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Show Chronology J I of the Year 1920 j ? Compiled by E. W. PICKARD ir UC. 1120. Western Newspaper Union.) j INTERNATIONAL Jan. 1 Bolshevikl announced capture of If ekaiennoslav. Jan. 3 Letvian and Polish troops took Dvlnsk from the Bolshevlkl. Jan. 10 Ratifications of peace treaty signed. United States, Greece, China and Roumania not being represented. Jan. H Ciemneeau and Lloyd George accepted plan giving Italy sovereignty over Fiume. Jan. 16 Hungarian delegates wer handed the terms of peace. Jan. 16 Council of League of Nations held first meeting In Paris. Jan. IT Supreme council cnllea on Holland Hol-land to surrender former German emperor em-peror ior trial. Jan. 20 Supreme council gave Jugoslavia Jugo-slavia four days to agree tQ th Flume settlement. Clemenceau retired from the council of the League of Nations. Jan. -3 Holland refused to surrender the former German etuperor to the allies. Jugo-biavia given more time to reply to proposed Fiume settlement. Jan. 2-1 Battle between Poles and Bolshevik! Bol-shevik! along the Dvina reported. Jan. 17 General. Denikine and staff refugees ref-ugees on British vessel at Constantinople. Jan. 2S Jugo-Slavta rejected the Adri- atie compromise offered by Italy. Jan. 2; Ukrainians announced they had captured Odessa. Jan. 31 Vladivostok seized by revolutionists. revolu-tionists. Feb. 2 Peace concluded between Es-thonia Es-thonia and soviet Russia. Feb. 3 List of Germans accused of war crimes, headed by former crown prince, handed to German representatives by allies. Feb. 6 Russian soviet troops entered Odessa. Feb. 7 Admiral Kolchak and his premier pre-mier executed by revolutionists. Feb. l' Danes wot: tee plebiscite in North Schleswig. President Wilson notified allies he would not assent to proposed settlement oi" Adriatic question. Feb. 11 Letts declared armistice with soviet Russia. Feb. 15 Supreme council agreed sultan may remain in Constantinople, under Kua'rantee. Feb. Ifr Allies- renewed their demand ou Holland for extradition of ex-kaiser. - Allies agTeed Germany might try the ar vandals, reserving the right to try them themselves If results are contrary to justice. Feb. L Premiers of allies sent conciliatory concili-atory reply to Wilson's note on the Adriatic Adri-atic settlement. Supreme council decided on Internationalization Interna-tionalization of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus. Feb. 20 Russian Bolshevlkl Announced the capture of Archangel. Feb. 21 Bolshevfki occupied Murmansk. Feb. 27 Soviet Russia made offer of peace to United States, Japan and Roumania. Rou-mania. March 1 Moscow reported destruction of Deriikine's Kuban Cossack corps and also the capture of Stavropol. March 5 Holland again refused to sur- render former kaiser to allies. March 6 President Wilson again rejected re-jected entente plan concerning Adriatic. March 7 Bolshevlkl decisively defeated by Poles at Mozir and Kolenkovitz, southeast of Minsk. April a Japanese troops occupied Vladivostok. Vlad-ivostok. April 6--French occupied Frankfort and Darmstadt because Germany was sending too many troops into Ruhr district and was otherwise disregarding the treaty. April 8 Germany formally protested against French advance. April 19 Allied premiers In conference ' at San Rerno decided Sultan should remain re-main in Constantinople and the Dardanelles Darda-nelles Ehould be internationalized. April 25 Supreme council, having reached agreement on Turkey and Germany, Ger-many, warned Berlin treaty must be carried car-ried out, threatening force. President Wilson asked to determine boundaries of .. Armenia. April 28 Poles started successful offensive of-fensive against Bolshevikl In Ukraine. April 29 Russians In Vladivostok region yielded to all Japan's demands. May 6 Denmark occupied North Schles-wig. Schles-wig. May 8 Kiev taken by the Poles. May 9 Moscow announced treaty of peace between soviet Russia and republic of Georgia had been concluded. May 11 Turkish treaty handed to Ottoman Otto-man delegation.- May 17 French evacuated Frankfort May IS Bolshevlkl drove British from Enze'li. Persia, and started counter offensive offen-sive against the Poles. May 27 Canada filed reparation claims of $1,871,000,000 against Germany. May 31 Capture of Resht, most Important Impor-tant Caspian seaport, by Bolshevlkl announced. an-nounced. June 1 Japanese broke off negotiations with Bolshevikl for buffer state In Sibe-Tia. Sibe-Tia. June 4 Treaty of peace with Hungary signed. June 5 Ruthenlans decided to join Poles in war on soviet Russia. June 11 Poles evacuated Kiev. June 21 Bolshevikl opened midsummer drive against Poles. June 27 Eleventh Bersaglierl regiment -of Italian army mutinied at Ancona when ordered to Albania. Other troops overpowered rebels after battle in which many were killed. June 30 Four hundred Italian troops killed In two-day battle with anarchists at Ancona and Piombino. July 3 Bolshevikl captured Lemberg, Ukrainia. , July 4 Greeks captured Brussa In Asia ; Minor from Turks. , July 6 Allied and German representa- : tives met at Spa, Belgium, to discuss disarmament clause of peace treaty. July 7 Fortress of Rovno In Volhynla captured by Bolshevikl. Poles forced to retreat on 720-mile front. July 10 Polish forces evacuated Brest-Lttovsk. Brest-Lttovsk. Vilna and Plnsk. July 11 Allied supreme council agreed to begin negotiations with Russian Bolshevikl Bol-shevikl to conclude armistice between Bolsheviki and Poles. Bolshevlkl captured city of Minsk from Poles. July 14 Allies and Germans agreed on coal deliveries, Lithuania and Russia made peace and lormer regained towns from Poles. July 19 Russian soviet government rejected re-jected British peace proposals for Poland. New attack by Bolshevik armies repulsed re-pulsed by Poles In Volhynla, but Reds Invaded Polish territory at one poinL July 20 Russians suggested peace negotiations nego-tiations direct with the Poles. July 21 Arabs accepted French terms concerning Syria. T-.i July 2 Poland asked soviet Russia for armistice, and new Polish cabinet was formed with Witos as premier. July 2i Russia consented to an armistice. armis-tice. .1 uly 25 Russia offered to talk peace with allies If Wrangel surrendered. French occupied Damascus. July 26 Greeks took Adrlanople, capturing cap-turing Jafar Tayar. J uly 29 Russians took Blalystok and i Hacked Brest-Litovsk. ,i ;; y 3i Vilna abandoned to soviet forces. 1 Va e negotiations began at Baranovichi. Barano-vichi. Ai:l l Fortress of Brest-LItovsk taken ! liiis',ar.s. A .jj:. 2 League of Nat inns council at n Si'hastian adopted French plan for i nr: national ccneral staff of military ex-!" ex-!" 1 M;o adopted Root's plan for ln-t"''':r.;;-j:ial court of justice. i ;-:S--r; - i'i:sh negotiations Interrupted, R;s.-i;;na continuing their advance. '1" ; : -Ivish nationalists onened offensive ('jm-.et Greeks in Asia Minor. Aug, 3 League council adopted international inter-national blockade plan. An. 4 Lloyd George luBUed ultimatum to KuBstan roprenentatlveB. Poles agreed to meet Rusilans at Minsk to negotiate. Aug. 8 Bolshevlkl rejected British plan for ten-da v arm 1st ice. Aug. 9 Brltt.sh labor leaders warned government against war to uid Poland Aug. 10 United States notified Italy It would support Poland "with all available avail-able nicuna" again hi dismemberment : would never recognize the soviet regime, or permit other nations to slice off Russian Rus-sian territory; and suggested withdrawal of Rusalan troops from Poland and foreign for-eign troops from Russia as a means to end prt-sent war. Turkish peace treaty signed. Aug. 1 1 French government announced It recognized the Wrangel government In south Russia and would give It aid, and broke off relatione with soviet representatives representa-tives In London. Letvla and soviet Russia signed peace treat v. and Finland and Russia agreed on an armistice. Aug. 12 Mlawa captured by the Bolshevikl. Bol-shevikl. Bolsheviki captured Soldau. Aug. 1C Kusso-Pollsh armistice negotiations nego-tiations opened at Minsk. Great battle for possession of Warsaw. Aug. IT Poles repulsed Russians and launched three counter offensives. Aug. IS Danzig corridor cleared of Bolshevikl. Bol-shevikl. Aug. 1 Russians retreating In disorder from Poland. Aug. 23 Poles recaptured Blalystok. Aug. 24 Poles, having destroyed or dispersed dis-persed four of the live Bolshevik armies, rejected Russian peace terms. Aug. 26 General Wrangel opened great offensive In south Russia, taking Novo-rossisk Novo-rossisk and olhr cities and the Donetz coal basin. Aug 2! Reds recaptured Grodno and Poles evacuated Blalystok. Aug. 31 Ukrainians opened drive against the Bolshevlkl. Peace conference at Minsk broke up. Sept. 1 Budenny's Red army In Gallcla destroyed bv the Poles. Sept. S Big defeat of Reds by General Wrangel announced. Sept. 9 D'Annunzio proclaimed the "Italian regencv of Quarnero." Sept. 2 Ninth session of league of Nations council adjourned after persuading persuad-ing Poland and Lithuania to suspend hostilities und arbitrate their differences, and Finland and Sweden to arbitrate concerning con-cerning the Aland islands. Polish-Russian peace conference opened at Riga. Sept. 23 Poles and Lithuanians resumed hostilities. Oct. 9 Vltna seized by Polish troops under Zellgouski. Oct. 12 Poland and soviet Russia signed peace treaty. Wrangel hetran offensive against new-Sixth new-Sixth soviet army. Oct. 14 Russo-Flnnlsh peace treaty sijmed. Oct. 17 Japanese and Korean troops fought In Manchuria, Defeat of Wrangel near Kakhovka announced. an-nounced. Nov. 1 Serious defeats of Wrangel's forces announced. Nov. 10 Italy and Jugo-Slavta reached agreement on Adriatic dispute. 'nv in ("omnletp eollaDse of Wran gel's forces In the Crimea. ' Nov. 15 League of Nations assembly opened first meeting in Geneva; Paul Hy-mans Hy-mans of Belgium elected president. Nov. 16 Ukrainians routed by Reds, losing Kiev and other towns. Spain agreed to Join the allies In policing polic-ing the Vilna district. Nov. 19 Germany notified League of Nations that the treaty of Versailles had been violated by the allies In the matter of mandates, and demanded her former colonies. Nov 23 Scandinavian amendments to League of Nations covenant voted down by committee on general organization. Commission on Armenian situation appointed. ap-pointed. Peace negotiations between Poland and soviet Russia resumed, the Polish troops withdrawing to armistice line. Nov. 25 League of Nations council asked United States to mediate between Armenia and Mustapha Kemal PaBha. Nov. 29 Italy started to force D'Annun-zio D'Annun-zio out of Fiume. President Wilson accepted invitation of league council to mediate between Armenia Arme-nia and the Turks. Dec. 1 D'Annunzio declared war on Italy. Austria voted membership in League of Nations. Russian Reds took Erlvan and established estab-lished soviet rule for Russian Armenia. Dec. 2 Great Britain, France and Italy -warned Greece against restoring Constantino Constan-tino to throne. Dec. 3 Argentine delegates withdrew from League of Nations assembly because of refusal to consider amendments to covenant. cov-enant. Armenia and Turkish nationalists signed peace treaty. Dec. 8 President Willson declined to appoint American representatives on League of Nations disarmament commission. commis-sion. Dec. 10 League of N atlons assembly postponed until next session decision on naval and economic blockade. Dec. 12 Russian soviet government protested pro-tested to Great Britain. France and Italy against their "brutal interference" in the affairs of Greece. Dec. 13 League of Nations assembly adopted statute for permanent international interna-tional tourt of justice. Holland hroke off diplomatic relations with Jugo-Slavla because of "a long series se-ries of insults." Dec. 15 Austria was admitted to the League of Nations. Spain, Brazil, Bel-gium Bel-gium and China made elective members i of the league council. Dec. Bulgaria. Costa Rica, Finland and Luxemburg admitted to League of Nations. Dec. 17 Albania admitted to League of Nations. Dec. 18 Meeting of League of Nations assembly closed. Dec 21 Great powers warned Spain against attempts In the cortes to strangle foreign enterprises. FOREIGN Jan. 13 Dr. Jose Luis Tamayo elected president of Ecuador. Great mob attacked relchstag in Berlin and was routed by troops. 35 being killed and scores wounded. Jan. 17 Paul Deschanel elected president of France. Jan. 18 Mlllerand made French premier. pre-mier. Feb. 6 Active rebellion against Japanese Japan-ese rule broke out In Korea. Feb. 22 Serious revolution In Honduras Feb. 25 Irish home rule bill Introduced in parliament. Marcii 1 Admiral Horthy electtd regent of Hungary. March 13 Overthrow of Ebert government govern-ment In Berlin, Germany by counter revolutionists headed by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and monarchists. March 15 Council of old German cabinet cabi-net meeting at Stuttgart, Germany, refused re-fused to negotiate with the reactionary faction headed by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp. March II Dr. Wolfgang Kapp resigned as chancellor of Germany. March 18 Ebert government regained control in Berlin, Doctor Kapp's troops leaving. March 20 Lord mayor of Cork assassinated assassi-nated bv masked persons. March 21 Three thousand persons killed In fighting at Lelpsig, Germany, before Ebert troops captured city. March 22 Gustav Noske, minister of defense de-fense of Germany, resigned. March 2t German cabinet headed by Premier Bauer resigned. March 27 Hermann Mueller, premier of new German cabinet. March 31 Japanese troops stationed at Nikolaevsk, Siberia, defeated in battle with Russian forces; 7(0 Japanese killed. April 1 House of commons passed Irish home rule bill, 34S to 94. Ian Macpherson, chief secretary for Ireland, resigned. April 2 Ebert government at Berlin reached compromise agreement with workingmen; civil war ended. April 4 Many government buildings burned by Irish rebels throughout Ireland Ire-land on Easter Sunday. April 12 Many noncombatants killed In Guatemala City when Estrada Cabrera government was overthrown by rebels. New government formed with Carlos Herrera as president-April president-April 20 Hiaaigo and Tlaxcala, Mexico, Joined the secession movement, April 22 Irmer Premier Caillaux of ! France convicted of having commerce and correspondence with the enemy. : April 28 Mexican revolt spreading. Battle for Chihuahua City won by Car-ranza Car-ranza troops. American border troops ready fjn actlog, , May 8 City of Juares Joined the Mexican Mex-ican revolt. May 7 Rebels occupied Mexico City; Carranza lied. May 8 Obregon's forces occupied Tam-plco. Tam-plco. May 11 French government ordered dlMHulutlon of General Federation of La-bur. La-bur. May 16 Joan of Arc canonized by Pope Benedict. May 20 Venus I lano Carranza. fleeing president of Moxlco, killed by former comrades. May 24 Adolf o de la Huerta elected provisional president of Mexico. June 1 Pope announced Catholic sovereigns sov-ereigns might vi.sif the king of Italy. J une 2i Seventeen persoiiB killed and scores wounded In civil warfare in Londonderry, Lon-donderry, lrelund. July 8 Arthur Meighen, minister of Interior In-terior of Canada, ttucceuded Sir Kobui I Borden aa prime minister of Canada. July 11 President Guorra ot 1 lull via ousted and RapUste Savedra made provisional pro-visional president. July IS Prime Joachim, youngest son of former kaiser, committed suicide In Berlin. July 21-Rlots broke out in Belfast, lasting last-ing several days; ton or more killed. July 2tj Francisco Villa surrendered to the Mexican government. July 2S Enteban Cantu, governor of Lower California, In rebellion against Mexican government. Aug 1 Dr, D. Porras elected president of Panama. Aug. 6 New Irish coercion law passod by commons. Aug. 12 Premier Venlzelos of Greece wounded by assassins In Paris. Lord Mayor MacSwlney of Cork and ten assistants arrested while attending a Sinn Fein court. Aug. 16 Cantu revolt In Lower California, Califor-nia, Mexico, ended. Aug. 16 Dr. Manuel Gondra inaugurated inaugu-rated president of Paraguay. Aug. 29 Carlos lierrora elected president presi-dent of Guatemala. Sept. 4 Bolshevist uprisings In Italy; soviet rule established In many Industrial plants. Sept. 6 Obregon elected president of Mexico. Sept. 15 Paul Deschanel, president of France, resigned. Sept. 1 Workers In southern Italy seize many Industrial plants. Sept. 20 Fortress of Mantua, Italy, blown up by anarchists. Sept. 21 City of Balbriggan. Ireland, raided and partly burned by British police. po-lice. Sept. 23 Alexandre Mlllerand elected president of France. Sept. 24 Georges Leygues made premier of Fiance. British police In Ireland raided three more towns, making eight In a week. Sept. 25 Italian workers and employers made agreement and reign of communism In industrial plants ended. Sept. 29 German wireless station at Nauen, largest In world, otlleiaily opened. Oct. 17 One of Cork hunger strikers died In Jail. Oct. 20 Jugo-Slavla declared a constitutional, consti-tutional, hereditary monarchy with the Serbian royal family the reigning dynasty. dy-nasty. Oct. 25 Terence MacSwlney, lord mayor of Cork, died of starvation in Brixton prison. Alexander, king of Greece, died. Oct. 28 Admiral Coundouriotis elected regent of Greece. Nov. 2 Alfredo Zayas elected president of Cuba. Drys badly defeated in Scottish prohibition prohi-bition elections. Nov. 11 Irish home rule bill passed house of commons. Nov. 13 Hunger strike of Sinn Fein prisoners called off. Nov. 14 Venlzelos' party defeated In Greek elections. Nov. 15 Sebastopol captured by the Bolshevikl. Nov. 17 Venlzelos, Greek premier, resigned re-signed and Rhallis formed new cabinet. Nov. 21 Many killed and Injured In raids In Dublin following the murder ot U British officers there. Nov. 23 Top of Mount Blanc fell off and caused great avalanche. Nov, 26 Arthur Griffith, acting president presi-dent of the "Irish republic," and other Irish leaders arrested. Nov. 27 Big Sinn Fein arson plot in London foiled. Nov. 23 Irish plotters set fire to several large warehouses on Liverpool water front and killed two men. Fifteen auxiliary police recruits ambushed am-bushed by Sinn Feiners near Kilmichael, Ireland. Dec. 1 Obregon Inaugurated president of Mexico. Dec. 4 Greek people voted for restoration restora-tion of Constantino. Dec. 8 Greek government invited Constantino Con-stantino to return to the throne, despite warning by Great Britain, France and Italy. General raids throughout Cork by British Brit-ish police. Dec. 9 Dr. Michael Halnlsch elected president of Austria. Dec. 10 Martial law proclaimed in south Ireland. Dec. 12 Part of Cork's business section burned In reprisal for Sinn Fein raid. Dec. IS Negotiations for peace In Ireland Ire-land broken off by demand that Lloyd George deal with De Valera direct. King Constantino arrived In Athens. Dec. 20 Eighteen killed and many wounded In battle between English and Irish in County Tipperary. Farrow's bank, London, with 75 branch es, failed. DOMESTIC Jan. 2 Thousands of Reds arrested In many cities. Raids continued daily. Taking of the census begun. Jan. 3 Department of Justice revealed radical plot to overthrow the government. War Finance corporation announced loans of $17.UOO,000 to aid exporters. Jan. 6 Kentucky and Rhode Island ratified rat-ified suffrage amendment. Jan. 7 Five Socialists were denied their seats in New York legislature. Jan. 8 Democratic national committee selected San Francisco for the convention, conven-tion, opening June 28. Jan. 10 House of representatives again denied Victor Berger his seat. Senate passed Sterling sedition bill. Jan. 14 Oregon ratified suffrage amendment. amend-ment. jan. 17 National prohibition amendment amend-ment to Constitution in effect. Jan. 27 David F. Houston appointed secretary of the treasury and Edwin T. Meredith of Iowa secretary of agriculture. agricul-ture. Henry P. Fletcher resigned as ambassador ambas-sador to Mexico. Jan. 2S South Carolina refused to ratify rat-ify suffrage amendment. Feb. 6 Virginia senate rejected federal suffrage amendment. Feb. 7 Secretary of the Interior Lane resigned, effective March 1. Feb. yl Arizona ratified suffrage amendment. amend-ment. Feb. 13 John Barton Payne, Chicago, appointed secretary of the interior. Secretary of State Lansing resigned at the request of President Wilson. National American Suffrage association opened its last convention In Chicago. Feb. 16 Subcommittee of house reported report-ed great extravagance, waste and incompetence incom-petence In aircraft production, severely criticising Secretary Baker, Colonel Disque and Director Ryan. Feb 19 New Mexico ratified suffrage amendment. Feb. 21 Railway bill conference report adopted by house. P'eb. 23 Senate adopted conference report re-port on railway bill. Feb. 24 Charles R. Crane, Chicago, named minister to China. Feb. 25 Bainbridge Colby selected for i secretary of state. Feb. 26 G. W. P. Hunt of Arizona made minister to Siam. Feb. 27 Court order entered divorcing big packers from business not directly related to meat packing. Feb. 2S Oklahoma ratified suffrage amendment. March 1 Federal Judge Geiger In Milwaukee Mil-waukee upheld Wisconsin's 2 per cent beer law. New Jersey legislature passed law legalizing legal-izing 3H per cent beverages. United States Supreme court decided United States Steel corporation Is not an Illegal combination. Railroads returned to owners. Sir Auckland Geddea accepted as British Brit-ish ambassador to United States. President Wilson let it be known he would not be candidate for re-election. March 10 West Virginia assembly ratified rat-ified suffrage amendment-United amendment-United States submarine H-l wrecked near Magdalena bay. Lt. Commander i. R, Yebb acid, three of crew lost. March 15 United States tenate adopted new Article X resorvation to peace treaty by vote of 66 to 26. United States Supreme court granted permission to state of New Jersey to Institute In-stitute original proceedings to test vt lldlty of prohibition amendment. John Burton Payne retired as chairman chair-man of shipping board and was sworn In us secretary of Interior. March IS United Stairs senate adopted resolution by vote of 4.". to 38 declaring for Belf-deleimltuition for Ireland. House of representatives passed army appropriation bill providing for army of 'i: unlisted men and 17, MX) nfllceis. Mart-h 19 German pence treaty with league covenant failed or ratitlcutlon in senate. March 20 Truman H. Newberry, Junior Unit-'d Ktatea .senator from Michigan, and Ifi others convl.ted by Jurv at Grand Rapids, Mich., of having conspired criminally crimi-nally In .18 to violate election laws, Nt-wberry fined JJO.oou and sentenced to ImpnHonimTit for two years. March 23 Balnlnidge Colby sworn In " secretary of state. Government control of bituminous coal withdrawn by President Wilson, effective April 1. April 24 nirflctor General of Railroads Hlnes resigned, effective May 15. April 20 Supreme Court declared the Reading company and certain of its subsidiaries sub-sidiaries an illegal combination. May 13 Social ints nominated Fugeno Debs for president and Seymour Stedman for vice president. May 1G Senate adopted Knox peace resolution. May 18 Secretary of the Interior Payno made director general of railroads. May 21 House aaopted senate peace resolution. May 24 President Wilson asked congress con-gress for authority to accept the mandate man-date for Armenia. Investigation of presidential campaign expenst-s begun by the senate. May 27 President Wilson vetoed Knox peace resolution. May 28 Water power conservation bill passed by congress. June 1 United States Supreme court decided de-cided ratilteaiion of a constitutional amendment is not subject to submission to popular referendum. Senate declined to give President authority au-thority to accept Armenian mandate. June 4 President Wilson vetoed budget bill. Congress passed bill increasing P'V of postal employees. Undersecretary of State Frank Polk resigned. J une 5 Congress adjourned, President Wllaun letting several important measures meas-ures die without his signature. June 7 United Stales Supreme court declared de-clared valid both the prohibition amendment amend-ment and the Volstead enforcement act. June 8 Republican national convention opened In Chicago. June 12 Republicans nominated Warren War-ren G. Harding of Ohio for president and Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for vice president. July 6 Democrats In San Francisco nominated James M. Cox of Ohio for President and Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant as-sistant secretary of the navy, for vice president. July 14 Parley P. Chrlstensen, Salt Lake City, nominated for president by Farmer-Labor party In Chicago, after bolt by committee of forty-eight and single sin-gle taxers. July 20 George White, Marietta, Ohio, elected chairman Democratic national committee. Julv 21 Prohibitionists opened national convention in Lincoln, Neb., and nominated nomi-nated W. J. Bryan for president by acclamation. ac-clamation. July 22 Bryan declining, the Prohibitionists Prohibi-tionists nominated Aaron S. Watklns of Ohio for president and D. Leigh Colvin of New York for vice president. Senator Harding notified of nomination by Republicans. July 27 Governor Coolidge notified of vice presidential nomination. July 31 Interstate commerce commission commis-sion authorized freight, passenger and Pullman rate increase amounting to about a billion and a half annually. Aug. 2 Twenty Communist Labor leaders lead-ers found guilty of sedition In Chicago. Aug. 5 Fatal anti-foreign riots in West Frankfort; 111.; state troops sent. Street car strike riots in Denver; several sev-eral persons killed. Aug. 7 Governor Cox formally notified of his nomination. Aug. 13 Increase of 12H per cent In express ex-press rates authorized by Interstate commerce com-merce commission. Aug. 18 Tennessee, the last state necessary, neces-sary, ratified woman suffrage amendment. amend-ment. Aug. 26 Ratification of suffrage amendment amend-ment proclaimed by Secretary of State Colby. Sept. 13 Maine went Republican by 65.0-.0. Sept. 16 Terrific explosion at Wall and Broad streets, New York, laid to Reds; thirty persons killed and 300 injured. Sept. 21 Three Socialists, re-elected to New York assembly, ousted; two seated, but resigned. Sept. 24 W. A. Ketcham, Indianapolis, elected commander In chief of G. A. R. President Wilson declined to abrogate trade treaties, as asked by congress in the merchant marine act. Sept. 29 Col. J. W. Galbraith. Jr., Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, elected national commander of the American Legion. Walter Dill Scott elected president of Northwestern university. Oct. 7 The 1920 population of continental continen-tal United States announced as 105.6S3.lo8. Nov. 2 Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge elected President and vice president pres-ident of United States; Republican landslide. land-slide. California voters Indorsed the anti-alien land law. Nov. 25 Irish mob in New York attacked at-tacked Union League club because British Brit-ish flag was flying. Dec. 3 Secretary of State Colby started on formal visit to South America. Dec. 6 Congress began the short session. ses-sion. Dec. 7 Nobel peace prize awarded to President Wilson. President Wilson's message to congress urged independence for the Philippines and a loan to Armenia. Dec. & C. J. Voplcka resigned as United States minister to the Balkan states. Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo retired. Dec. 13 House passed bill suspending Immigration for 14 months. House adopted resolution repealing wartime war-time laws. Senate adopted resolution for revival of war finance corporation to aid the farmers. Dec. 14 Government crop report showed shrinkage In values of nearly five billion dollars compared with 1919. Dec. lf Senate passed bill authorizing farmers' co-operative marketing associations. associa-tions. Dec. 16 Senate passed bill forbidding strikes on railroads. Deo. 20 Permanent merger of four express ex-press companies authorized by interstate commerce commission. INDUSTRIAL Jan. 8 Steel strike called off by workers' work-ers' committee. Jan. 20 General railway strike In Italy; martial law in principal cities. Feb. & Three hundred thousand members mem-bers of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers La-borers ordered to strike February 17. Feb. 11 Director General Hines refused to raise wages of railway employees and dispute was referred to the President. Feb. 14 Rail unions agreed to hold wage demands and strike In abeyance as asked by President Wilson. March 1 French railway strike settled. March 5 Two thousand railway express employees at Chicago struck. March 30 One thousand clerks employed in Chicago city hall on strike for increased in-creased wages. March 31 Bituminous coal miners accepted ac-cepted 27 per cent wage increase and eight-hour day awarded by President W ilson's coal commission. April 1 Chicago city hall clerks ended strike; granted wage Increase. April 5 Nine, thousand switchmen employed em-ployed by eleven railroads In Chicago struck; freight traffic tied up. Five thousand coal miners In Illinois and Kansas Btruck because of dissatisfaction dissatis-faction with wage awards. April 9 Chicago switchmen's strike , spread to all cities. April 13 President Wilson appointed railroad board to settle railroad wage question. April 15 Federal officers arrested thirty leaders of rail strikers at Chicago on charges of interference with movement of mails and violations of Lever act. June 7 Fortieth annual convention of American Federation oX Labor opened la Montreal . . June 1 Samuel Qompera re-eUotel L resident of the American Federation of ubor for thirty-ninth time. July 20 United Status labor board awarded six hundred millions Increase hi wages to all classes of railway worker, about half what was asked. July 22 Rail unions ordered referendum referen-dum vote on wage award. July 23 Illinois coal miners on Btrike July 26 Indiana and Kansas coal miners min-ers struck. July 2.t International Harvester company com-pany announced it would pay Its employees em-ployees tiO per cent of Us profits after 7 per tent had been paid on Invested capital. capi-tal. July 31 Striking miners ordered back to work. Aug. o Wage increases totaling more than $:'(,000.0o0 awarded em ploy cos of American Railway Fx press by United Slalea railwav labor boaid. Aug. New York slreev car men struck. Sept. 1 Outlaw strike paralyzed the anthracite an-thracite hVhls. Sept. 12 Outlaw strike of railway men In Chicago district ended. Oct. 16 Coal miners of Great Britain struck, demoralizing the nation's industries. indus-tries. Nov. 3 Brliinh mine strike called off. Dec. 13 New Kn;;land cotton mills i-duced i-duced wages of ltw.'OOO workers about 22 per cent. Dec. 1& Several big Industrial concerns announced wage reductions and discontinuance discontin-uance or reduction of dividends. NECROLOGY Jan. 1 Thomas Hume, millionaire lumberman, lum-berman, at Muskegon, Mich. Jan. 2 Paul Adam, French novelist. Jan. 14 Charles E. Magoon, former governor of canal zone. John F. Dodge, automobile manufacturer, manufac-turer, of Detroit. Jan. 10 Reginald De Koven, American corn poser. Jan. 24 Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, author, at Yonkers, N. Y. Jan. 27 J. B. Wilson, Texas cattle magnate. mag-nate. Feb. A E. P. Ripley, chairman of Santa Fe railway, at Santa Barbara. Cal. O. C. Barber, founder of Diamond Match company, at Bacherton, O. Feb. 8 ::ev. James B. Buckley, editor Christian Advocate, at Morristown, N. J. Feb. 10 C. F. Gunther, pioneer candy 1 manufacturer of Chicago, and art connoisseur. con-noisseur. Feb. 12 Julius Chambers, author and explorer, in New York. Feb. 13 Brig. Gen. P. W. Davison, U. S. A. Feb. 20 Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., discoverer of north pole. Feb. 22 Maj. R. W. Pullman, superintendent superin-tendent of Washington police. Feb. 24 Franklin Murphy, former governor gov-ernor of New Jersey. Feb. 25 John C. Olmsted, famous landscape land-scape architect, at Brookline, Maes. March 1 United States Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama. March A George D. Smith, noted authority au-thority on rare books. In New York. March 1& Former Senator Henry w. Blair of New Hampshire in Washington. March 19 Albert Rouillier, artist and collector nf rare prints, at Chicago. March 2ri Dr. Thomas H. Owen, director direc-tor of department of archives and history' his-tory' of Alabama, at Montgomery, Ala. William Thomas Smedley, American artist, at New York. March 31 Edwin Warfield. former governor gov-ernor of Maryland, at Baltimore. April 1 Dr. William Martin, medical director di-rector United States navy, retired, at San Francisco. April 4 Bishop Mathew S. Hughes ot Portland. Ore., at Cleveland. April 8 Dr. John A. Brashear, former chancellor of University of Pittsburgh, and astronomer. April 10 Judge Richard S. Tuthill, at Chicago. April 12 Most Rev. John Baptist Cro-zier. Cro-zier. archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland. April H Roger C. Sullivan. Democratic leader, at Chicago. April 16 Theodore N. Vail, chairman or American Telephone and Telegraph company, com-pany, at Baltimore. April 26 Miss Marjorie Benton Cooke. American author, at Manila. May 4 R. J. Belford, publisher, at Los Angeles. May & Bishop J. H. Vincent, founder of the Chautauqua assembly and of the Rockefeller foundation, in Chicago. May 11 William Dean Howells, in New York. May 16 Levi P. Morton, former vice president. May 17 Col. W. DA. Mann, inventor and publisher, in Morristown, N. J. May 18 Dr. John N. Stockwell, noted astronomer. In Cleveland. O. June 1 Rear Admiral W. "W. Hendrick-son, Hendrick-son, U. S. N. June S Dr. Charles Augustus Stoddard, noted author, tn New York. June 5 Rear Admiral Winterhalter, U. S. N. Rhoda Broughton, British novelist. June 14 Mme. Rejane, famous B'rench actress. Crown prince of Siam. June IS George W. Perkins, financier, at Stamford, Conn. July 4 Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, former surgeon general of United States army, in London. Representative Dick I. Morgan of Eighth Oklahoma district. July 10 Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher, first lord of British admiralty. Julv 11 Ex-Empress Eugenie, last empress em-press of France, at Madrid, Spain. Julv 12 Rear Admiral Henry Tudor Brownell Harris, U. S. N., at Southampton, Southamp-ton, England. July 21 Arthur J. Eddy, Chicago, author au-thor art critic .and lawyer. Julv 22 William K. Vanderbilt, In Paris. Julv 2S W. M. Reedy, editor and publisher pub-lisher of the Mirror, of St. Louis. Aug. 1 J. Frank Hanley, former governor gov-ernor of Indiana, killed In auto accident. Marquis of Queensberry, in Johannesburg. Johannes-burg. Aug. 2 Isham Randolph, noted civil engineer. en-gineer. In Chicago. Dr. Luis Galvln, Dominican minister to United States. Aug. 6 Commander C. M. Howe, U.S.N. Rev. Dr. H. C. Herring, general secretary secre-tary national council of Congregational churches. Aug. 9 J. E. McCall, United States district dis-trict Judge for western Tennessee. Aug. 10 James O'Neill, veteran American Ameri-can actor. Rear Admiral E. H. Gheen, U. S. N., retired- Aug. 12 Walter Wlnans, noted American Ameri-can artist and sportsman, In London Aug. 16 Sir Norman Loekyer, eminent scientist, at Sidmouth. England. Aug. 20 Mme. Etelka Gerster, famous soprano, in Italy. Aug. 22 Andreas Zorn, famous Swedish Swed-ish painter. Au. 2fi James Wilson, former secretary of agriculture, at Traer. Iowa. Aug. 29 Cardinal Amette, archbishop of Paris. Sept. 2 Cardinal Mendez. arenbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain. Sept. 17 Egerton castle, English novelist. novel-ist. Sept. 20 George Nasmyth, American sociologist, so-ciologist, at Geneva. Sept. 21 Dr. Eric Doollttle, noted astronomer, as-tronomer, in Philadelphia. Sept. 2G S. P. Avery, art patron and philanthropist, at Hartford, Conn. Jacob II. Schiff, New York banker and philanthropist. Oct. 2 W. Murray Crane, United States senator, at Dalton, Mass. Oct. 6 Miguel de Palaclos, noted Spanish Span-ish author. Oct. 10 Rev. Dr. H. Stuck, archdeacon of the Yukon. Oct. 13 Mrs. Ogden MIMs, BOcial leader in New York and Paris. C. M. Alexander, famous evangelist. In Birmingham, England. J. G. Snydaker, Chicago capitalist and art connoisseur. Oct. 16 Howard H. Gross, president Universal Military Training league, In Chicago. Oct. 17 General Leman, defender of Liege against the Germans. Jnhn Reed. American writer. Oct. If Federal Judge A. L. Sanborn, at Madison, Wis. Oct 19 Jay Rial, prominent theatrical and circus man, at Winston-Salem. N. C. Oct, 23 Oliver Doud Byron, veteran American actor. Oct. 24 Stephen S. Gregory, eminent Chicago lawyer. Oct. 25 Alexander, king of Greece. Nov. 1 Thos. R. Jernigan, orientalist and former American consul at Shanghai. Nov. 2 Louise Imogen Gulney, American Ameri-can poet and essayist, England. Nov. 3 G. W. Stevens, president Chea-apeake Chea-apeake and Ohio railroad, A Nov. Ludwlg III, former king of Bavaria. Ba-varia. Maj. R. W. McClaughry, former warden war-den of Leavenworth and Jollet penitentiaries. peniten-tiaries. Nov. 10 Henry Thode, noted German historian. K-ar Admiral T. B. Howard. U. 8. N.. retired, Nov. 14 Alston Ellis, president of Ohio University. Nov. IS j human ShU-lds riarke, sculptor sculp-tor and painter. In New York. Nov. t J-"r;i rklin Fort, former governor of New Jersey. Thomas J. Coolidge, former minister to France, at Boston. Nov. 22 George W. Breck, noted mural decorator. Nov. 2.1 Commodore F. C. Benedict ot New York. Mrs. Mmgaret Brewster, writer, in Mo-, Mo-, desio. Cal. Nov. 2-- Jake L. Hamon. Republican national com m it l m;tn from Oklahoma, W. A. V Kkr-ngren, Swedish minister to United States. Nov. 28 .Tames J. Reynolds, noted railway rail-way builder and engineer, m Chimin. Nov. 2! Eugene Clinlin, prohibition leader, at Long Beach, Cnl. Dec. 3Frani is Lynde Stetson, eminent attorney of New York. Dec. 10 Horace K. Dodge, automobile manufacturer, in Palm Beach. Marquis Delia Chlesa, brother of the pope. Dec. 12 Olive Sc-hrelner, novelist. Dec. 16 Cyrus Beard, chief Justice of Wvominc niirnvmp raurt Dec. 17 Lieut. Pat O'Brien, famous American war aviator, committed suicide. Horatio W. Seymour, noted Journalist, In New York. Dec. 16 Mrs. Helen E. Starrett, noted American educator. Dec. 20 Rt. Rev. Charles Summer Burch. Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York. DISASTERS Jan. 3 Earthquake in Mexico killed many persons and did vast damage. Feb. 5 Disastrous storm swept Atlantio coast of United Stales. March 2S Nearly 2o0 persons killed and hundreds injured by tornado which swept Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Alabama and Georgia. Several million mil-lion dollars' property damage. April 11 Three hundred killed, many Injured in explosion of munition dump at Rothensteln, East Prussia. April 20 Scores killed by tornadoes In Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. May 2 Fifty-nine killed by tornado In Cherokee county, Oklahoma. Aug. 19 Great floods in Japan with heavy loss of life. Sept. 7 Earthquake In northern Italy destroyed many towns and killed 174. Sept. 9 More destructive eathquake shocks In Italv. Sept. 30 MiHIon dollar fire on Galveston Galves-ton water front. Dec. 9 Disastrous earthquakes In Chile and Central America. Dec. 16 Earthquake destroyed towns along Argentine slope of the Andes; 400 killed. SPORTS Jan. IS A. Haugen of Colorado won the International ski tournament at Cary, 111. Jan. 30 Joe Stecher won heavyweight wrestling championship from Earl Cad-dock. Cad-dock. Feb. 4 W. B. Huey won world's amateur ama-teur three-cushion championship at Chicago. Chi-cago. March & Percy Collins of Chicago won national amateur 18-2 billiard championship. champion-ship. March 15 Walter Hagen of Detroit won west coast open golf championship at Bellair Heights, Fla., when he completed 72 holes in 292 strokes. May 8 Kentucky Derby won by Paul Jones. May 31 Chevrolet won 500-mlle automobile automo-bile race at Indianapolis. July 2 William T. Tilden of Philadelphia Philadel-phia won British lawn tennis championship champion-ship in singles at Wimbledon. July 15 Shamrock won first of America's Ameri-ca's cup races, owing to accident to Resolute. Res-olute. July 17 Charles Evans, Jr., won western west-ern amateur golf championship. July 20 Shamrock won second race for America's cup. July 21 Resolute defeated Shamrock in third race. July 23 Resolute won fourth race. July 24 Mark Airie, Illinois won Olympic Olym-pic trap-shooting championship. July 27 Resolute won fifth race and the America's cup. Aug. 3 United States won Olympic tar-- tar-- get shooting contest. Aug. 5 Jock Hutchinson won western 1 open golf championship. Aug. 13 Edward Ray of England won American open golf championship. Aug. 22 Kohlemainen of New York, entered en-tered for Finland, won Marathon at Antwerp. Ant-werp. Americans won the Olympic championships. champion-ships. Sept. 6 Jack Dempsey knocked out Billy Miske in third round. Sept. 11 Charles Evans, Jr., won national na-tional amateur golf championship. Sept. 27 Brooklyn won National league pennant. Sept. 28 Seven members of Chicago White Sox club and one former member accused of conspiracy to "throw" world series of 1919. Two confessed. Grand jury at Chicago voted indictments. pennant. Oct. 5 Cleveland won first world, series game. Oct. 6 Brooklyn won second world series se-ries game. Oct. 7 Brooklyn won third game. Oct. 9 Cleveland won fourth game. Oct. 10 Cleveland won fifth game. Oct. 11 Cleveland won sixth game. Oct. 12 Cleveland won seventh game and world's championship. Carpentier of France knocked out Le-vinsky Le-vinsky . and became light heavyweight champion of the world. Oct. IS Eight National league and three American league clubs voted to withdraw from the national agreement and adopt a new system of baseball government. Oct 23 Grand jurv in Chicago indicted Hal Chase, BUI Burns and Abe Attel for the baseball conspiracy. Oct. 30 American fishing schooner Esperanto Es-peranto defeated Canadian entry Dela-wanna Dela-wanna In first race. Nov. 1 Esperanto defeated Dela wanna again and won series. Nov. 8 Owners of eight National and three American league clubs voted to form new 12-club league and offered chairmanship chair-manship of board of control to Judge Landis with annual salary of $50,000. Nov. 13 Judge Landis accepted chairmanship chair-manship of baseball board of control, and war between the major leagues was averted. Nov. 20 Ohio State university won conference con-ference football championship. Nov. 25 Rosco Sarles won 250-mlle national na-tional championship auto race at Los Angeles. An-geles. Gaston Chevrolet killed In collision. Dec. 8 Willie Hoppe retained the 18-2 balk line championship. Dec. 13 John Layton of St. Louis won three-cushion billiard championship from Bob Cannefax. Dec. 14 Champion Jack Dempsey knocked knock-ed out Bill Brennan in twelfth round. AERONAUTICS Feb. 27 Maj. R. W. Schroeder made world's altitude record of 36.02O feet at Dayton. O., and then fell five miles, but survived. May 31 Two Italian lieutenants completed com-pleted flight from Rome to Tokyo. June 27 Aviator John H. Larsen made new nonstop record in United States; 4 OOO-mlle flight from Omaha, Neb., to Philadelphia in 11 hours. Julv 15 Four United States airplanes started Might from New York to Alaska. July 29 First transcontinental mail planes left Long Island for San Francisco. Fran-cisco. AuJr g First transcontinental air mall reached Oakland. Cal. Aug. 10 Air mail service established between be-tween Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis. Aug. 10 Chkaco-St. Louis nir mail service established. Aug. 23 Army planes from New YorK readied Nome, AlasKa. ! Sept. S Coast-to-coast air ma 11 service ! established. Sept. 2S James Gordon Benm-tt trophv ! race won by Sadi Lecointe. Fringe , Oct. 2o--BclKian entry Belgira won In-! In-! ternational balloon rare in Amenta. Nov. 25 Lieut. C. C. Mnsley won Pulitzer Pulit-zer trophy airplane race at Mineola, N. Y., his average spued being 1 ,"S miles an hour. Dec. 3 J. T. Christenscn, air mail pilot, set new record for Chicago-New York-flight, York-flight, malting 742 miles in 5 hours 3d minutes. |