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Show Chronology ! OF THE I Year-1926 ; j a a ' Compiled by EDW. WEBSTER ' J INTERNATIONAL Jan. 'J I'nltf-d S'aten nrot es od Ctfainat n-in.:triivo ..-.lures of Mex-Ico'h Mex-Ico'h new jc-1 rwU.-u in a mi bind laws Jan. 1 1 .Si la .1 II. fcL ra v n, A f v. i -ri:'i n dtrlrntu, iiiauo r!;ali-inaii uC niUiti'i-t niUiti'i-t Ion a I cuitijiiisiioi) un exl m l'-rrii'-rbil-lty In (. hiria. .Ma J, ;.Mi. V 1 1 1 ia m J.hhsI ur named t o BUi:c-,.ri Ci-ncral i ra b i n as or. sid.:n t of '1 acini - Arii.a pU'l'I.-M'i t: commission. Jan. 7 (Inai iiritari and Italy 8f;n(rJ (loljt fun '11 hk a i . 'emui. t. J an. ;iu A 1 ln-s e vacua ted the flint none ff ocelli): 1 1 ion in t h f lih inola ml. Marh lL'nll.-d .State torinally n (j L i U i d Lea mio u f N a 1 1 u n a and 48 n a -tl"ii;, it had voted to enur world court. March 8 Special session of League of Nations oimik-u with Viscouni IsU'l In tiio eh;" lr. Deadlocked o wr nuw memo era. Spain t h i -.-a u-ned to resign. March 8 League of Natnuid lucclvuJ tio i i nan a in I n a t ton fur entrance. March li Germany's admits ion to Iajjue of Nation's post no tied un ti I full. April 6 S'-cretary Kellogg submitted to Chile and I'ciu new plan to set tie Taetia-Arka dispute without plebiscite. April lit L'nituU .Siatcs fori.iully declined de-clined to participate in Lcn'ie of Nations Na-tions conference on American adhesion to world court. Chile, rejecting Kcllog's plan, demanded de-manded Tacna-Arlca plebiscite on May 87 as scheduled. April 21 Kalian debt settlement ratified by United States senate. April Z i Germany and Russia .signed treat y of nmity t'uaraii t et-ln reciprocal recipro-cal neutrality if either were attacked. April United States senate ratified rati-fied Heltfhm debt seuU-nienl. April U7 Debt funding agreements with Latvia, Kstlionia and Rumania indorsed in-dorsed by United Slates senate. April 'H UnlUd States senate ratified rati-fied .echo.slova klan debt settlement. April !) Funding arrangement of French d' bt to America siui-d In Wasliingion, providing for payment over 62 yeurs of grand total of JG.-87,674,104. JG.-87,674,104. Muy 1 Agreement on Yugoslavia debt to United States reached in Washington. Wash-ington. May 7 Frmch and Spanish opened offensive against ft I mans. Way 18 International preliminary conterence on reduction of armaments opened In Geneva. May 2'1 French captured Targulst, headquarters of Abd-ul-Krim, but the .Kilt' leader escaped. May 20 A bd el - K rim surrendered to the French, J uue 4 French senate ratified the Locarno treaties. 272 tu 6. June 5 Great Britain and Turkey signed the Mosul treaty. June, 12 LSrazil gave two years' notice of her withdrawal from League of Nations. June 1 4 Tacna-Artca plebiscitary commission formally declared the pieb Incite, im pi' tot i cable. July 21 liriiain concluded agreement agree-ment with Genera 1 Andrews to balk mm smuggling Into t lie United States. Aug. D Italy and Spain signed ar-MtuuKui ar-MtuuKui treaty, and Rumania and France signed treaty uf amity. Aug. 20 British, French and German experts worked out plan for Germany's entry Into League of Nations, with Spain and Poland to have semi-perma nent scats in council. An?. 26 Spain's demand that International Inter-national district of Tangier be annexed to Spanish zone of .Morocco fui maily before the powers concerned. Aug. 27 N icarag ua appealed to League of Nations against Mexico, alleging al-leging Cailes aided revolutionists. Aug. an Great Britain refused Spain's invitation to conference on Tangier. Sept. 4 -SpaJn rejected League of Nations offer of semi -permanent seat In council. Sept. b League of Nations assembly met with Spain and Lit a ail absent. Sept. 7 Spain resigned from l.iague of Nations. Sept. S Germany elected a member of League of Nations and given permanent perma-nent seat in council. Sept. 10 German delegation took Us seats in League of Nations assembly. Sept. 11 Turkey applied for i.u-mher-hip in League of Nations, stipulating it must be given seat in the council. Sept. 14 Locarno treaties tiled with League of Nations, and Germany demanded de-manded evacuation of Rhiueland by allies Sept. 21 French cabinet gave Rrlaml free hand m working out accord with Germany, Committee report on American res ervatious accepted by world court judicial committee, but its interpretation interpreta-tion of fifth reserva Lion declared not acceptable by President Coulidge. Sept. 22 Withdrawal of French troops from Rh in eland begun. Sept. 23 World court slates adopted rpiy to American res, rvu lions, accepting ac-cepting them with one mod , lieu tion. Oct. lit Removal of tariff barriers and other restrictions upon European trade recommended by a group ot leading lead-ing international bankers in a signed statement made public simultaneously In New York and Ku ro pea n ca p i t a Is Oct. 3 0 United States go ve.nment served notice on Mexico tuat diplomat diplom-at ic relations would be severed if A Bier lean properties Fn Mexico shou'd he confiscated under the terms of the new Mexican land and ell laws effective J anuary 1. Nov. l.'I Foreign Ministers Tehlteh rin of Russia and Tewtik Rushti Rev of Turkey met to formu la te irea ty of a lliance. Nov. 1 7 Nicaragua asked United States to help in slopping Mexican aid lo rebels. N o v, IS N I ca ra g ua n re be I s ask e d b y United States to lay down the it uniii. Nov. lit President Coo li age not: lie 1 Viuiragua ihe United Slates would .s i: good offices to maintain peace-I peace-I here. .Nov 0 Pope Plus denounced perse-ut!on perse-ut!on of Catholic church by J.exico. Nov 27 Italy and Albania signed .a,;!)' Of amity and co-operation. Nov 28 Report of Straw n in ternn-iiunal ternn-iiunal commission said powers must ut.un ex t rat err i tort a I rights in China i::'Ti chaos there was euued I'eo. 4 China gave nnuee it wnnld '.-minate all unequal treaties on their c " mi ii tion. jvc. ti League of Nations council n .1. i N-e 1 0 Nobel peace prize for 1 1)2" . aided to Charles G. ha ws and Sir . ..-u. n Chamberlain; for lv26 to Aris- !' riand and Gust a v St resecia nn. i li c. 12 Allies agreed tw transfer r -m . rid of tier man armamt : n is to I 1 .'-ague of Nations committee on Feb- j uary 1. DOMESTIC .1 :t n 4 House piissed post !tice- 1 treasury appropriation bill carrying r-tiT.tiuO.nOy. j Jan. 11 House passed Intermr de i partment bill a)propriating J -2t.L"U.,.inj. j Jan. 12 Senate by vote of 4 1 to 3 1 ueated Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota. ( Jan 19 Army board of review ;i ;-proved ;-proved conviction of Col. William Mitchell. Jan. 25 Senate adopted Swansn reservations res-ervations to world court resolution. Haugen cooperative marketing bill passed by houe. Jan. 27 Senate by vote of 7S to 17 passed resolution . for American ad- I herence to world court. - Jan. 3 it Senate passed crn sugar lA'pendment to pure food Kws. Feb S Senate adopted rt-peal of pub-1 pub-1 if t y provision of re venue law. Feb 1 o Sena I c voted to repeal all taxes on automobiles, admissions and ! du3 ani estates. cutting revenue I Feb. 12 s.::,a'. passed Us tax hill, ; red u '-ins f-Ger;. I rev enu I 3;.ii';0.U'H. Feb. lo S.-oate and h'-use adopted resolutions tor making I na u g u ra Lion drite In January and convening of congress con-gress two months after c-lecllon. iioufle pa.td omu.bus public build-liu build-liu s bill carrying i 1 0 j.U'Jij.UOy. Feb. 10 A r ! 1 1 y and navy bi ils, with total uf jtju, j'jU.Ui'O, pttseed by houe a n d I'ena to h- . para i e 1 y . Feb. 1 'j sk-nu t e and house con f ereee agreed on tax bill with cut of $-JS7,X 1 1,- OU'). j Feb. 23 House accept ed con fere nG-i ! report on ax bill, :;;.4 to 2S. ! Jit-rt I H.mey of Ui i gon resigned 1 from shippiiig board. i Feb. 2 1 rtenato approved new tax bill by 61 to lo. i Man- h 1 L nited S tatca Supreme 1 cour. decided WisconsLna gift tax law j invalid. iloustj passed Watson -Parker bill a Lo:j-:hiiitf railroad la i,..r hoard and providing mean:j ior 1 1 1 l me nt of ruil-vvav ruil-vvav labor -li.-pu les by con i e n-i.ee, inud-ialo.il inud-ialo.il and voluntary arbitration. March 6 Tiv.i.nuy offered for public sui.e rip lion j'j'P.O'-O.O'.o in year boj.tts at i per c-nt interest, lowest rate since tli st Liberty bonds were Issued. Maich 9 Seattle, Wash., elected Mrs. r;.:iili;i K. Landi-s mayor. , Air secretaires in three departirents recommended by K. W. Morrow, chairman chair-man of the I-rcaUleufs aircraft bor'.rd. Alarvh 14 Hoard of temperance, pio-ii pio-ii I Li t ion and morals of the Methodist church charged Coolidge administration, administra-tion, because of polil ical conditions, was keeping men In oilice who are not in .sympathy with tniorcement of the prohibition laws. House appropriated $10,000,000 for foreign embassy buildings- Daniel F. Stuck tbcm.J, was held to havo been elected over Senator P.rook-hart P.rook-hart (Rep), Iowa, in report submitted submit-ted by subcommittee of the senate elections elec-tions committee. The While bill, to create a federal radio commission of five members to co operate with Secretary Hoover in keeping order in the air, was passed bv house. ' The senate rejected Wallace Mc-Cament Mc-Cament of i.'regon as federal judge. March 1 S Col. John C. Cool id go, eighty -one, father of President Coolidge, Cool-idge, died as the President and h is wife wore speeding by special train to hts bedside. March 22 New York senate by vote of 27 to 24, defeated state prohibition law. March 25 Senate confirmed the nomination of T. F. Wuodlock of New York as a member" of tho interstate commerce commission by vote of 62 to March 20 Crampton bill, placing the entire prohibition unit under civil service, serv-ice, passed bv house. April J House voted to impeach Judge George W. English of the eastern east-ern district of Illinois, 206 to 60. April 2 President Coolidge selected Car mi A. Thojupson of Cleveland, Ohio, as special commissioner to make a survey sur-vey of conditions in Philippines. . April 3 Former Governor Davis of Kansas and his son acciuiLted of bribery charge. Senate committee opened twelve-day hearing on Volstead act modification. !)rj y Spokesmen for American Federation of Labor at senate hearing hear-ing demanded beer and light wines modification of Volstead p.ct. A-prll 12 Sixty-five representatives of women's organizations urged senators sen-ators not to weaken Volstead act. Senate by vote of 45 to 41 unseated Rrookhart of Iowa; Daniel F. Sleek sworn in as senator. Naval aircraft bill passed by house. April 13 Frank L. Smith defeated Senator W. B. MeKfnley for Republican Repub-lican nomination for senator from Illinois. Illi-nois. April 10 New York legislature pnssod resolution for beer and wine referendum. Apr i 1 27 Foreclosure and sale of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad ordered by Federal Judge Wilkerson. House passed bill creating separate bureau of prohibition and a bureau of customs. April 23 National crime commission met in Washington. April 29 National elimination balloon bal-loon race started at Little Rock, Ark. May 1 President signed Spanish-American Spanish-American war pension bill. Goodyear IV, piloted by Van Orman, won balloon race. May 4 Senators Watson and Robinson Rob-inson of Indiana renominated by Republicans. Re-publicans. May 5 Seven convicts killed a deputy dep-uty warden and escaped from the Illinois Illi-nois penitentiary at Si.n t e ville ; two cap t u red after bloody battle with police po-lice at Leonore. House appropriated 575,000.000 for flvi vear army air program. f,i;iy g Senate passed bill to Increase In-crease pav of all federal judges. Mav 7 II. M. Dauuherty. former attorney at-torney general; T. W. Miller, former alien property custodian, and John T. King Indicted in New York for conspiracy con-spiracy to defraud government In American Metal company case. May 11 Senate passed new railroad labor bill as adopted by house. May 13 Senate passed MeFadJen banking bill. May 17 House passed J"h non bill making: groat changes In World war Vetera ns' act of 10 2 1. May 18 Congressman W. S. Vare, running on wet platform, won Republican Repub-lican nomination for senator from Pennsylvania, defeating Senator Popper and Governor Pine-hot. Democrats nominated W. P.. Wilson. S. S. Kresge gave 523,000,00 0 to Kresge foundation for charitable and public welfare purposes. May 19 House passed bill prohibiting prohibit-ing transport in g of pistols and re vol -vers In the mails. Senate ordered inouiry Into primary campaign expenditures. iay 21 Treasury dpartmeiv announced an-nounced President Coolidge had signed an executive order authorizing appointment ap-pointment of state, county and municipal muni-cipal ofiicers as prohibition oflleers at nominal salaries. House re iecled Haugen farm relief . bill. 1 7 to 212. Frederick Stclwer nominated fr senate sen-ate by Oregon Republicans, defeating-Senator defeating-Senator Stanhvid May I! I President Coohdge delivered Memorial Pay address at Arlington, urging world disarmament. S'-situtconU'nnial exposition oped in Philadelphia. J une 2 Senate passed army air si r vice bill. June 3 Senate passed nav.il air program pro-gram till- Indiana Democratic cn vontlon rrrr: j nattd Albert Stump and Uvans Wo-.!- leu for long and short M.i.atu. .... , terms, respectively June 4 Omnibus rivers and harbors tdll passed by house. j ur.e 7 Smil h W. Brook hart n ur! nated for senator by Republicans of Iowa, defeating Senator A. R. Cummins. Cum-mins. Claude R Porter uom.i.a t ed by the I emerats. June 11 Senate passed house bill carrying !";). Ou0. 000 for federal aid road construction. June 17 House passed senate's corn sugar bill. June 2 0 Twenty - eighth Internal ion -a! eueharistie congress opened in Chicago. Chi-cago. June 21 Presiden t Cool hlge in his annual budge t address announced su r-plus r-plus for fiscal year 1926 was about SS'.m. 000,000. June 24 - -Me Nary bill for farm relief by price fxlng defeated in senate. June 29 Fess farm relief bill, backed by administration, defeated in senate, which then passed the co-operative marketing bill. Second d 1 1 r i n c 1 i It with dry law enforcement fund passed by senate. House passed army air service expansion ex-pansion bili. June " Gerald P. Nye nominated by North Dakota Republicans for United Unit-ed States senator Gov. A. G . S o r 1 i e , re- nom inuted. K. P. Warner appointed assistant secretary of the navy for aviation. July 2 F. Tiubee Davison appointed assistant secretary of war for aviation. avia-tion. July 3 Congress adjourned for summer sum-mer recess. July 6 President Coolidge and party-left party-left for summer White llousa in the Adirondack July 12 National convention of the K!ks opened In i 'hie-ago. Fourteen San Francisco men, worth ?H;o. i. oo, '';.), formed foundation to give surplus wealth for beneiit of the com-m com-m u l: it y. Kansas City Star and Times nMd to present man 'g-m.-at for $1 l.OnO.O .0. July H Li;, ton Wedis and E. S. Evar.a completed circuit of Vhbe in 23 days, 11 hours and 27 mlnuten. July 19 Corn belt committee met In iJes Xoin&d to pian renewal of ught for n !,-:!. -ultur.il relief. July z' Se-nate slush fund committee commit-tee bcL;an Inquiry Into Illinois senatorial sena-torial primary expenses, in Chicago. J i; ' y ;o. a. F. Myers of I owa up-poinud up-poinud muii.be.- of federal trade commission. com-mission. Aug. C Towa Republicans nominated D. W. Stewart to tit! unexpired term of Senator Cummins. Democrats made no nom ina (.ion. Aug.. t William P. MaeCracken, Chicago, appointed assistant secreiary of conin;erce lu charge of aviation development. ! Aug. 10 Ivnlghts of Pythias opened bl'-nnial convention !n Chicago. i "h :o Republicans renom ma ted Sena - j tor Frank i;. Willis, and named M. Y. I Cooper for governor. Democrats named ' A Geo Poiiier-.-ne for senate and re-nominattd re-nominattd Governor Donalicy. Aug. 1 5 American au : horil les near San Diego, Cal., arrested 150 men mobilized fer Mexican revolt und- r General Estrada, and seized quantity of arms. Aug. 1 6 President Coolidge decided Intervention In Mexico was un war-ran war-ran ted. Aug. 2 8 Dan Moody defeated Miriam Ferguson in run -off primary for nomination nomi-nation for governor of Texas. Aug. 31 Senator S. M. Shortridge ratio ra-tio mi nated by California Republicans. Job n L. ELIott. named by Democrats. Demo-crats. Sept. 7 Senator Ler.root of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin defeated for renomination by Gov. hn J. Riaine. Senators Moses of New Hampshire and Oddle of Nevada renominated. re-nominated. Sept. l'i Maine election won by Republican Re-publican ticket headed by Governor Li e wster. Sept. 10 President and Mrs. Cool-Idgo Cool-Idgo returned to Washington. Sept. 20 Sixtieth annual convention of the G. A. R. opened in Dea Moines, Iowa. Sept. 22 Maryland Democrats renominated re-nominated Governor Ritchie on wet platform. Frank A. Walsh of Milwaukee elected elec-ted commander in chief of the O. A. R. Sen'. 2S New York Republicans nominated Congressman Ogden L. Mills .for governor on moist platform and renominated Senator Wadsworth. Democrats Demo-crats renominated Smith for governor and named R. F. Wagner for senator. Teapot Dome lease held in valid by federal circuit court of appeals at St. Lou is. Sept. 2i Investigating committee of Republican editors charged corrupt rulo in Indiana by D. C. Stephenson, Klan leader row serving life sentence. Sept. '60 President Coolidge appointed ap-pointed Charles Evans Hughes a member mem-ber of the Permanent Court of International In-ternational Justice at The Hague to succeed t he Jate George Gray. Oct. II Jury fn Dau shorty-Miller conspiracy case disagreed. National convention of Amerfcan Legion Le-gion opened in Philadelphia. Oct. 13 American Legion voted to hold 1927 convention In Franco. Oct. 15 Howard P. Savage of Chicago Chi-cago elected commander in chief of American Legion. Oct. IS Queen ATarie of Rumania landed at New York and went to "Washington. "Wash-ington. Oct. 19 Queen Marie entertained at dinner by President Coolidge. Oct. 21 A. Mitchell Palmer, former attorney general, and others a ocuscd of ?5,fiU5,000 conspiracy against government gov-ernment In federal suit connected with sale of Bosch Magneto company as-s as-s e t s. Oct. 23 Sacco and Vanzettl, sentenced sen-tenced to' death five years ago, denied de-nied a new trial In Massachusetts. Oct. 25 United Stales Supreme court held President has power to oust federal fed-eral appointees without consent of senate. Oct. 2S Board of army engineers reported against proposed all American Amer-ican waterway through Ne vv York stiit a. Nov. 2 In national elections Republicans Repub-licans lost seven senate seats and eleven elev-en house seats to the Democrats. Sen-ator Sen-ator P.utler, chairman of Republican national committee, defeated in Massachusetts Massa-chusetts and Sena tor Wadsworth beaten beat-en in New York. Al Smith re-elected governor of Mew York. Six of eight sta tes voting on proh tbi tion wen t wet. Nov. 4 Federal Judge G. Vv. English Eng-lish of Illinois, under Impeachment, resigned re-signed Nov. 11 Armhitlce day generally observed. ob-served. President Coolidge dedicated Liberty Memorial at Kansas City. Nov. ?, T Fernardl of Jtalv won Schneider cup in seaplane races at Norfolk. Nor-folk. Nov. 1 3 Queen Marie of Ruma nla canceled remainder of her American tour at Indiana polls to hurry home to sick husband. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway rail-way sold at aucilon for $140,000 000 Nov. 27 White Star Line fleet sold to Royal Mall. Nov. 29 Arthur R. Gould, Republican, Repub-lican, ele.-ted United States F'-nator from Maine to succeed the late Senator R.rt M. Forrmld. Supreme Court upheld Vol? tea d act clause limiting medical prescriptions of whisky to one pint every ten davg Nov. 30 s. semicentennial exposition at Philadelphia closed with loss to city of S2n.of0. 000. Dec. 6 Short session of congress opened Pec. 7 President's message received by congress. Dec. 9 Congress raised salaries of federal judges. Dec. !0 House passed treasury and post office appropriation bill carrying $S90J54.24S. " Dec. 11-flf.u ways and means committee deeided there should -be no t a legisla tion in short session. Dec. 13 Congress dropped impeach-' me:u of ex-Judge G W. English Dec. 16 Albert B. Fall and E. L. Doheny ncouitted in Elks IHils oil Jpase conspiracy case. Senator elect F. L. Smith of Illinois nppoln'rd by Governor Small to lill nut unexuin-d torra of Senator Mo-Kinley. ! ee. 2 2 Congress adjourned for hoLd.iy recess. FOREIGN .? - n ?- In. T. H. Pan gal on pro-'iaimed pro-'iaimed a dictatorship for Greece with .... as its head. I 'i-':. rian cabinet resigned. Jan 4 Four-year-old Prince Mb hael j: t;.;.vi.uiia was proclaimed crown rr!r.-' In place of Prince Carol, his fa-: fa-: her. who had rmou need his rights. Jan. 1J Doctor Luther reappointed chancellor of Germany. Jan. 1 4 Carlos Solarzano. president of Niea ragua, r signed. Jan. 21 Chamorro' assumed presidency presi-dency of Nicaragua; not recognized by United States. Jan. 22 Spanish aviators, bound for Argentina, reached Canary Islands Jan. 31 Spanish aviators reached PernambU'-o, Brazil. Feb. 3 Portuguese government sun- ! pressed a revolt in Lisbon. i Feb. 1 3 Mexican government or- dered closing of colleges, schools and 1 asylums eoneucted by Catholir pr'osu : Feb. 15 MJgliel Melldez elected pre-l' I dent of Colombia. Feb. 21 Mexican government or- ! den d all foreign priests and minLstr-ry ' Catholic and Protestant, to leave conn' j March 3 Ivan Lykke formed new ' cabinet for Norway. j M:rch X Cabinet of Premier P.rlnnd ' of France resigned. 1 March 9-Ari-ide Rrland ma-lP premier of I- ranee tor ninth time March 2.1New Czech cabinet headed by former Piemier Corny. Dr. Eduard Denes retained as foreign minister' April 4 Frencn parliament adoMrd Firrnce Minister Pcret's budget ! scheme. 1 j Pangalos elected president of Greece 1 i ugo-Slav cabinet resigned ' j April 7 Tremier Mussolini" of Italy Phot in nose by eccentric sister of Ba-ron Ashbourne of Ireland , Apr11 9 Revolt In northern Greece against Pangalos government suppressed, sup-pressed, i i i t April 10 President Tuan Chi-Jul of China deposed by coup of national army leaders. -prlt 17 National army of bong evacuated Peking; President Tuan reinstated. re-instated. . , April 19 Chang's troops occupied Peking; President Tuan fled to l len-taln. len-taln. , , April 25 7Ua Khan PahlevI crowned as Fhah of Persia. French captured Suetda, chief fortress for-tress of Druses In Pyi ia. April 30 Rrltish miners struck. ai.iv 1 Mexico ordered seizure of Catholic churches eh-scd by prlos's. Nt gotin '.ions between British government, govern-ment, mine operators and miners fail-irtr. fail-irtr. the BrRish Trades Union congress ordered general s.rlko of S.nuO.OOO en for May S. Government declared state of emergency and Prime Minister Dnldwlu became virtual dictator. .May 3 ilrilish general strike began at midnight. May 7 N'orge, Amundsen's polar dirigible, dir-igible, rcachod Kings Ray. Spi'zbergen. May o Lt Commander Hit-hard L. Ryrd of Virginia and Floyd Reiinett bew from Spitsbergen to North pole, ' circled It thrlco and returned without ' landing. French bombarded Midan quarter or Da mas i -us, killing a 0 0. May 11 iK-riin police broke up ro -alist plot to mako v on Hindenburg dictator. dic-tator. A mnndsen expedition In the Norge Btarted from Spitsbergen for Alaska. Belgian cabinet resigif d. May 12 Guiiernl r k e In Great Britain called off; negotiations with miners to bo resumed. .Marshal i'iisudskl started revolt lu Poland against to vernmun t of Premier Wttos. Chancellor Luther of Germany, censured cen-sured by relchstag, resigned. A Irship Nor go passed over North pole. May 13 Norse alighted at .Teller, Alas ka. PI Isudsk I occupied Warsaw after bloody ilijhHng. May 14 President Wojclechowakl of Poland and the cabinet resigned and tied. May 15 Pilsudskl made Charles Rar-tcl Rar-tcl premier of Poland and Rataj acting act-ing president. May 16 Dr. Wilhehn Marx became chancellor of Germany. May 1 0 p re rn 1 1 r M u ssol i n I proclaimed pro-claimed Inauguration of the Fascist syndicalist form of go vurnmen t for Italy. May 29 Portuguese cabinet re-signed foilowing a military revolt. May 30 Swedish commifision, after twelve years" study, decided against prohibition. Commander Ca-becadas f n control of Port ii g a 1 rove rumen L. June 1 Prof. Ignatz Mosclckl elected elect-ed president of Poland. June G Syrian tribesmen rejected French peace terms. C. G. Ekman, prohibition leader, formed new cabinet for Sweden. Juno S Dr. Kasmir Grinius elected president of Lithuania. J une 1 5 Premier flrland of France and entire cabinet resigned. Jur.o 17 Gen. Gomes da Costa declared de-clared himself head of Portuguese government, gov-ernment, ousting Coiumander Ciibe-cades. Ciibe-cades. June IS Rriand failed lo form new French ministry and He-rrlot undertook Job. June 20 IJerrlot falling, Briand was again selected to form French cabinet. German vol ei s, by refraining from vol! n g, defeated i t fereinlu in 10 confiscate con-fiscate property of former kaiser and princes. June 23 Briand formed French cabinet cab-inet wilh Caiilaux as finance minister. Juno 23 Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada, being refused dissolution dissolu-tion of parliament, lesigned with his cabinet; Arthur Meighen, Conservative leader, named to form new ministry. July 2 Canada parliament dissolved by Gov. Gen. Lord Ryng. July 9 French chamber gave Briand government voto of confidence. Gen Cannon la succeeded Cien, Gomez da Costa as dictator of Portugal. July 17 Rriand cabinet resigned because be-cause of adverse vote in chamber; Herri Her-ri ot invited to form ministry, July 19 Herriot's French cabinet formed with De Monzie aiw finance minis min-is ler. July 21 Herriot cabinet defeated In French chamber and resigned. July 23 Catiiolic church leaders arrested ar-rested in Mexico for sedition. Poincare formed French cabinet containing con-taining six ex-premiers. July 31 French chamber of deputies passed Poincare's financial measure. Fuale attempt made to assassinate Dictator de Rivera of Spain. Catholic episcopate of Mexico asked truce with government and a plebiscite on religious controversy. New religious laws put into effect; churches abandoned aban-doned by clergy and taken over by civilian committees. Aug. 2 President Cailes rejected truce proposal of Mexico Catholic clergy. Aug. 3 Poincare's fiscal legislation passed by French senate. Aug. 10 French senators and deputies, dep-uties, sitting as national assembly passed constitutional amendment embodying em-bodying Poincare's project for sinking fund to redeem floating debt Aug. 2,2 Greek Liberals, headed by Gen. Condylis, overthrew die ta torsi-1 p of Cn. Pangalos in bloodless coup d etat. 1 Aug. 29 Revolutionary movement in Nicaragua growing serious. Sept 5 Revolutionary movement started by Spanish artillery suppressed" and stale of siege decreed. S.-pL 3 Cantonese army occupied Haii kow. Sept. 9 Military revolt In Athens against Condylis govemmon: suppressed sup-pressed after bloody battle. Sept. 10 Nlcaraguan government asked U. S. to help end revolt. Sept. 11 Anarchist attempted vainly vain-ly to assassinate Premier Mussolini of Italy with bomb; Mussolini nnd Rome press warned Franco to desist from sheltering plotters against the Fascist regime. Sept. 14 Melghen's Conservative government in Canada defeatel in elections elec-tions by Liberals under M'toknle K i n g. Sept. 25 Meighen government of Canada Can-ada resigned and Mackenzie King bo-came bo-came pi emier. Sept. SO Polish parliament cu down the government budget and the cabinet resigned. Poland.lPiKSUd;'kl ,KVnme C'-emlHr of Oct. I! Cantonese troops en mured Wuchang after forvdav sieRl. Austrian cabinet rnnlenrd On. f. Nnrwny voted wei l tlo.ial plebiscite on Inw problb ,i . oMr. wit,, more '.pVno'd CIS!': -nrcne. vSeipo. ga. been,. prB,tcr r ,. Communis., , . r boll," V ""x0"-I'utcl, ""x0"-I'utcl, nuthoritle, r' toll,;,l nKnt autonomous unl, , of l .ho" t or c;ln,o,!" , .', t;s "K i,.n. ltlon In ei,in;l u ' , u tZ'l '"v" lona were .tboll,;:,,',! C"li,'o ntNl';,Viun;rrlt,,T'''''''m''''1 "r Nov. Former e,, l',..,i , landed In,,,,,, In v ,.' ''1""1 Erltlnh snd Frrnch troopJ land-a Hankow. China. . portu- Oencral Cnrmona. premier of fort sal, assumed the presidency. ana haN'ov. 30-Klng Verdtnand of Ruman.a Issued a arnlns to fo.mer j t. Frinc-a Carol and all otheta noltnrone. tempt a coup d'etat to e'"-'h?csigneci Premier Condylis of res is and Alexander .almls formed cabinet. .-infarlo won b JJeo. 1 -Election, in On rbnndoned tho wt: lroh,iblt on to I w snU,, for tcovornment control or i.iiu Dc,c. a-Sociallst Bov ernme nt or o. mark resigned af'er uoieu. '"I'ec. Yen-Slav cubln.t ! r"" IH C. 1 7-Oerman . ert t rIK" l.itunanlnn fa'"1' a Catholic , l MaJor-lchaSumnde dicta- '"Dec. 13-Antona Smetona made presl-dent presl-dent of Lithuania. INDUSTRIAL ,1 Supreme court held uncon-,,it uncon-,,it uiona, prohibitive tax or. ; put and -iieb-ffinn-rroad, ,-l by slsniiiB rj- Vc , men. otboi not raised, check-off not 10T-elve thousand fur work- or!,dhT-r.HBkrSU commerce com .ni-' -JeotJ Van S.verh.sej Plan 'i'i.irHol.V Van.;.' i-rc Mar- ,?!2SSi or ,40.000 - 00 mirBer of li Quarry ""P'aJd limestone district around bedford and liloomlnjrton. Ind. , , Juno 1 Charloa P. Howard of Chicago Chi-cago fleeted president ' -jf"1 Typosraphlcal union, defeating J. M. Lyjnune 3 Bastern railroads rejected trainmen's demand for 20 per cent ""'"Y-iTorty thousand Earment workers of Ni,w Tork struck. ri,y JG Interstate commerce commission com-mission denied 5 per cent freight rate advanco to Western railroads. Oct. 4 American Federation ot Labor La-bor convention opened in Detroit. Oct 7 Federation of. Labor voted lo organize the automobile industry. Ocl g German-Australian and Kos-mos Kos-mos shipping companies merged with tho Hambursr-Amerlcan line into a $31,000,000 shipping combine, with a total tonnage of S70.000. Nov 23 United States Supreme court upheld conviction of Chicago district carpenters and employers for plot to restrain Interstate commerce. lieu. 2 Xew railroad arbitration board save eastern conductors and trainmen 7 pr cent waye increase. Drc 18 Linked States Bteel corporation corpora-tion declared a 40 per cent stock divl- U Dec 31 Frederick D. Underwood retired re-tired rs m-esldcnt of tho Krie railroad, rail-road, being succeeded by John J. Ber-net. Ber-net. DISASTERS jan, 2 Disastrous floods prevalent throughout western Europe, and In Mexico. Jan. 13 Ninety-one men killed by coal mine explosion near Wi'.burton, OkJa. Feb. 17 Snowsllde destroyed mining min-ing camp near Bingham, Utah; 70 killed. Feb. 25 Tornado in Arkansas and Mis? i as! p pi k iiled ten persons. April 7 Oil tank fields at San Luis Obispo and Brea, Calif., burned with loss of about $18,000,000. April 8 Forty men killed by explosions ex-plosions on two oil tank steamers nar New Orleans. April 11 Twenty Ave seamen burned to death by explosion on tanker at Fort Arthur, Texas. May 26 Cyclone and tidal wave In Burma killed L2l0. . June 12 .Disastrous storms in "Illinois "Illi-nois and Iowa. June 24 Li:;Qstrous floods in Germany Ger-many and lle.xico, hundreds being drowned in latter country. June 2 S E ; i r t h i u a k e In Sumatra killed 2S:i persons. July 5 More than 4 00 killed by another an-other earthquake in Sumatra. July 10 Naval ammunition depot at Lak e Denmark, N. J.; struck by light-ning, light-ning, was destroyed by explosions and fire; twenty -one men killed and property prop-erty loss about $100,000,000. July 14 Twenty killed in hotel fire at Twilight Park in the Catskills. Aug. 25 Twenty rive killed in storm that swept southern Louisiana. Aug. 26 Forty-four men killed by mine explosion at Clymcr, Pa. Aug. SI Farthquake in the Azores wrecked city of Horfa; 24 killed. Sept. 3 Sixteen men killed by mine explosion at Tehona, Okla. Sept. 6 Twenty-seven killed in train wreck near Leadville. Colo. Fifty perished in fire in cinema hall at Drumcollogher, Ireland. Sept. 12 Disastrous floods in six middle western states. Sept. IS Terrific hurricane swept lower east coast of Florida, passing across state nnd gulf to Pensaeola. About 500 persons killed and property losses In Miami and ( Isewhere amounted amount-ed to over $200,000,000. Sept. 2S Vera Cruz, Mexico, and vicinity badly damaged by hurricane. Oct. 3 Seiious floods in Illinois, Kansas Kan-sas and Oklahoma. Ot-t. 4 Twenty-eight men killed by mine explosion at Kockwood, Tenn. Oct. 20 Hurricane swept Cuba, killing kill-ing 600 and doing $100,000,000 damage lo property.. Out. 22 Earthquake In Armenia destroyed de-stroyed Leninakan and twelve oilier towns; 600 killed. " Nov. 2 Fifty-one men killed by cave-In cave-In ot iron mine at Ishpemlng, Allen. Nov. t; Typhoon In Philippines killed several hundreds. Nov. 10 Sixteen men k illed by explosion ex-plosion on t.nket at Baltimore. Nov. 25 Tornado killed about 80 persons per-sons In Louisiana. Arkansas and Missouri. Mis-souri. Dec. 9 Twenty -nine men lill led bv mine explosion at Princeton, Ind. NECROLOGY Jan. 2 XUj. den. W. H. Hart, quartermaster quar-termaster Keneral of the army. Jan. is .Iki-. J. '. o Farrell. vicar general ot the Virginia Cnthollr diocese. dio-cese. Jan. 25 Cardinal Merrier nf ntrtum. H'-v. Joseph S. Class. Catholic bishop of Salt Lake City. Jan. .7 Iscount Kato, premier of Japan. ,,,;';!" 3 Nv Ocortie. EiiBllsh au- Jan 31 Corg-e V. llobart. musical comedy author. Ab' ,27W- M- Wno. former presl-u!clde presl-u!clde A",erll''" Woolen company, rf;,h. K. .1. McClernan.1. retires, In Vnshlnnton. ..o Ur."W- '' liot'hs of Indiana!)-nHs. Indiana!)-nHs. president Hobbs-Merrlll Publishing Publish-ing company. n'hb' "i.u'nr' H"". publisher and author. In New York. nf!''; ; Ar-!llKhop J. V. Cleplnlt of 1-olai'd, in l'assaic, N ,1 Feb. ili-Dr. .lames A. Israel, world famous (lernian surncon Archbishop uy ot guob(,c cathollo primate of Canada March 6 Hear Admiral lllchard alnwrlght, retire '!, 1' Leopold Sohopp, financier nnd philanthropist, In New York. Henry Sherman Houtell, former minister min-ister to loiiUKal nd Switzerland, at rial, Kenio. Italy. nil,".vi,h 12 ICrtwi.nl Wyllls Scrlpps, P Mar M""'-ovla bay, I.Iberia ,, ," ', 1 Howard .1. Heeler, presl- road I,', m" f ,w"'.- n Indiana railroad, rail-road, lu Hinsdale. Ill nOnm'rV20"r'OWUK'r QU'"n U,"" f h'v"n;'V,4,"A1M"n w- "". Onlv.r-"I'y Onlv.r-"I'y "f C blcnivo professor le-fdi'.?',-?? "r- !,,"1-" Snow lsham. le.idhiK i. hlcnuo sni neon l,l';';llH;' Inward 1. Kelly, P. P.. . i"',, 11,9 ,,:'"'"llo d.oces. of ' 'i and KapUls, ,,,1;:'' -s, Philippe, duke of !".:;.'." "'"I preu-mler to the throne "I 1 I 11 I f. ur '"V- ," ''Mwulno, noted In- ,:,. 4 Hartford, Con... AuKtist Thyssen, Gorm,. . nate. "orman 8t, 1 April S-Henry Miller ... mnnaecr, in New Torlt ' Ttrni April ll-Luther urb, famous horticulturist, April 14 Otto St.,), , painter. In Indianapolis ' April 20 Ogden T jiem cago, publisher and 'tiX M a, April 2J Joseph PeP'ffr- etcher. v e""H, An,,-. April JSr-EUen Koy A, April 27-Marshal JCaw18" rlt, pan, hero of Battle i I'f"'! 01 ? April 28-Mis, Jeftrv1,1""1'". 'k lean actress. ey "wis, An.. April 30 P. D. Countl,. cago financier. """tlas, retired ft. May 3 Oscar S. Straa. . bassador to Turkey l ,0'm, ,, i'rlnce Victor Napo Uon 7 Twk pretendor to throne of p. Plttlii May 6 Howard Van nranc- Chicago noted architect " Sh, ol May 8-Kida JohusoS Yo,,n can playwriKht. I0UI1, Atnm May 9 Benjamin a Od.n . goveimor of New York "' '" May 10 Alton B. Park., r, candidate for Presidency ' H'T' New York. CJr ISOl i May 13 John T. Kin- . Dreler, American contra, '"? . May 16-Moham.ned VI M Cl"t'! Turkey. ex-sultan., I -May 17 A. n, Jletenlr. , I thority, In Chicago lcalfe' . Jlay 19 W. E. Stoke, v hotel man. owitcs, New Ir( May 20 Donald Robertson . . stage coach. lso".c:or1:; June 6 Meyer London ciallst congressman nom N "," s June 7 John D. Spreck.l. 7 1"'' capitalist. "ureckels, Calir-.r-, June 0 Louis Shcrrv taurateur, in New York ' r" Sanford B. Dole, former . Republic of Hawaii. Hom""" June H-Earl of binra t yachtsman. n' June 15 Miss Mary Cassati . can artist, in Paris l-asl. Am-June Am-June 20 Dr. Jolin a,i.h, , pliyTrlgtT'Moin,-?-; June 24-C'leveland H Dodge hi architect. t'iw June 30Frederick CunllJ..,,,, Knglish author, in New York July 2 Emile Coue. French'.-, Illl of autosuggestion. 1,1 Ju'y, Anr1" C. Honore, as 1 0,1 capitalist. . ' do Edward R. Thomas, publisher nt v York Morning Telegram V al'P' July 12 John W. Weeks, tonB. Port ator and secretary of war In,. July 13 Lincoln J. Carter, wriv melodramas. SI July 18 Martin L. Lueck, n,ir (0 i io nominee tor governor o( iviv-' July 19 Felix Djerjlnskv hv' Soviet Russian cheka. ' '"' den), July 21 F. M. Woodruff of Chi ' ornithologist. ' w it . ,i,no V. A. Roebling, builder of Brai I'or bridEe- July 26 Robert Todd Lincoln ' surviving eon of President AW I Lincoln, at Manchester, Vt ,,y July 28 George lnness, Jr., Ar c.n painter. "yn July 30 Albert B. Cummins, U' Tho States senator from Iowa. Aug. 1 Israel Zangwill, Jew:ti , 'hem thor and Zionist. Aug. 14 George A. Glynn, S.wr journalist and Republican Ui:ir flinch Wateriown, N. Y. the n Aug. 16 Dr. Henry Wad( P.. . federal judge and former pre'c-: 1 'n Northwestern university, in Tr;: Bpenl N. J. oti Aug. 21 .Mrs. Frederick ff. V; " J"" bilt, In Paris. down H. H. Haries, noted Paris ban':- i Aug. 21 Stuart Pratt Sntrr.:-thor Sntrr.:-thor and literary orittc, at 11.: .VU " Mich. "Tim Aug. 22 Dr. Charles TT. Elio' : ... ' dent emeritus of Harvard univ,:- ''HOd, i Aug. 23 Kudolph Valentino,: Lnpr screen actor, in New York. Bert M. Fernald, United Siitn wu-v '! tor from Maine. "T hn Rear Admiral G. H. Barber, U : . Aug. 26 Commander John E: "c ''''Nil U. S. N., killed in airplane an.- flint pe Aug. 30 Lafayette MeW'ifc ,. neer merchant of Chicapo, u- J Sept. 11 Dr. Pnliearp,, IcsU Jioilrpcl mer president of Huncluras. Wu.. . Sent. 17 Joseph Bytield, Qio, I tel man. . m,ze frn Sept. 19 Maj. Gen. R. t ' (.'esluro commander of Fifth corps im. ' Sept. 22 Dr. Henian Spald::'' ''""IT city health efflcial of Chicafc . Illy ,no, Sept. 23 Hear Admiral' whliU lam, retired. . . . Oct. 2 Judge T. D. Hark-.'.- Instltiitlr jurist, in Evanston. or. ,,, ,, "Oct, 4 Arthur Jule Gooda- lean portrait painter, In Cm; ,r )'"ll," Oct. 11 Henry L. FuqM. I "Ilidt.p, of Louisiana. , . "r,,,, Oct. 13 -D. P. Davis, '"'Ii.'r-t Ida real estate developer, or.- I n(;.rf fcOct. 14 Richard E. Breed, -w'l' lie utilities executive, in "JiHiKO Cleveland Moffett, sutnor jp j nalist, in Paris. h Oct is Dr. J. A. NewM r,-y. atrist, at Ann Arbor, Mic. .. - "Wt,;,. Commissioner Thomas d Salvation Army in Ksle r -- i h),,ro, Oct. 20 Eugene V. u- Aren't yc "Thomas Mott Osborr, T-' h, 1st ration reformer, at r .-o n, Oct. 22 John G. Shedd, - i "Wf,.,. financier of Cbicag". . ., . ' Oct. 23 Kev. Olympls r - Mm ,OS pioneer woman - "I ,;, Oct.M25-Cnar e , M- -t, ,,,, retired. In Chicago- ( ,. "lKlca W. J. Hussey, V'? "L.i ;"'-'-iif ws at University of MicMf"1 r)fjw E1fctandi-Harr, Honi'11'' f!' Jiriv Atncrl'r' Nov. t Joseph 0. l; speaker. In Innvih. 0 "W,v ,n, Nov. 3-A,.n.e M, r, , Butler), famous mark United States Ye. Anr Wrffe -v.. ,,n?er and n.t""9'' c",!;v0- ciemen. Srt! '''he ,., editor and author jastlee of iniua -f t. , . Nov. 22-HhrMI ""-v- '!. V 7r'fS' n.Vl.lMKV-- flre-arms inyentr-'-j, Klj! a, , Nov. S-f-'etherr. '"'.-.Jrinwl ,P treasurer e-f ?,reVCnd f J-,,,. "p Trainmen In i H,n,u if;. 1,11 1 1,,,,)- Nov. "r,r,'f,n w Jl' nt " si.y. ,,or ?nV'ira: I. '". ::;rn olio rtlo""cn,rl L , v '"'d boo pee. 10 , ...li' 113 .'rider lils 1'k",7i,v.-'",N j |