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Show ;Tcxz; Chronology of the Year 1919 i J ,; mmmmmmmmuammmmm J $ s :: $ : Compiled by E. W. PICKARD $ i WAR AND PEACE Jan. 2 President Wilson arrived in Italy. British landed troops in Riga., Llbau and Windau to combat the bolsheviki. Jan. 3 President Wilson received in Rome. Hoover made head of International relief re-lief organization. Poles in full possession of Posen. Jan. 4 New Serbian-Croatian-Slovene government formed at Belgrade. Bolsheviki captured Riga. Jan. 6 Civil war between government forces and the Spartacans broke out in Berlin; the latter captured the Spandau arsenal. Jan. 7 President Wilson returned to Paris. Berlin rioters forced Gen. Harries to haul down the American Mag. Ebert faction on top in Berlin after severe se-vere street fighting. Jan. 9 Independent socialists set up new government in Berlin. Jan. 10 Republic proclaimed In Luxemburg, Luxem-burg, but suppressed at once by the French. Jan. 11 Socialist republic proclaimed in Bremen. Count Karolyi made president of Hungarian Hun-garian republic. Jan. 12 Supreme council of peace congress con-gress held its first meeting in Paris. Spartacans defeated in Berlin. Spartacans gained control of Constance, Baden, Jan. 13 Many Spartacans executed in Berlin. Jan. 15 Grand Duchess Marie of Luxemburg Lux-emburg abdicated and was succeeded by - her sister Charlotte. Jan. 16 Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Lux-emburg killed in Berlin. Jan. 17 Counter-revolution broke out in Petrograd and bolsheviki began retreat - eastward from Esthonla. Armistice granted Germany extended one month. Jan. 18 Interallied peace congress formally for-mally opened. Jan. 19 Bolshevists captured Kiev. Polish coalition cabinet formed by Pa-derewski. Pa-derewski. German elections resulted generally favorably fa-vorably to the majority socialists. Jan. 20 White Russia proclaimed its union with the Russian soviet republic. Jan. 22 Allied supreme council asked Russian factions to send representative f to conference at the Princes' islands, Sea of Marmora. Jan. 25 American troops forced to retreat re-treat from Shenkursk, northern Russia. Peace conference adopted plan for League of Nations. Czechs captured Oderburg from the Poles. Jan. 26 President Wilson visited the Chateau Thierry and Reims regions. - Feb. 1 Plan of giving German colonies to allied countries as mandatories of League of Nations adopted by supreme " ---- - council. Feb. 4 Fighting between Czechs and Poles stopped by order of supreme council. Americans defeated bolsheviki at Vistav-ka. Vistav-ka. northern Russia. German government troops bombarded Bremen and ejected the Spartacans. Feb. 6 German national assembly opened in Weimar. Feb. 8 Russian anarchists evacuated Viina. Feb. 9 Polish constitutional assembly met in Warsaw. Feb. 11 Friederich Ebert elected president presi-dent of German republic and Philipp Scheidemann made premier. Feb. 12 Republican revolt in Roumania; King Ferdinand slightly wounded. Feb. 13 Draft of League of Nations plan completed and adopted by commission. uen. ueiuKine s anti-DOisnevik army vcached the Caspian after beating big soviet army and taking 31,000 prisoners. Feb. 15 President Wilson sailed for home. Feb. 16 Germans accepted new terms for renewal of armistice, under protest. Feb. 19 Premier Clemenceau shot in shoulder by an -anarchist. Governments of Siberia. Archangel and Southern Russia formally rejected the proposal for conference at Princes' islands I-fb. 21 Premier Kurt Eisner and several sev-eral other members of the Bavarian gov-. gov-. rnment assassinated. Feb 24 President Wilson landed In Boston Bos-ton and spoke in behalf of League of Nations Na-tions plan March .5 President Wilson sailed for Paris. W.B.rch 9 Many Spartacans summarily el'-cuted in Berlin after bloody battles March 13 President Wilson landed in France. March V Ukrainians captured Lemberg from Poles. March 22 Count Karolyi, head of provisional pro-visional government of Hungary resigned, re-signed, and new government proclaimed solidarity and armed alliance with the Russian soviet government. March 25 British Secretary of War Churchill announced Egypt was in a vlr-timl vlr-timl state of Insurrection. March 31 General strikes and fatal riots In Berlin and other German cities April 1 Severnl hundreds killed In strike riots in Frankfort. April 4 Soviet government established in Munich. Antnnas Smetonas elected president of Lithuanian republic. April 7 Ukrainian soviet troops captured Odessa. General strike In Magdeburg, followed by riots. April 9 Government troops regained possession of Magdeburg and Essen April 10 Geneva, Switzerland, chosen as Beat of League of Nations. American engineers reached Murmansk April 15 Gen. Huller's Polish divisions left 1' ranee for Poland. April lfi Lthau seized by German troops and Lettish provisional government overthrown. over-thrown. April 17 First bolshevik armv on the - Prlpet. surrendered to Ukrainians. April IS Soldiers' council took control of Vienna. April 19 Reds put to rout In Vienna April 20 Evacuation of Sebastopol by allies announced. April 21 Victory loan campaign opened In U. S. Ukrainians took Kiev from bolsheviki April 24 President Wilson declared Italy could not have Flume, and the Italian delegates abandoned the peace conference. confer-ence. Mexico declared It would not recognize the Monroe doctrine, and withdrew Its minister to France. April 2S League of Nations covenant unanimously adopted by peace conference. confer-ence. April 29 Gorman peace envoys reached Versailles. April S-V Peace council decided dispute tver Kiati-Chau in Japan's favor. May 2 Most of Munich taken by government gov-ernment troops. May 4 Wilson. Lloyd George and Cle-nenceau Cle-nenceau invited Ttaly to return to peace rnnference, promising to give her Fiume after two years. Surrender of Hungarian soviet government govern-ment announced. May 6 Complete peace treatv adopted by allied delegates. Great Britain recognized Independence of Finland. Chinese cabinet instructed Chinese delegates dele-gates not to sign peace treaty. May 7 Peace treaty handed to German delegates. I S. recognized government of Finland. May u Austrian peace delegates arrived ar-rived at St. Germain. , " 15- Greek troops occupied Smvrna .f;er fighting. May lt".New an tt -communist government govern-ment o. Himcarv set up at Arnad. May iv--Hritish ships deiealed bolshevik Meet in Gulf of Finland .May l-Gernian delegates given exten-8-.n of time to Mav 29 to repiv to terms. May n Germany's reply to peace terms submitted. May Sl-Brltiph warships defeated bolshevik bol-shevik fieet in the Baltic. June I Rhine republic proclaimed In various va-rious cities, with Dr. Hans A. Doru-n at Its head. June 2 Peace terms presented to Austria's Aus-tria's delegates. June 6 U. S. Senate adopted resolution asking hearing by peace congress for "tree Ireland" representatives. I June 16 A Hies reply to German counter-proposals and final draft of treaty handed to Germans and seven days allowed al-lowed them to sign. June is President Wilson visited the ruins of Belgium. Russian cruisers Oleg and Slava sunk by British warships. June 19 Italian cabinet resigned, being refused a vote of confidence. June 20 German government decided to sign peace treaty aid the Scheidemann cabinet resigned. June 21 Gustav Bauer formed new German Ger-man cabinet. Surrendered German warships at Scapa Flow nearly all sunk by their crews. Francesco Nitti made premier of Italy. June 22 German national assembly voted vot-ed to sign treaty. Allies refused any further fur-ther modification of terms. June 23 German government - officially agreed to sign the treaty. June 25 Bloody rioting In Berlin and Hamburg. June Allies rejected appeal against dismemberment of Turkey. June 28 Peace traaty with Germany signed at Versailles, only the Chinese delegates del-egates refusing to sign. Warfare between Germans and Poles ceased. June 29 President Wilson sailed from France. July 8 President Wilson arrived at New York on George Washington. July 9 German national assembly ratified rati-fied peace treaty by vote of 208 to 115. July 10 Official notification of ratification ratifica-tion of peace treaty by German assembly given peace conference at Versailles. July 11 Trade between United States and Germany ordered resumed by state department at Washington. July 12 Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and Djemal Pasha, leaders of Turkish government gov-ernment during war, condemned to death I by Turkish court martial. July 14 Victory parade In Paris marked Bastille day. July 19 Great victory parade In London. July 20 Completed text of treaty with Austria handed to delegates from Vienna, "Terror troops" reported In control of Budapest. Bela Kun ousted. July 21 British house of commons passed peace treaty and Anglo-French pact. July 29 President Wilson sent Franco-American Franco-American treaty to the senate. July 31 Polish parliament ratified treaty with Germany. Aug. 1 Socialists seized control in Hungary Hun-gary and Bela Kun and his communist government fled. Aug. 4 Roumanian troops entered Budapest. Bu-dapest. Aug. 6 Austrian delegates made counter coun-ter peace proposals. Socialist government of Hungary overthrown over-thrown and Archduke Joseph put in power as governor, supported by entente. Aug. 10 Six bolshevik battalions destroyed de-stroyed .at battle on the Dvlna. Aug. 17 Four bolshevlst vessels sunk by British fleet in Gulf of Finland. Bolsheviki driven out of Odessa by Denl-klne. Denl-klne. Aug. 22 Archduke Joseph resigned as head of Hungarian government. Aug. 25 Two U. S. regiments ordered from U. S. to Silesia. Sept. 1 General Pershing sailed for home. Martial law In Munich. Sept. 2 Final peace terms banded to Austria. Sept. 3 Supreme council ordered Roumanians Rou-manians to quit Hungary and restore loot. Sept. 6 Austrian national assembly voted vot-ed to sign peace treatv, under protest. Supreme council awarded Spitzbergsn to Norway. Sept. 10 Dr. Karl Renner signed th peace treaty for Austria. Peace treaty reported to U. S. senate with suggested amendments and reservations. reserva-tions. Sept. 12 Bolsheviki announced capturt of Kolchak's southern army, 45,000 men. D'AnnunzIo at head of Italian troops seized Fiume; other troops, ordered to disarm his men, mutinied. Sept. 15 China decreed separate peace with Germany. Sept. 19 Peace treaty handed to Bulgarian Bulga-rian delegates. Sept. 22 Italians ousted from Trau by American marines, who turned town over to Jugo-Slavs. Sept. 27 Peace conference ordered ultimatum ulti-matum to Germany on evacuation of Lithuania by Von der Goltz' troops. vjcl i uauans ana beros rougnt in Spa-lato; Spa-lato; 200 killed. Russian northwestern army began offensive of-fensive against bolsheviki. Oct. 2 Fall amendments to peace treaty rejected by the senate. French chamber of deputies ratified peace treaty and treaties with America and Great Britain. Oct. 6 Bolsheviki evacuated Dvlnsk after great defeat. Peace treaties ratified by Italy by royal decree. Oct. 8 Germans and Russians attacked Riga. Oct. 10 King George signed British ratification rat-ification of German treaty. Oct. 11 Part of Riga taken by Russo-German Russo-German force and Letts landed at Llbau for counter-attack. . France ratified the German treatv. Oct. 13 League of Nations officially brought into being. Oct. 15 General Deniklne announced capture cap-ture of Orel and other victories over bolsheviki. bol-sheviki. Oct. 16 Russian northwest army took Pskov and Tsarskoe Selo. Oct. 17 Kronstadt taken by British fleet. Oct. 23 Bolsheviki recaptured Tsarskoe Selo and Krasnoe Selo from White army. Oct. 25 Reverses for Deniklne and Kol-chak Kol-chak reported. Oct. 26 White army resumed advance on Petrograd. Nov. 3 Bolsheviki recaptured Gatchina from Yudenltch. Nov. 7 Lodge preamble to treaty ratification ratifi-cation adopted by senate. 48 to 40. Supreme council ordered Roumanian troops out of Hungary at once. Nov. 13 Senate adopted reservation to Article X of league covenant. Nov. 14 D'AnnunzIo seized Zara. Dal-matla. Dal-matla. Nov. 15 Ten drastic reservations to treaty adopted by senate. General Yudenltch retreated to Estho-nlan Estho-nlan border and resigned command of Russian Northwest army. Bolshevists captured Omsk. Nov. 19 Senate rejected ratification of treaty with and without reservations. Nov. 21 Lettish troops captured Mitau from German-Russ army. Nov. 27 Treaty of peace with Bulgaria signed. Dec. 7 Russian bolsheviki offered terms of peace to Esthonia. 9 Dec. 8 Supreme council warned Germany Ger-many that allies would denounce armistice armis-tice if protocol were not signed. Dec. 12 Bolsheviki captured Kharkov Deniklne's base in southern Russia. Dec. 14 Agreement reached by England France and Italy that Italy shall have Fiume; D'AnnunzIo to hand city over to regulars. Dec. 17 Bolsheviki announced capture of Kieff and Kuplansk. Dec. IS German delegates declared Germany Ger-many could not deliver the 4,0w) tons of harbor and dock material demanded in reparation for sinking of interned warships war-ships at Scapa Flow. Objections by D'AnnimzIo's troops blocked the turning over of Fiume to the Italian regulars. David Lloyd George announced the allies al-lies would make peace with Turkey without with-out waiting longer for America. DOMESTIC Jan. 2 Michigan legislature ratified prohibition pro-hibition constitutional amendment. Jan. 7 Legislatures of Ohio. Oklahoma and Colorado ratified the prohibition amendment. Supreme court declared constitutional the act forbidding shipment of liquor into dry territory. Jan. S Berger. Kruse. Germer. Engdartl and Tucker, Socialists, convicted in Chicago Chi-cago of sedition and disloyalty. Tennessee. Idaho and Maine legislatures ratified prohibition amendment. Jan. 9 West Virginia ratified prohibition prohibi-tion amendment. . Attorney General Gregory resigned, effective ef-fective March 4. Jan. 14 Prohibition amendment ratified by Illinois, Alabama. Arkansas. California, Califor-nia, Indiana. Kansas and North Carolina. Jan. 15 Iowa. Utah. Colorado. Oregon and New Hampshire ratified dry amendment. amend-ment. Jan. 16 Nebraska ratified proh1 bit Inn amendment, making the three-fourths majority necessary, and Missouri and Wyoming followed. Forty-six I. W. W.'b convicted of conspiracy con-spiracy in Sacramento. Cal. Jan. 17 Wisconsin and Minnesota ratified rati-fied prohibition amendment. Jan. 21 Nevada ratified prohibition amendment. Jan. 2! State department proclaimed ratification of. prohibition amendment and set Jan. 16, i3Ju as date when it is effective. effec-tive. Feb. 10 Suffrage amendment beaten In senate by one vote. Feb. 18 Berger, Kruse. Germer, Eng-dalil Eng-dalil and Tucker, socialists, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for violating espionage es-pionage act Feb. 25 New revenue law, signed by president, went into effect. Feb. 27 H. C. Wallace. Tacoma, appointed ap-pointed ambassador to France. A. Mitchell Palmer made attorney general. gen-eral. March 1 Norman Hapgood made minis- , ter to Denmark. March 3 Victory loan bill passed by senate. March 4 Congress adjourned sine die. April 7 Thomas Nelson Page, ambassador ambassa-dor to Italy, resigned. April 16 Hugli Gibson appointed first U. S. Minister to Poland. April 29 Postmaster General Burleson directed return of cable companies to pri- j vate ownership May 2. April 30 Plot to kill many prominent Americans with mailed bombs uncovered. May 1 May day riots in many cities. May 7 President called extra session of congress for May 19. May 19 Special session of congress opened; Gillett elected speaker. Frederick Gillett elected speaker of next house. May 20 President "Wilson's cabled message mes-sage read to congress. May 21 House adopted woman suffrage constitutional amendment resolution. May 27 Dr. Lynn Harold Hough elected president of Northwestern university. June 2 Anarchist plot to destroy homes of law enforcement officials In eight eastern east-ern cities attempted. Two persons killed. June 4 Senate adopted woman suffrage constitutional amendment resolution. June 5 Postmaster General Burleson surrendered operation of telegraph and telephone systems to the companies. June 10 Legislatures of Illinois, Wisconsin Wis-consin and Michigan ratified woman suffrage1 suf-frage1 amendment. - July 1 Wartime, emergency prohibition law went into effect. July 11 Federal trade commission reported re-ported to President that packers planned complete control of all foodstuffs. July 12 President W'ilson vetoed agricultural agri-cultural bill because of Its provision repealing re-pealing daylight saving law. July 13 President A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert of Nonpartisan league of North Dakota found guilty by jury at Jackson, Minn., of conspiracy to teach ' disloyalty. July 21 Race riots in Washington, four persons killed. July 27 Race riots in Chicago; two killed, many hurt. July 2S Chicago race war spread; 36 in all were killed and hundreds hurt. July 30 State troops in action to quell Chicago race riots. July 31 Government relinquished control con-trol of the telegraph and telephone systems. sys-tems. Aug. 1 Congress repealed daylight-saving law.- Aug. 6 President W'ilson ordered civil and criminal proceedings against the "Big Five" packers. Aug. 8 President Wilson addressed congress con-gress on high cost of- living. Aug. 14 Henry Ford won libel suit against Chicago Tribune, with nominal damages. Aug. Id President Wilson vetoed the daylight-saving repeal act. Aug. 20 Daylight-saving repeal bill passed over president's veto. A. Mitchell Palmer confirmed by senate as U. S. attorney general. Sept. 2 Bill to make Pershing general for life passed by congress. Sept. 3 President Wilson started on speaking tour of country. Sept. 4 Pershing nominated general and confirmed by senate. Sept. 5 Secretary of Commerce Redfteld resigned, effective Oct. 31. Prohibition enforcement bill passed by senate. Sept. 6 Charles M. Galloway resigned as federal civil service commissioner, and attacked Postmaster General Burleson. Sept. 7 Great fake stock swindle plot bared by arrests in Chicago. Five hundred convicts at Pontiao, III., revolted and killed a guard. Sept. 8 General Pershing landed at New York and was given great reception and commissioned general for life. Sept. 9 Cardinal Mercler of Belgium landed at New York.. Sept. 12 Col. J. D. Bell, Brooklyn, elected elect-ed commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. Sept. 18 Thanks of congress given to General Pershing. Sept. 26 President Wilson's trip ended by his illness. Sept. 28 Great mob in Omaha lynched negro prisoner, fought police, set fire to courthouse and almost killed Mayor E. P Smith. Sept. 30 Brand Whitlock made ambassador ambas-sador to Belgium. Oct. 1 Five white men and eleven negroes ne-groes killed in race war at Elafne, Ark. Oct. 2 King and queen of the Belgians landed in New York. Oct. 20 International trade conference opened in Atlantic City. Oct. 27 President Wilson vetoed prohibition prohi-bition enforcement bill and house repassed re-passed It. Oct. 28 Senate passed prohibition enforcement en-forcement bill over president's veto and it became law. Farmer's national congress opened in Hagerstown, Md. ! Oct. 31 Secretary of Commerce Redfleld , j retired from the cabinet. Nov. 4 Republicans won election In ! i Massachusetts. New York arid Kentucky i and Democrats won in New Jersey, i i Maryland and Mississippi. Wets won In , i Ohio. I Nov. 7 Hundreds of Reds arrested by ! i federal agents all over country. j j Nov. 11 I. W. W. members fired Into j American legion parade at Centralia. , Wash., killing four ex-soldiers; one of ! murderers lynched. Prince of Wales arrived in Washington. President W'ilson left his bed for first time in six weeks. Nov. 12 Franklin D'Oller elected national na-tional commander of American legion. Nov. 1& Secretary of the Treasury Car-I Car-I ter Glass appointed U. S. senator from 1 Virginia. Nov. 18 House adjourned. ! Nov. 19 Senate adjourned. Nov. 29 U. S. Senator Newberry of Michigan and 134 others Indicted for election frauds. Dec. 1 Regular session of congress opened. Dec. 2 President Wilson's message read to congress. Congressman J. W. Alexander of Missouri Mis-souri made secretary of commerce. Dec. 10 Republican national committee set the convention for June 8 In Chicago. Dec. 11 Dr. H. A. Garfield resigned as fuel administrator. Dec. 13 Senator Johnson, California, announced his candidacy for presidency. Dec. 15 U. S. Supreme court upheld constitutionality con-stitutionality of war-time prohibition act. Dec. 16 Senator Harding, Ohio, announced an-nounced his candidacy for Republican nomination for presidency. Dec. 17 Big packers agree to discontinue discon-tinue all their side lines. Dec. 19 Victor Berger, convicted Socialist, Social-ist, re-elected to congress from Fifth Wisconsin Wis-consin district. INDUSTRIAL ! Jan. 9 Great strike of marine workers of New York begun. Bloody battles between strikers and troops in Buenos Aires. Jan. 12 New York strike ended pending arbitration by war labor board. Jan. 13 General strike in Lima and , Caliao, Peru. i Jan. 31 Great strike in England, Scotland Scot-land and Ireland. 1 Feb. 4 Building Trades Employers' as-1 as-1 soriation declared a lockout in New York. Feb. 6 General strike in Seattle to support sup-port striking shipbuilders. Feb. ID Seattie general strike called 4 Marine workers at New York struck again. April 15 New England telephone workers work-ers struck. April 2o New England phone strike sett led. May 14 Chicago milk drivers struck." May lo Great general strike in Winnipeg. Winni-peg. May 16 Chicago milk wagon drivers won their strike. , May 26 General strike called in Calgary and Edmonton. Canada. j May 2y General strike In Toronto. " June 3 Toronto strike called oT. June 5 Commercial telegraphers' union members in southeast struck. June S Detroit carmen sti clc June H General strike of telegraph operators op-erators started. June 22 Gompers re-elected president of A. F of L June 23 A. F. of L. declared for 44-hour week for all crafts and U. S. employees. July 18 Building Employers' association of Chicago locked out 2Vxf,0u0 employees because of carpenters' strike. Boston street car men on strike. July 2S Strike of Atlantic coast ship workers ended. July 29 Chicago surface and elevated car men struck. July 3iPoiice of London and English provinces called on strike, but few responded. re-sponded. Aug. 1 Chicago street car strike ended by compromise. Railroad shop workers of U. S. struck. Aug. 6 Brooklyn Rapid Transit workers work-ers struck. Fourteen railroad unions demanded increased in-creased wages. Aug. 7 Actors on strike In New York. Aug. 12 Actors' strike spread to Chicago. Chi-cago. Aug. 14 Railway shopmen voted to return re-turn to work Aug. 24 Pacific coast railways tied up by strike. Aug. 25 President Wilson granted 4-cent 4-cent an hour raise to railway shopmen and issued explanatory statement to public, pub-lic, calling for Industrial truce. Aug. 26 Railway shopmen's committee rejected President Wilson's offer and ordered or-dered vote on strike by the men. Aug. 29 Pacific coast railway men voted to call off strike. Sept. 6 Actors won their strike. Sept. 9 Three strikers killed in riots in Hammond, Ind. Unionized police of Boston struck. Sept. 10 State troops called to Boston; seven persons killed in riots. Steel workers' committee called strike for September 22 against United States i Steel corporation. i Sept. 19 Carpenters' strike in Chicago district ended by victory for union. Sept. 22 Great strike of steel workers begun. Two killed and several hurt in ! riots in Pittsburgh region. Sept. 27 British railway men struck. Sept. 29 Strike begun in Bethlehem steel works. Oct. 1 Lockout and strike in printing trade in New York; many publications suspended. Oct. 5 Serious strike riots In Gary, Ind. British rail workers' strike ended by compromise. Oct. 6 Federal troops sent to Gary and martial law proclaimed in Gary, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Industrial conference opened in Washington. Wash-ington. Oct. 10 New York harbor tied up by strikes. Oct. 14 Nation-wide strike of soft coal miners ordered for Nov. 1. Oct. 15 New York harbor workers' strike called off. Oct. 22 Labor bloc withdrew from Industrial In-dustrial conference because its resolution on collective bargaining was rejected. Oct. 24 Industrial conference dissolved. Miners rejected all offers of compromise compro-mise Oct. 28 International congress of working work-ing women opened in Washington. International labor conference opened in Washington. Oct. 31 Government obtained Injunction against the coal strike. Nov. 1 Strike of soft coal miners began. be-gan. Nov. 8 Federal Judge Anderson ordered mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. 11. Nov. 11 Miners' union officials canceled the strike order. Nov. 23 New York printers voted to abandon strike. Nov. 27 Government's efforts to end coal strike by negotiation failed, miners rejecting offer of 14 per cent Increase In wages. Dec. 1 War time coal order renewed by Fuel Administrator Garfield. New industrial conference opened In Washington. Dec. 2 General strike in Rome. Milan and Florence, Italy. Dec. 8 Fuel Director Garfield Issued drastic orders for conservation of coal. Dec. 9 Compromise offer from President Presi-dent Wilson presented to miners' officials. offi-cials. Dec. 10 Miners accepted President Wilson's Wil-son's offer of 14 per cent wage increase and . commission to determine scale and conditions for future, and called off their strike. Dec. 13 London tailoring contractors and garment workers struck. FOREIGN Jan. 20 Royalist revolution broke out In Portugal. Jan. 21 The Irish parliament met in Dublin and proclaimed the independence of Ireland. Jan. 25 Portuguese royalists defeated in several battles. Feb. 17 Portuguese government announced an-nounced royalist rebellion was ended. March 19 Wireless telephony established estab-lished between Canada and Ireland. April 13 Open rebellion In the Punab, India. June 13 Serious anarchist riots in Zurich, Zu-rich, Switzerland. July 1 Great food riots in Forli, Italy. July S King Emmanuel of Italy issued decree that profiteers will be "fined $3,000 and Imprisoned and goods confiscated July 11 Resignation of Viscount Ishll as Japanese ambassador to United States announced by government at Tokyo. July 2S Doctor Pessoa inaugurated president pres-ident of Brazil. Aug. 6 Antonio Almeida elected president presi-dent of Portugal. Aug 8 About 80 killed In food riots In Chemnitz, Germany. Aug. 12 Shah of Persia fled his country. President Tinoco of Costa Rica fled. Batista Ba-tista Quiroz took the office. Aug. 13 Viscount Grey made British ambassador to America. Aug. 16 Suppression of Sinn Feiners In County Clare, Ireland, caused much fighting. fight-ing. Sept. 8 Honduras revolutionists forced President Bertrand to flee the country. Klnjuro Shldehara appointed Japanese ambassador to United States. Sept. 2S Luxemburg voted to retain Grand Duchess Charlotte -as ruler. Oct. 7 Norway adopted prohibition, excepting ex-cepting wines and beer, by plebiscite. Nov. 6 Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg married to Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. Nov. 15 Lady Astor elected member of British parliament. Nov. 16 Radicals routed in French elections. elec-tions. Nov. 26 British government proclaimed suppression of Sinn Fein and like organizations organ-izations throughout Ireland. Dec. 19 Assassins attempted to kill Viscount Vis-count French, lord lieutenant of Ireland. MEXICO April 16 General Blanquet, revolutionist leader, killed in fight. May 29 Villistas proclaimed revolutionary revolution-ary government with Gen. Felipe Angeles An-geles as provisional president. June 14 Villa forces began an attack on Juarez. June 15 Several Americans In El Paso having been killed or wounded by shots from Villistas, American troops crossed to Juarez and attacked the Villa forces. June 16 American troops routed Villistas Villis-tas at Juarez and returned to EI Paso. July 6 Armed Mexicans Httacked and robbed boatload of American sailors near Tampico. Aug. 16British charge ordered from Mexico by Carranza. Aug. 17 Two American army aviators held for ransom by Mexican bandits, Aug. 19 U. S. troops entered Mexico In pursuit of bandits. Aug. 21 Carranza demanded withdrawal of U. S. tronps and President Wilson refused. re-fused. Punitive expedition killed four bandits. ban-dits. Aug. 24 Pursuit of Mexican bandits by U. S. tronps abandoned. Aug. Complete victory of Carranza In elections announced. Sept. 1 President Carranza in address to congress defended Mexico against accusations. ac-cusations. dMinunfed Lea sue of Nations and defied Minme "Doctrine. Sept. 2 U. S. army aviator shot by Mexicans Mex-icans near Laredo, Tex Sept. 9 Mexican government protested against U. S. aviators flying ovr Mexico. Mexican rebel organizations apnea led to United States to restore order in Mexico. Nov. 2 Zap'i tlslas surrendered to government gov-ernment forces. Nov. in Gr-nerai Angeles. Villa's chief aH captured. Nov. U. S. requstd Immediate re-! re-! 'ease of f'r.nsular .Aeenl Jenkins, arrested a: P':f-M.-i on r barge of complicity with I bar.diLs v. ho kidnaped him. Nov. 2fiMexlco rejected the U. 8. request re-quest for the release of Jenkins. Gen. Felipe Angeles executed. Nov. 30 Secretary Lansing sent re-Joinder re-Joinder to Mexico's defiant note, repeating repeat-ing request for .Jenkins' release. Dec. 4 Consular Agent Jenkins released on bail. Dec. 8 President Wilson asked senate to leave Mexican matter to him. Dec. 16 Mexico replied to U. S. that Jenkins case was closed by his release, and refused to drop the proceedings against him. AERONAUTICS April 19-Capt. E. F. White made first nonstop (light from Chicago to New York. May 15 Air mall sen-ice between Chicago Chi-cago and Cleveland established. May 16 Three American naval planes started transatlantic Might from Newfoundland. New-foundland. May 17 American naval plane NC4 reached the Azores; NC3 landed on water, crew rescued; NCI landed on water, "taxied" "tax-ied" 205 miles and reached Ponta Delgada, Azores. May 18 Hawker and Grieve started airplane air-plane flight from Newfoundland to Ireland; Ire-land; landed on water 1,100 miles out and were picked up by steamer. May 24 Lieutenant Roget made nonstop flight from Paris to Kenitra, Morocco, l.m miles. May 27 U.S. navy plane NC4 flew from the Azores to Lisbon, thus completing the first transatlantic flight. Air mail service between Paris and Switzerland started. May 2S Adjutant Casale, French aviator, avia-tor, ascended 31.000 feet, world record for altitude. May 30 NC4 left Lisbon, stopped twice and arrived at Plymouth, England, next day. June 14-15 Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown of England made first nonstop flight across Atlantic, from New Foundland to Ireland in Vickers-Vimy plane in 16 hours 12 minutes. July 2 British dirigible R34 started from Scotland for the United States. July 6 R34 reached Mlneola, L. I., com-pleting com-pleting trip in 100 hours. July 9 British dirigible R34 sailed from Mlneola, L. I., on return trip to Scotland. July 13 British dirigible R34 arrived at - Pulham, England, from Mlneola, L. I., having made homeward voyage in 74 hours 56 minutes. Sept. IS Roland Rohlfs made world's altitude record, 36,610 feet, from Mineola. Oct. 8 Coast-to-coast race started from Mlneola and San Francisco. Two aviators killed at Salt Lake City and one at Deposit, De-posit, N. Y. Oct. 9 Fourth aviator killed In coast-to-coast race. Oct. 10 Fifth. aviator killed. Oct. 11 Lieut B. W. Maynard won east to west part of airplane race. Oct. 15 Two more contestants In transcontinental trans-continental race killed in Utah. Oct. 23 Lieut. Alexander Pearson declared de-clared winner of transcontinental race. Dec. 10 Capt. Ross Smith completed airplane flight from England to Port Darwin. Dar-win. Australia, winning prize of $50,000. Dec. 19 Capt Sir John Alcock, first transatlantic nonstop flyer, killed by accident acci-dent in France. SPORTS Jan. 8 Kieckhefer defended three-cushion title, defeating Maupome. Feb. 15 Do Oro won three-cushion title from Kieckhefer. May 3 Cannefax won three-cushion title from De Oro. May 31 Indianapolis 500-mlIe auto, race won by Wilcox in a Peugeot Three men killed. June 7 Michigan won Western Intercollegiate Intercol-legiate conference athletic meet. June 12 Walter Hagen won national open golf championship. July 4 Dempsey knocked out Wlllard In third round, winning heavyweight championship. July 25 Jim Barnes retained Western open gOif championship. July 30 Canadian open golf championship champion-ship won by Douglas Edgar of Atlanta, Ga.f with 278 strokes, new competitive record rec-ord for 72 holes. Aug. 13 F. S. Wright of Buffalo, N. Y., won amateur championship at single targets tar-gets and Nick Arle of Menard, Tex., the title at doubles. 1 Aug. 15 G. Yv Lorlmer, Troy, O., won grand American handicap at Chicago. Aug. 23 Davidson Herron, Pittsburgh, won national amateur golf championship, j Aug. 30 Mrs. Perry Fisk, De Kalb, 111., won womens' western golf championship. Sept. 4 William M. Johnston, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, won national tennis championship. Sept. 16 Cincinnati Reds won National league pennant. Sept. 24 Chicago White Sox won American Ameri-can league pennant Oct 9 Cincinnati Reds won world's championship. Oct 25 William Hoppe retained 18-2 balk line championship. Nov. 19 R. L. Cannefax won three-cushion championship. Nov. 22 University of Illinois won football foot-ball championship of western conference. Dec. 6 Jack Sharkey defeated Jimmy Wrilde of England In Milwaukee. Dec. 12 Ralph Greenleaf won pocket billiard championship of United States. Dec. 17 Harvard's executive committee of the board of control approved new football committee from which Walter Camp was omitted. DISASTERS Jan. 1270 British sailors drowned when boat was wrecked near Stornoway. U. S. army transport Northern Pacific aground off Fire island. Jan. 1221 killed in New York Central wreck at South Byron, N. Y. Jan. 16 French steamer Chaproi sunk by mine in Straits of Messina; 500 lost. April 8 Hundred persons killed by tornadoes tor-nadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Arkan-sas. April 28 Large section of Yokohama destroyed de-stroyed by fire. Earthquake in San Salvador caused great loss of life and property. May 20 Kalut volcano, Java, In eruption erup-tion ; 15,000 persons killed. May 22 Stromboli volcano, Sicily, In eruption; many lives lost. June 5 Mine explosion at Wilkesbarre killed 83. June 22 More than 50 persons killed by tornado at Fergus Falls, Minn. June 29 Vicchlo, Italy, ruined by earthquake; earth-quake; 120 killed. July 1 U. S. Navy dirigible exploded near Baltimore, injuring 75. July 9 Allan line steamship Grampian 6truck iceberg off Cape Race; two killed, two injured. July 21 Dirigible balloon caught fire over Chicago and fell through roof of bank; 13 persons killed, 25 injured. Aug. 15 Italian cruiser Basillcata blown up near Tewfik, blocking Suez canal. Japanese transport foundered: 110 lost. Sept. 10 Hurricane did immense damage dam-age in southern Florida and Cuba. Sept. 14 Hundreds killed and immense damage by hurricane on Texas Gulf coast. Oct. 2821 lives lost In steamship wreck at Muskegon. Mich. Dec. 17 Forty-three killed in ammunition ammuni-tion plant expLoslon at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Picatny arsenal, near Dover N. J , blew up, loss $1,000,000. NECROLOGY Jan. 1 David Lubln, patron of agriculture, agricul-ture, In Rome. Jan. 2 John E. Williams, noted Industrial Indus-trial arbitrator, at Streator, 111. Jan. 6 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, at Oyster Oy-ster Bay, N. Y. Jan. 8 Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A., in New York. Jan. 9 Rev. Dr. S. J. McPherson, rler-gvman rler-gvman and educator, at Lawrenceville, N. J. Jan. 10 Roswell M. Field, author, at Morristown. N. J. Jan. 12 Sir Charles Wyndham, British actor. John Mason. American actor. W. J. Onahan, prominent Catholic layman lay-man in Chicago. Jan 13 Dr. Horace Fletcher, dietetics expert. In Copenhagen. Jan. 16 Rodriguez Alves. presidentelect president-elect of Brazil. Jan. is. Prince John, youngest son of king of England. Jan 22 Former U. S. Senator George T. Oliver at Pittsburgh. Jan. Z :rngrensman Edward Robbins of GreeriKburfj, i'a. Jan. 27 Rear Admiral F. E. Chadwick U. S. N. retired Jan. 3! Nat C. Goodwin, ator. John T. Miihken, oil and mine magnate, at St. Louis. Feb 2 Xavior Leroux, French opsratic composer. Feb. 3 Prof. E. C. Pickering, director of Harvard observatory. Feb. 5 Rudolf Aronson. light opera composer com-poser and producer, in New York. Feb. 9 Bessie Abbott, operatic prima donna. Feb. 17 Sir Wilfrid Laurier. former premier pre-mier of Canada. Felt, is ;en. Baron Y. Fukushlma. noted Japanese soldier. Feb. 21 Dr. Marv Walker, pioneer suffragist, suf-fragist, in Washington. P. Borland, congressrr- .n from Missouri, Mis-souri, in France. Feb. 24 Julian Story, American artist. Feb. 27 Former U. S. Set.ator G. F. Edmunds Ed-munds of Vermont. Rohert Harris. Canadian artist March 2 Charles E. Van Loan, author. W. R. Burt, lumber magnate, at Saginaw. Sagi-naw. Mich. March 3 James Witheycombe, governor of Oregon. March 6 Hilary A. Herbert, former secretary sec-retary of the navv. March ll-s-Amelia E. Barr, author, in New York. March 14 Roger A. Pryor, in New York. March 17 Ken yon Cox, noted artist, in New York. March 23 Henry M. Blossom, musical comedy writer, in New York March 25 Fred H. Hall, veteran journalist, jour-nalist, In Chicago. George Fort, assistant treasurer of the U. S. April 8 F. W Wroolworth, originator of five and ten cent stores. Lew Shaw, famous billiard . layer. April 9 Sidney Drew, American comedian. come-dian. April 13 Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, in Sac Francisco. April 16 Former Ambassador Robert S McCormlck of Chicago. Henry Morse Stephens, educator and author, in San Francisco. Miss Jane Delai.o, Red Cross Nursing director, in France. April 17 Dr. J Cleveland Cadv, noted architect, in New York. April 18 Harlow N. Higinbotham of Chicago. April 21Jules Vedrines, famous French aviator. Verner Z. Reed, western oV magnate. April 27 Imre Kiruity. pageant and spectacle producer, at Brighton. England. April 2S Albert Estopinal. congressman from Louisiana, in New Orleans. May 1 Joseph W. Jefferson, American actor. Asher Hinds, parliamentarian. In Washington. Wash-ington. May 11 Rear Admiral ChSuncey Thomas, Thom-as, U. S. N. May 14 H. J. Heinz of Pltsburgh. Helen Hyde, American artist. May 16 Will J. Davis, ve'eran theatrical theatri-cal manager, in Chicago. May 17 General Zelaya, ei -president of Nicaragua, in New York. May 19 David H. Greer Protestant Episcopal bishop of New Yoi k. George P. Upton, noted witer on music, mu-sic, in Chicago. May 20 Congressman C. C. Van Dyke of St Paul, Minn., commander in chief of United Spanish War Veterans. June 6 Frederick Thompson, noted theatrical the-atrical manager, in New York. June 10 Former U. S. Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin. June 12 Former Congressman James A. Tawney of Minnesota. June 14 Weedon Grossmith, British ao-tor ao-tor and artist. Ernest Lister, governor of Washington. July 2 Dr. Anna Howard fcViaw, veteran suffragist, at Moylan. Pa. Ex-Congressman Lemuel JHy Qulgg, in New York. July 8 John Fox, Jr., novelist, at Big Stone Gap; Va. July 12 Dr. W. Max Muller, orientalist, professor of Egyptology at University of Pennsylvania. Charles Rock, English actor. Albert Vlckers. England's greatest manufacturer man-ufacturer of steel products and airplanes, at Eastbourne. July 23 Sir Edward H. Holden. noted British financier. George H. Primrose, famous minstrel. July 24 La Verne W. Noyes, Chicago manufacturer, inventor and philanthropist. July 25 Elias Greenebaum, noted Chicago Chica-go banker, aged 97. July 26 Sir Edward J. Peynter, president presi-dent of Royal academy. July 29 George A. Storey, famous painter, paint-er, in London. Aug. 1 Oscar Hammerstiln, opera Impresario, Im-presario, In New York. Aug. 7 Will N. Harben, American author. au-thor. J. E. ("Gas") Addlcks, Delaware financier. finan-cier. Aug. 8 Ralph Blakelock, American ar- " tlst. Aug. 9 Rugfdero Leoncavallo, comooser. at Rome. Prof. Ernst Haeckel, at Jena. Aug. 11 Andrew Carnegie, at Lenox, Mass. Aug. 16 Frederick Lay ton, veteran packer, at Milwaukee. Baron Inverclyde, at Glasgow, Aug. 2S Gen. Louis Botha, premier of South Africa. Sept. 3 Budd Doble, famous driver of harness horses, at Los Angeles. Sent. 6 Admiral Baron Beresford of England. James W. Osborne, noted criminal lawyer, law-yer, in New York. Sept. 8 Duncnn C. Ross, famous swordsman swords-man and wrestler, in Baltimore. Sept. 5 John Mitchell, former president United Mine Workers. Klol Sylva, noted Belgian operatic singer. Sept. 12 Leonid Andreef, Russian author. au-thor. Sept. 13 Arthur M. Boaupre, former U. S. minister to Colombia, in Chicago. Sept. 18 Congressman J. B. Thompson, Oklahoma. Sept. 21 T. P. Shonts, New York traction trac-tion magnate. Sept. 25 Charles L. Freer, capitalist and art connoisseur, of Detroit John S. Washburn of Minneapolis, big (lour miller. Sept. 27 Adellna Pattl, at Penycae, Wales. Sept. 28 Chief Justice H. W. Bond of Missouri supreme court. Sept. 29 Rev. E. J. Vattmnn, noted Catholic priest and army chaplain, at Chicago. Chi-cago. Sept. 30 Gen. Patrick Egnn, pioneer home ruler and former U. S. minister to Chile, in New York. Sept, 29 Dr. Nathaniel I. Rublnkam, noted lecturer, in Chicago. Oct 1 Charles W. ("Buffalo") Jones, famous plainsman and hunter, at Topcka. Kan. Oct. 3 Rt Rev. J. C. Sage, Episcopal bishop of Sallnn. Kan. Dr. Daniel B. Towner, noted evangelist. Long wood, Mo. Oct. 4 Philip H. McMillan, owner Detroit De-troit Free Press. Oct. 7 Henry Mills Alden, editor Harper's Har-per's Mngazine. Don Ricardo Pnlma, noted Peruvian author. Alfred Deakln, former premier of Australia. Aus-tralia. Oct. 8 Dr. Cvril Hopkins of University of Illinois, at Gibraltar. Oct. 14 Rodman Law, noted aviator, at Greenville. S. C. Bishop P. J. Garrlgnn of Catholic dio-cpue dio-cpue of Sioux City. Iowa. Oct. 15 Hear Admiral Richardson Clo ver, U. S. N., retired. Oct. 18 Viscount Astor, In London. Oct. 20 Count V. Macehl dl Celere. Italian Ital-ian ambassador to U. H. Oct. 21 Alf T. Rlngllng, circus owner, at Dover, N, J. Oct. 25 Sir Ernest Watcrlow, noted British Brit-ish painter. Ort. 30 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet and author. Nov. 1 Col. J. D. Bell, commander in chief of G. A. It. Nov. 3 Evan lye wis, former champion heavyweight wrestler. Edgar Stanton Maclay, American naval hint orlan. Nov. 7 Huga TTaase, head of German independent FoHaliKtM. Nov. 9 W. E. Weyl, noted statistician. In New York. Nov. n ("a rdlnal von Ha rt ma nn, archbishop arch-bishop nf foK-Kne. Nov. 12 Thomas 8. Martin, U. 8. senator sena-tor from Virginia. Nov. . lf Ma J. Henry L. HiggfnsoTi, founder of ponton Symphony orchestra. Nov. 1! Florencio Constantino, note,d Spanish dm mat tenor. Nov. '. CounlesH I'rimo Magrl (Mr. Torn Thumb), ot Middleboro, M.'ihh Dec. 2 I f enry C. l-'rick, steel magnate. In New York. Dec. 8 Julian Alden Weir, A merlcan artist, in Nw York. Dec. . Sir John Jackson, famous British Brit-ish civil engineer. Dec. 17-Dr. William H. Hopkins, veteran vet-eran ediK-ator. in ( hkngo. Luigf Illb'fi, Italy's foremost grand opera IlhrettiHt, In Rome. Dec. 18 Horatio W. Parker, American composer. Dec. 19 Cleofonte Campanlni, director ot Chicago Opera company. |