for abolishing abolish-ing of "lame duck" session of congress. con-gress. Feb. 26 President Hoover vetoed the veu-rans' bonus luan measure and the house repassed it. IInu--c appropriated $"0,000,000 o modernize three battleships. Feb. 27 New York World newspapers newspa-pers soid to Scripps-Hownrd syndicate Bonus loan bill was repassed by the seriate and became law. Al Capone. liquor gang leader of Chicago, sentenced to six months in ja;l for contempt of court by Fedeial Judge Wilkerson. March I Treasury offered securities for $1,700,000,000 for bonus loans. March 2 House voted for i0 per cent cut in immigration. Mar ;h 3 President Hoover vetoed the Muscle Shoals bill and the senate sustained the veto. March 4 Congress made "Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem. Seventy -first congress adjourned. March 6 Alexander Legge resigned as chairman of federal farm board and was succeeded by James C. Stone. March 18 Rioting convicts in Illinois Illi-nois penitentiary at State ville burned the mess hall and other buildings. Sam H. Thompson of Illinois appointed appoint-ed a member of federal farm board. March 19 President Hoover sailed on battleship Arizona for Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Nevada legislature legalized gambling. gam-bling. March 20 Birth control Indorsed by committee representing 27 Protestant churches of America. Mar;'h 22 Federal farm board announced an-nounced stabilization of wheat prices would end with marketing of 1930 crop. March 23 President Hoover landed at San Juan, Porto Rico. New York legislature voted to Investigate In-vestigate conditions in New York city government and lower courts. March 25 President Hoover spent day at St. Thomas, Virgin islands. March 29 President Hoover returned re-turned from Carribean cruise. April 1 Methods of collecting crime statistics condemned by Wickersham commission. April 7 Anton J. Cermak, Democrat, elected mayor of Chicago. April 22 King of Siam, with his queen, came to United States for an eye operation. May 4 International Chamber of Commerce' met in Washington. May 11 President Hoover ordered drastic reductions in expenses of all executive departments. May 15 Harvey H. Bundy of Michigan Mich-igan appointed assistant secretary of sta te May 18 Supreme court upheld legality legal-ity of the Hoover dam act. "Red flag" clause of California anti-communist anti-communist statute held invalid by Supreme Su-preme court. May 21 American Red Cross celebrated cele-brated its fiftieth anniversary. May 25 Supreme court ruled for eigners seeking citizenship can express ex-press no reservations about bearing arms for the country. May 28 Presbyterian general assembly assem-bly opened In Pittsburgh and elected Dr. Lewis S. Mudge of Philadelphia moderator. May 29 C. C. Teague resigned from federal farm board and W. F. Schilling Schill-ing was reappointed. May 30 President Hoover delivered Memorial day address at Valley Forge, Pa. May 31 Secretary Mellon announced an $SOO.OOO,000 bond issue. June 1 Minnesota's press gag la n held unconstitutional by United States Supreme court. Supreme court refused to review the case of Albert B. Fall. June 5 Al Capone, Chicago gang leader, Indicted for Income tax evasions. eva-sions. Jund 6 President Hoover ordered abandonment of Guam naval station. June 7 Report by Wickersham commission com-mission blamed excessive crime . on svstem of prosecution. June 9 Tennessee lower house voted against impeachment of Gov. H. H. H or ton. June 12 Al Capone and 68 others indicted by federal grand jury at Chicago Chi-cago for conspiracy to violate prohibition prohibi-tion laws. June 15 President Hoover addressed the Indiana Republican Editorial association as-sociation in Indianapolis, predicting a renewal of prosperity. S R. McKelvie resigned from federal farm board. June 16 President Hoover, former President Cool id ge and other notables took part in dedication of the Harding memorial at Marion, Ohio. Al Capone pleaded guilty in Chicago to income tax evasion and prohibition law violation Indictments. June 17 President Hoover spoke at dedication of remodeled Lincoln tomb in Springfield, 111. Railways of country asked interstate inter-state commerce commission to authorize author-ize 15 per cent increase in freight June 23 Dwight Davis resigned as governor general of Philippines, effective ef-fective June 30. July 7 John R. Coen of Sterling, Colo, elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks. Jul v 1 1 Suspension of sentence denied de-nied Albert B. Fall. Julv 13 Gen. B. D. Foulois appointed chief of army air corps, effective December De-cember 20. July 15 Criminal court procedure criticized in a report frbm Wickersham Wicker-sham commission. July 20 A. B. Fall entered the New Mexico penitentiary. Julv 24 Federal court of appeals upheld up-held conviction of Ralph Capone on income tax fraud charges. Ju ly 26 Report by Wickersham commission declared American prison system a failure in almost every sense. Julv 28 United States Steel corporation corpora-tion directors reduced dividend rate and authorized lowering of salaries. July 29 Centenary of McCormick's reaper celebrated at Black sburg, Va. Aug. 3 C. B. Curtis appointed minister min-ister to Salvador and Arthur Schoen-feld Schoen-feld minister to Dominican republic. Aug. 4 Governor Murray closed the Oklahoma oil wells and proclaimed martial law, demanding a price of $1 a barrel. Aug. 7 Farm board rejected offer from Germany for its cotton holdings. Wickersham commission report criticised crit-icised deportation methods. Frank Evans of Utah appointed member of federal farm board. Aug. 8 Navy's dirigible Akron christened by Mrs. Hoover. Aug. 1 2 Farm board asked cotton planters to plow under one-third of crop. Aug. 17 Five large Toledo banks closed their doors. Texas oil wells closed and martial law in the fields proclaimed. Aug. 19 President Hoover named W. S. Gift'urd head of unemployment relief re-lief body. Aug. 21 Farm board traded 25,000,-000 25,000,-000 bushels of wheat to Brazil for 1,-050,1)00 1,-050,1)00 bags of coffee. Contract let for Chicago's $16,000,000 post office building. Aug 25 Col. Luke Lea of Tennessee, Tennes-see, publisher and former senator, convicted con-victed of bank fraud and sentenced to prison. Aug. 31 Farm board announced it was through buying wheat and cotton for stabilization. Sept. 4 Sale of 15,000.000 bushels of farrr. board wheat to China announced. Vetera ns of Foreign Wars voted for repeai of dry law. Sept. 8 Alphonse Capone withdrew his plea of guilty to crimes against the dry law, in Chicago. Sept, 11 Farm board sold 7.500.000 bushels of wheat to Germany. Sept. 14 American Legion labor conference con-ference opened in Washington. Sept. 17 Samuel P. Town of Philadelphia Phila-delphia elected commander In chief of the G. A. R. at encampment in Des-Moines. Des-Moines. Sept. 21 President Hoover addressed American Legion con v en tion In Detroit. De-troit. Iowa state troops called out to suppress sup-press farmers' revolt against tuberculin tuber-culin tests of cattle. Sept. 22 United States Steel. Bethlehem Beth-lehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube, announced wage cuts of 10 per cent;' General Motors reduced salaries; United States Rubter adopted 5-dav week. Sept. 2-1 American Legion voted for referendum on dry laws, decided not to ask immediate pnyment of cmnpen-sati"n cmnpen-sati"n '.ertiliraies, and elected Harr; I. Stevens, Jr., of Warsaw, N. C-, na-: na-: ional commander. Qct. 1 Eastern trunk lines agreed on plan fnr merging eastern roads into tour s stem.:;. Oct. 5 Ameiican Federation of Labor La-bor opened its annual convention in Vancouver, B. C. uct. 6 President Hoover announced comprehensive fir.arciai plan to check depression, which was approved by leafing members of congress. Oct. 8 Billion dollar bankers p.ol formed to carry out Hoover plan. Oct. I 3 National Credi t association incorporated In Deleware. Oct. 14 American Federation of Labor La-bor convention voted against compulsory compul-sory un m ploy mint insurance. Oct. 1 5 Federation of Labor voted for legalization of 2.75 per cent beer. Oct. 1 7 Al Ca pone, bo:s gangster, found guilty In Chicago of income tax fraud. Celebration of 150th anniversary of Batt le of York town begun. Oct. 19 President Hoover spoke at York town celebration. Oct. 20 Inters ta te commerce commission com-mission denied freight rate increase of 15 per cent, offering a substitute plan of temporary increases. Oct. 22 Premier Laval of France arrived ar-rived in Washington for conferences with President Hoover. Oct. 24 Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined $50,000. O :t. 25 Hoover-Laval conversations concluded with agreement that revision cf war debts and reparations should go side by side. Nov. 2 President Hoover named committee of five to examine charges made against administration policies by the Navy league. Nov. 3 By el-'cting a congressman in the Eighth Michigan district the Democrats gained control of the next house ot representatives. A. Harry Moore, Democrat, was elected governor of New Jersey; Martin Mar-tin S. Conner, Democrat, governor of1 Mississippi, and Ruby Laffoon, Democrat, Demo-crat, governor of Kentucky. Nov. 7- Co mm it tee on Navy league charges reported they contained many false and inaccurate statements, and vindicated President Hoover's navy policy. New cruiser Indianapolis launched. Nov. 1 1 Armistice day observed, President Hoover speak ing In Washington. Wash-ington. Nov. 13 President Hoover proposed federal system of home loan banks. Mrs. Hat tie Caraway appointed temporary senator from Arkansas. Nov. 15 President Hoover's advisory committee on education reported recommending rec-ommending wide revision of federal educational policy and creation of a department of education with a secre- , tary in the cabinet. Nov. 16 Dino Grand 1, Italian foreign for-eign minister, arrived in Washington for conversations with President Hoover. Hoo-ver. Nov. 19 Grand! concluded his conversations con-versations with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson. Nov. 21 Federal Judge FitzHenry at Springfield, 111., ruled alcohol permits per-mits to food manufacturers illegal. Nov. 24 Robert L. O'Brien, Boston edi tor, appointed chairman of tariff commission. R. M. Kleberg, Democrat, elected congressman con-gressman from Texas to succeed the late H. W. Wurzbach, Republican. Nov. 30 Representative B. H. Snell of New York chosen Republican candidate candi-date for speaker. Vice President Curtis announced he would be a candidate for renominatton. Herman Trelle of Alberta, Canada, again declared American wheat king at International Live Stock exposition in Chicago. Dec. 1 W. Warren Barbour appointed appoint-ed senator from New Jersey. Wabash railway put in receiver's hands. Dec. 2 President Hoover opened conference on home building. Dec 5 Steamer Manhattan, largest j merchant vessel ever built in America, j launched at Camden, N. J. Dec. 7 Seventy-second congress convened; con-vened; John N. Garner of Texas. Democrat, Dem-ocrat, elected speaker of the house. Communist "hunger marchers repulsed re-pulsed by police in Wash i ng ton. Interstate commerce commission granted railroads $100,000,000 freight rate increase. Dec. 8 President Hoover gave congress con-gress his message on the state of the Union, asking higher taxes, a reconstruction recon-struction finance corporation and other emergency measures. Illinois Central cut pay of officers and nonunion employees. Dec. 9 President Hoover sent congress con-gress his budget message together with the report of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon recommending Increased In-creased taxes. New York Central passed its dividend, divi-dend, first time in more than 60 years Dec. 10 Message on foreign relations sent to congress by President. Dec. 10 President Hoover's message on foreign relations asked ratification of the moratorium and proposed re-constitution re-constitution of war debt commission. Harry Powers, West Virginia "Bluebeard" "Blue-beard" murderer, convicted and sentenced sen-tenced to death. Dec. 11 Seven convicts escaped from Leavenworth; three died in battle bat-tle with posse, three were recaptured. Dec. 15 Republican national committee com-mittee voted to hold presidential convention con-vention in Chicago, opening June 14. Dec. 17 Senator Swan son named a delegate to disarmament conference. Dec. 18 The house ratified the Hoover Hoo-ver moratorium but went on record as opposed to reduction or cancellation of war debts. SPORTS Jan. 1 Alabama defeated Washington Washing-ton State in Pasadena, Rose Bowl football foot-ball game. Feb. 5 Capt. Malcolm Campbell of England established world automobile speed record of 245.73 miles an hour at Day ton a Beach, Fla. Feb. 26 First James E. Sullivan memorial medal of A. A. U. presented to Bobby Jones. Feb. 2S Northwestern university won Big Ten basketball championship. March 20 Gar Wood at Miami Beach set new speed boat record of 102.256 miles an hour. March 21 Cambridge crew beat Ox- j ford. ! April 14 Jack Thompson, Chicago colored welter weight regained world's ; title by defeating Tommy Freeman of Cleveland. April 24 Tony Can zone ri retal ned lightweight title at Chicago by knocking knock-ing out Jack (Kid) Berg of England. May 9 Mate won the Preakness. May 1 2 American amateur boxers defeated French team, 5 bouts to 3, in Chicago. May 16 Mrs. Whitney's Twenty-Grand Twenty-Grand won the Kentucky derby. May 22 Eric Smith won British amateur golf title. May 23 Wisconsin won Big Four track and field chanpionship. May 27 William Harridge elected president of American Baseball league. May 30 Louis Schneider won Indianapolis Indian-apolis 500 mile automobile race. Southern California won intercollegiate intercol-legiate track championship. June 3 English derby won by Cam-eronian, Cam-eronian, the favorite. June 5 Tommy Armour, Detroit professional, pro-fessional, won British open golf championship. cham-pionship. June 6 University of Southern California Cali-fornia won national collegiate track meet. University of Illinois won Big Four baseball championship. June 16 Navy won the Poughkeep-sie Poughkeep-sie regatta. June 19 Harvard beat Yale In the New Lond in regatta. June 20 Mate won the American derby at Chicago. Ed Dudley won Western open goit rhn mpinnship. June & johnny Goodman of Omaha wen Trans Tiississippi golf title. June 23 Yale won collegiate golf teim title. June 27 American golfers defeated British, regaining the Ryder cup. George Dunlap of Princeton won collegiate col-legiate golf championship. July 3 Max Schmel i ng of Germany whipped Willie Stribling in 15 rounds at Cleveland, retaining the heavyweight title. July 4 George Von Elm and Willk BurUe tied for national open golf championship. July 5 Von Elm and Burke again tied in play-off of national golf champion cham-pion -hip. July 6 Bi'ly Burk- won open prmr title in second playoff with Von Elm Julv 11 Wn Iter Ha gen and Pe rev Alliss tied for Canadian opn golf titi July 14 Hagen beat Alliss in playoff for Canad ia n title. July is Mate won the $S2.600 clas--iin at Arlington track. Chicago. Old Aiken polo team won interna- Monal series from Santa Paula team of Argentina. Don Moe won western amateur golf title. July 19 British tennis team defeated Americans and won right to play French for Davis cup. July 22 Jack Sharkey and Micky Walker fought a 15 round draw in Brooklyn. July 26 French tennis team defeated British, retaining Davis cup. Aug. l sun Beau, winning the Arlington Ar-lington handicap, became record breaking break-ing money winner. Aug. S American women's tennis team won Wightman cup from British Aug. 23 Helen Wills Moody again won women's tennis championship. Aug. 28 Rev. Garrison Roebuck of McClure, Ohio, won Grand American handica p. Aug. 29 Mrs. O. S. Hill won women's western golf title. Sept. 5 Francis Quimet won national nation-al amateur golf championship at Chicago. Chi-cago. Sept. 6 Kaye Don's Miss England II beat Gar Wood's Miss America IX In first heat of Harms worth trophy race at Detroit. Sept. 7 Harms worth races ended when Don's boat was disqualified an-J then sank. Sept. JO Tony Canzoneri, lightweight champion, defeated Jack Berg in title fight at New York. Sept. 12 Ellsworth Vines of California Cali-fornia won national tennis championship. champion-ship. Sept, 15 Philadelphia Athletics won American league pennant. Sept. 1 6 St. Louis Cardinals won National league pennant. Sept. 19 Tom Cieavy won the professional pro-fessional golf championship. Santa Paula team of Argentina won American open polo title. ; Sept. 26 Helen Hicks won women's golf championship, defeating Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare. Oct. 10 St. Louis Cardinals won world championship. Oct. 12 Jack Sharkey whipped Primo Camera in Brooklyn. Oct. 20 Nova Scotia boat Bluenose won Atlantic fishing fleet trophy permanently. per-manently. Oct. 23 -Lou Broufllard won welterweight welter-weight title from Jack Thompson. Oct. 26 Young Perez of Tunis won flyweight title' from Frankte Genaro of New York in Paris. Nov. 2 Lewis outw res tied Zbyszko In Chicago and won world title. Nov. 4 Battalino beat Earl Mastro In Chicago, retaining featherweight title. Nov. 20 Canzoneri defeated Kid Chocolate in New York. Nov. 21 In football Yale defeated Harvard, and University of Southern California beat Notre Dame. Nov. 28 Northwestern, Purdue and Michigan tied for Western Conference football championship; Army defeated Notre Dame; Yale beat Princeton; Tu-lane Tu-lane won Southern conference title. Dec. 30 A nnual conference of National Na-tional Collegiate Athletic association opened in New York. AERONAUTICS Jan. 5 Twelve Italian planes started transatlantic flight from Portuguese Guinea to Brazil. Jan. 6 Ten of the Italian planes reached Natal, Brazil; two forced down at sea, five men killed. Jan. 11 Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. W. S. MacLaren lost in hop from Bermuda Ber-muda to. the Azores. Jan. 31 Big German flying boat DO-X DO-X flew from Lisbon to Canary islands on transatlantic flight. April 7 Harmon trophy presented to Mai. James H. Doo little for his blind flight experiments. May 27 Prof. August Piccard of Brussels and an assistant made balloon bal-loon flight to the stratosphere, bei ng in a sealed aluminum ball; landed in Austria Tyrol after reaching record altitude of 52,500 feet. June 4 German flying boat DO-X flew from Cape Verde islands to Fernando Fer-nando Noronha, Brazil, in 12 hours 15 minutes Juno 23 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty hopped off from Harbor Grace, N. -F., for Berlin. June 24 Post and Gatty landed at Chester, England, and proceeded to Berlin on way around world. Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis left Harbor Grace on a flight to Copen-! Copen-! hagen. June 25 Hillig and Hoiriis landed at Crefeld, Germany. July 1 Post and Gatty landed at Roosevelt field, Long Island, having completed the flight around the world in S days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. July 1 5 George End res and Alexander Alex-ander Magyar, Hungarian army flyers, started from Harbor Grace, N. F., on flight to Budapest. July 16 Endres and Magyar landed 14 miles from Budapest. July 28 Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pang-born took off from New h ork on flight to Moscow; Russell Board man and John Polando started from New York on flight to Turkey. Col. and Mrs. C. A. Lindbergh left Washington on air tour to Japan. July 29 Herndon and Pangborn landed In Wales, went on to London and started agai n for Moscow. July 30 Bo.u-d man and Polando landed in Istanbul, setting new non-I non-I stop distance record. Aug. 14 Lindberghs landed at Kar-! Kar-! agin island, Kamchatka. Aug. 27 DO-X, hig German flying boat, arrived at New York. Aug. 28 National air races opened at Cleveland, Ohio. Sept. 1 Graf Zeppelin reached Brazil. Bra-zil. Sept. 4 Jimmy Doolittle flew from Los Angeles to New York in 11 hours. Sept. 7 Lowell Bayles won Thompson Thomp-son trophy at Cleveland with average speed of 236 miles an hour. Sept. 8 Don Moyle and C. A. Allen started from Samushiro, Japan, on nonstop non-stop flight to Seattle. Sept. 11 Hope for Moyle and Allen given up. Sept. 13 Lleuts. J. N. Boothman and G. H. Stainforth won Schneider cup permanently for Great Britain, the latter lat-ter setting new speed record of 379.05 miles per hour. Sept. 16 Moyle and Allen found alive 1 and safe on island off Kamchatka. Sept. 23 Navy dirigible Akron made first test flight successfully. Oct. 4 Panghorn and Herndon started start-ed nonstop flight from Japan to United States. , Oct. 5 Pangborn and Herndon landed at .Wenatchie, Wash., completing complet-ing first continuous flight from Japan to United States and winning $25,000 prize. Nov. 25 Bert Hinkler started flight from Natal. Brazil, to Africa. Nov. 26 Hinkler landed in British Gambia, West Africa, completing first eastward flight across the South Atlantic. At-lantic. Dec. 5 Lowell R Bayles killed at Detroit in attempt to set new speed record. DISASTERS Jan. 3 About 170 persons killed by tvphoon In the Philippines. Jan. 14 OaxacaCity, Mexico, wrecked bv earthquake; many killed. peb. 3 Cities of Napier and Hastings. Hast-ings. New Zealand, wrecked by earthquake; earth-quake; many killed. Feb 16 One hundred Chinese drowned when steamer sank In Pearl river March 7 Earthquake In the Balkans killed 150 and wrecked many towns. March 31 Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach and seven others killed In T. A. T. Western Eipress liner crash near Bazaar. Kan. City of Managua, Nicaragua, ruined by ear'hquake; 1,100 dead. April 29 Earthquake In Transcaucasia Transcau-casia killed nearly 400. Mav 25 Forty-seven killed bv fire In Bold mine in Kolar fields, India. June 9 British submarine sunk In collision near Weihaiwel, China; 24 men lost. June 14 French excursion steamer capsized near St. Nazaire;, about 500 lives lost. June 22 Ten million dollar fire In St. John. N. B. Auk. 21 Flood of Yanfrtse river drowned 200,000 and threatened destruction de-struction of Hankow. Aug. 27 Thousands reported killed bv earthquake in Cnlui hislan. All'.;. 30 Terrible floods north or VanKcliow, China, resulted from breaking break-ing of Grand canal dykes; 160,000 uruwned. Sept. 3 About 200 drowned by flood! at Ponce, Porto Kieo. J Sept. 10 Belize, British Hondurav devastated by hurricane; 1.400 killed Oct. 24 Russian submarine sunk ia collision; 50 drowned. Nov. 5 Five killed and elprht Injured In-jured by gun explosion on U. S. 3. Colorado. Nov. 20 Explosion In collier near Gantonhury. England, killed 32 men. Nov. 22 Stock show special wrecked Ln Missouri; seven men and many valuable horses killed. Bee. 13 Three hundred Chlne.oa itei when ship blew up near Shanghai. NECROLOGY Jan. 1 Hugh C. Wallace, former ambassador to France. Jan. 3 Marshal Joseph Joffre of France, hero of the Marne. Jan. 11 Nathan Straus of New York, millionaire merchant and philanthropist. philanthro-pist. Jan. 22 Anna Pavlowa, noted dancer, at The Hague. Jan. 26 Kdw w wards, former governor of N.v Jersey and former United States senator. Feb. 14 Maj. lien. C. R. Edwards, commander of Yankee division. A. 13. F., in Boston. Feb. is Louis Wolheim, stage and screen star. Frank C. Emerson, governor of Wyoming. W. R. Merrlam, former governor of Minnesota. Feb. 23 Dame Nellie Melba, famous soprano, In Melba, Australia. March I Representative Henry A. Cooper of Wisconsin. Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers. U. S. N., retired. March 2 Lieut. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chairman of Interoceanic canal board. March 10 Joseph P. .Cotton, undersecretary under-secretary of state. March 16 Cardinal Pietro Maffl, archbishop of Pisa. Representative James B. As well of Louisiana. March 24 Robert Edeson, stage and screen star. Rear Admiral C. P. Plunkett, retired, in Washi ngton. March 27 Arnold Bennett, English I novelist and playwright, j Henry Ives Cobb, American archl-1 archl-1 tect. March 29 Byron Bancroft Johnson, founder of American Baseball league. Dr. George A. Dorsey, anthropologist, ln New York. , April 1 Maclyn Arbuckle, stage and screen star. April 9 Nicholas Longworth, speaker speak-er of the national house of representatives. representa-tives. May 2 George F. Baker of New York, America's richest banker. May 9 Dr. Albert A. Michelson, eminent emi-nent scientist, in Pasadena, Calif. May 10 Walter A. Strong, publisher of Chicago Dally News. May 12 Eugene YTsaye, violinist, In Brussels, Belgium. May 14 David Belasco, dean of theatrical producers. Dr. S. P. Brooks, president of Bar university. In Waco, Texas. May 16 Dr. Samuel W. Parr of University Uni-versity of Illinois, chemist. May 29 Congressman C. A. Mooney of Cleveland, Ohio. June 4 Mortimer L. Schiff, New York banker and philanthropist. June 5 John L. Stoddard, American author and travel lecturer. June 15 Miss Anna Adams Gordon, , former president of World W. C. T. U. June 20 Ralph Booth, American , minister to Denmark. I June 25 Alfred Aloyslus Smith ("Trader Horn"), in London. June 27 Wilbur C. Whitehead, bridge whist authority. July l Miss Alice M. Robertson, " " former congresswoman from Oklahoma. July 2 Dr. Stephen M. Babcock of University of Wisconsin, inventor of the milk test. July 4 George S. Graham of Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, oldest member of congress. July 7 John Brisben Walker, soldier, sol-dier, business man, writer and magazine mag-azine editor, in Brooklyn. July 9 John L. Agnew, mining magnate, mag-nate, at Copper Cliff. Ont. R. L Henry, former congressman from Texas, in Houston. July 13 Representative C. G. Ed- wards of Georgia. ; July 28 Congressman Sam C. Major of Missouri. Aug. 3 Merritt Star, Chicago attorney attor-ney and author. Aug. 11 Rev. Peter J. O'Callaghan of Chicago, president of Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. Aug. 26 Frank Harris, author, In i Nice, France. Aug. 29 Alfred P. Dennis, member of tarirf commission. Aug. 31 Sir Hall Calne, English author. Sept. 12 F. W. Lehmann of St. Loute, former United States solicitor general. Sept. 1 8 J. F. Nugent, former senator sen-ator from Idaho. Col. Zack Mulhall, Oklahoma pioneer and showman. ! Sept. 19 Dr. David Starr Jordan, , chancellor emeritus of Stanford uni-versi uni-versi tv, Sept. 25 Dr. J. B. Deaver of Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, surgeon. Sept. 29 Sir William Orpen, British . artist. Oct. 2 Sir Thomas Lipton, tea magnate mag-nate and yachtsman. Oct. 3 Dr. Rossiter Johnson, author and editor. Oct. 5 Dwight W. Morrow, senator from New Jersey. Oct. 7 Daniel Chester French, American Amer-ican sculptor. Oct. 11 Fleming H. Revell of New York, publisher. Oct. 14 W. H. Williams, president of Wabash railway. ' Oct. 16 Charles W. Murphy, former ! owner of Chicago National League Ball club. I Oct. 18 Thomas A. Edison In West I Orange, N. J. j Oct. 22 Fletcher Hale, congressman ' from New Hampshire. Oct. 24 C. F. D. Belden. librarian of Boston Public library and president of American Library association. Oct. 25 Charles A. Comiskey, owner of Chicago White Sox ball club. Ronald W. Boy3en, American member mem-ber of the Hague court. Oct. 28 Joh n M. Bowman, president ot Bowman-B.iltmore hotel corporation. Nov. 5 C, A. Greathouse of Indiana, secretary of Democratic national committee. com-mittee. Prof. O. E. Rolvaag, novelist and educator, at North field, Minn. Nov. 6 Senator T. H. Caraway of Arkansas. Henry M. Wurzbach, only Republican congressman from Texas. Nov. 7 Richard T. Crane, Jr., of Chicago, president of Crane company. Nov. 9 Col. Isaac N. Lewis, Inventor df machine gun, in Hoboken, N. J. Nov. 17 Edward Simmons, American painter, in Baltimore. A. J. Wimple, corn developer, In Cen-terville. Cen-terville. S. D. Nov. 21 Dr. Sam Small, editor and evangelist, in Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 22 Louis Loucheur, French statesman. Nov 25 Former Gov. Al Taylor of Tennessee. Nov. 27 Robert Ames, American actor. ac-tor. Hoke Smith, former cabinet member, senator and governor. In Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 30 Henry Walters, railway magnate in New York. Dr K G. Matheson, president of Drex'el institute. Philadelphia. Daniel Sullivan. multimillionaire banker of San Antonio, Tex. j j. Hattstaedt of Chicago, veteran musical educator. De 1 W. O. Shepard. Methodist bishop of Mediterranean area. In Paris. Dec. 2 A. H. Cockhurn, government gun expert, at Watervliet. N, Y. Dec. 3 Vincent D'Tndy, French composer. com-poser. ' D(ij. 4 J. F. Jelke. philanthropist and manufacturer, in Chicago. F. H. Bedford, oil magnate, fn New York. Charles MacVeagh. former American ambassador to Japan. Dec. 5 Vachell Lindsay, American 1 poet, in Springfield. Til. Pec. 6 Cln rence II. Howard, steel : magnate. In Boston. Dec. 7 r. C. Hupp, automobile j manufacturer, in Detroit. fiec. 9 A n ton to Salandra, war ! premier of Italy. Dec. IS Former Cardinal Louis Bil-1 Bil-1 lot at Arricia, Italy. 1 ((c). 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) |