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Show - . ::, ' r- rvrTt . r . -v. - - nef. The race for UJ30 were award tO Chicago. ' . J COL pharle k, Lindbergh wa busy .man during the year, andafter klM Diarrlage to Usf Aono Morrov ta Ma; he"t8Dllj waa accvmpaaled on 'hla-BIgtta by bla brld. la Vebnarj the tolooct . lnaiurucated the . Cnlted Stten-Panama air mall aen-tct, tfhil In Si(ieniber,be ,and " Mf,p LJndberli opened another pew " roau by a Algt f roio 7 Mltimi jto I'gra;arUKj, Dutcji Gulajia. 0n the wj himie " (buy flopped io, outka.lllgbtt over tba Jub-gl Jub-gl of Jlwidarm audi tqcatHD t piio-t(jxnipb piio-t(jxnipb blUierto . Witipkmi Atey rulna,'i' ' ; A' 'yc Oo Thanksgiving day Commands ' Richard Byrd and tbreo meinberi ot bla 'expedition made a difficult and huzartous ABlrrlai). .'flight .'over th jrreaf utaKtlc piutua In "ibevcour t? whlcb they 'looped the South polo, j rcUMB1' jn,-aafety to thetr baas La Urttat.Amerlca.. Byrd rhtis becanle tb Oral nn to flyfover totb poles. 'Z I EUERTS OF 11929 . r iPUSS INiilEVIEW . . ' -. ; -x? ...';. ; Noteworthy Happening of - the Year ta the tTnUed ' ' 1 ' -'SU.4bthe , , , tft Couytriei. T5; ' 1 By EJpWAPMrqKARO - , "tVTiNY Ijappnlnjwiifrlbtjfed to " " " WWn the yeftr8?9 blghly m- ' 1 f ' twtlnf C to Hha obacrtera pf hqmii t r eventa, and at tlmea acttln for aom ' ' t ,,'thPrtlclpant therein, flrat In ternatlonaf Importanco wera thi long 1 - 'it'1'- ' t,',e4, t90 toward tha'establlalimont - " " V Peace and imtty- tbroughont tha , w'orld. (T15ee werathe'hofrecendented )-.((. . . Wait of Prima MlnUte MaoDonald 0 '.v ' , ..-," Qp8t Britalo to- PfesldDt J!oovrt' " followed by tftq announcement that t -v, ooder-tbelr adm(J)ltitln the two ' . ' ". i ; great Engllgh-apeaklng natlona wonltf " . , .;' copera,t W 'prevent war, id By the ,. , InVitaQoii 'to France, Itaty and Japafl to participate wtO) the tilted Statea ' , Britain In another conferentfe for ', C .'"tal limitation the formal accept- . .The allied . nation and Germany , aettled moat of the remaining Warld war . queatlona, Inclodini the " pajr-mnta pajr-mnta to- Beltjloia for., the, worthlpa Oermatf! m.artii Jeft In Jbat country. Premier firland cf France,' being Alien In' an, eptimlii.c atmidf pretpqlti tp ithe repreaentatfvei of ?8 " Ktiropean tountrlea bin plsd for jederatton Of thfr conynontal powera, aaklflg Uiat jt be aubtt)lticd to1 Uieir goverbmeriti ".II, wai received polflelj and widely dla--CTisaed.-- c'i 'J?f? Buaala ' n4.;Cbtna, dlRputln g jpver the control and nanaKeuHep pf .;the Cblneae Eastern railway, cunia blowa along the Uandiorlatb borerW and though there waim leclgratioQ. f war; 4he ' lighting ' jodntjnned lopj 'biontba. The - Ruaarona were 'tH,a greeaoraV Snaking frequent raids' Jnto Clitneae terrltorv 'and destroying 'a number of Jowne, ."White" RuaMaBe la iiichnrl4' we're .'citpociollyjbeob Jecta of Jhdlr.aftacka.': FlnaiTy,.1ate In. Kovember, Ctilna apinled .to' th powera fo pe'inad ,uaal to abide by' thevjCellogg-Brliind, pact, walcb - botb"Rdaala and 'China bad aigned.' Prealrfent' Hoover vled tl)e way 1n response re-sponse to thla ritiest, but meanwhile; tiegotlations liaOogun between Moscow Mos-cow and the proyinolal governmunt of . Manchuria, and. Moscow, rwentcit the American note aa unnecessary antf - , .'' ' The Presidential ehctlon was, held eq- November 17 add .resulted In vlo tory.for PascuaL Ortia Itulilo, candl. te of the Grai Revolutionary or guvemnifnt piirtyortr Vasconceiiis of the jAntl-Ue-electloa'patty. The aleoi , tlon " itself wna,itaMuNhly quiet but; wa breoeded bf aanaulimry riot Iq manj. citlea. ; 'J-.", ;t JDOMfoTlCy - y I Df) R l,NJ 46 tt rw? toiftb' oi leVllfe the SSeveptltJih congreui pusKt ; a number of necessary , anilr wtee ueasurea. Including tlifarluy and oavy.iply hllla. tb bill authorizing the construction pt Qfteea erulgeVa, and lone- providing for deptirtatloa .of alien . imoitirCjfnd bootti;ger.vjiftS,4,lt4,nf' werp Adopted ordering a jurvey of tlte- , li'tiwtgna oanafjliputa and giving fed. eral'approvul to"'the Chlcacenten-' Dial exposition pt .1A.afltr. thraenute'' retlfted pe KelHrga Brtaud. pact outlawing out-lawing 'war. 'Arbet nvMsm-c -pnsaed : rKith.rtiuses tluit .wn' k)oVd npon-h'j'1 . 4 conslderuble psri'of Ihie citlxenry 'as-neither 'as-neither necessary' wise. This wus he Jones billet"; punish- f ffehder1 li&iStm the Voled;laWlJnyvai,miixl-' mum of 'lin.otio fti. or nyi.vfin Jn prisW-nrboth. Ji'ftjter.ot)o8ijti(in of ti!ews WHa4iose"d miiewliu-b. an- amf lirttnent -eiiHIt thai cotiirrntis L - , i t . cabinet resigned. 'EduaraVDaladler trled in Vain to fonn a new govern ment.Sind the Job waa4ben 'done sue-Vewafufly sue-Vewafufly ny Andre Tardieu. 4 Brtand Tenmined la. the' cabinet ea foreign mlqjater and l seemed that bla poll; clea.. would bs eirrleij forward bj the Tirdlen governroenU f..i .' ;v :-"Oermny cpntlntied her 'jAerlateqt ' Struggle Upward, "and , with nSarted auc-.jpesa, auc-.jpesa, eSiplally aftej; the proinulgvtlittf of the t-foung plan for reparations wbtcb gav decided boof to busi-nes busi-nes eofMitIos.,iThe epiiiiIlcan go-erfimcnt go-erfimcnt was constantly attained .by the monarchlHta and other grouiie. birt stood p w"eU Ita atrengtb snd to?. .Wllty were; displayed at an"ljiiprtve demonaXatJtio on m IU he tepth ann,lversury 'of tbV; adopHot) of. thr. ' Wetmar CqntitntJoa;The Ctjmtt(tisji(' were generally keptunder atslet . trol. "though on. liiiyDay thjye tagd 1 .bloody flota In 40.er.ln,and other cltlws, Xb'e Iteration .of tUf UWnetao frnoi allied eccnpation.vthoinjn notbomrilcte,. wa the, occasion of, g;rr,' YeJolcJig throiifftiout',the, cauriyr:. - -Stresemann's Oeath paplored. f The death of OrGustav Stresemahri. "on DctiihO.a, ffi deticrlb.M-a poll., ileal eotasf Mp'he for Cerirfauy,' for he was- admit rtly.r. her.' ablest, .-political ; lea dor stac.s;' r.istimrck. r To'ftliD jghet most .of .'the credit fdr resforliijt bn" country position In interna tlon'nf f- the matter of law 6uforeement, declaring declar-ing It to be the most' Important Issue before the people and recommendlni various chaugea .to help the enforcement enforce-ment .of prohibition -. ' . . x house speedily passed the tai reduction re-duction resolution "and the senate oo cepted M In due time,.- One of the Ors. acte ojtutf upier bouse was tli adopU'x o'JI resolution -wblcb denied a V-ai Inthe snae to Willlmu- a Vara of I'ennxylvMiila on 'the groinj .ofc corruption and fraud In lila, boihl-iDstlon.-and election three' year pre-vliiiidjV pre-vliiiidjV "i)overnor Flatwi. 'promptly appointed Joseph, Gnndy to. Oil the .'vacant aerrtj and he was sworn In aft-' ,er.teingeW"rety castigated by a nuii. t 'of. setjnfSri. ' i-'-; ' J1 ,-4 .f'? 'B-'otoua deihonstratfoni agaltist pree ident Borndo' Haiti atiU hl Amtiricdn adviser broke out In-Oecemher. , The . United States marines werev con strained to shoot 4owt) a few natives, fend President lqevey -asked congress to authorize the appointment of com-jntaaiiMi com-jntaaiiMi to' stuily the - nosatlsfuctory pondlflops on ,'the WiiivV y "; w. Secretary j of War-James W., Good. (dlfd 6n Nqvejiiber 18, and Patrick 'J, llarley; of Oklahoma;" who bad'beep asslsfant f ecretary, wa given ..the : portfolio..'"' , f . " -'vr;;'; diplomats Appointed. , W" .-; Jir,. floover's, dipjoulatlc,'. appolnt-i appolnt-i enta-were- highly commended!-' He-sefit He-sefit ,inT.('harles Gutes -Dnwfsllo J.fidon. 'aenutor 'Walter'R Edgo to. J'jirlii, John W." Garrett to Home, Gcr-tr Gcr-tr J. Dlekema to Brussels, Henry f. Gin.'genheini tfl Cubalrwln E Lanxh-IJjko Lanxh-IJjko MnUrld, 'Charles CvHart' to Per., slat and A. D, 'Gelwler to Bblia Dwlght, F. Davis, firrMR secretary of war,' waa appointed" gdverber general of the P.BII-Ipplnes P.BII-Ipplnes ; .Thebijoye Roosevelt,' JV, Was mride' governor'' of Porto Rich, ana Jt,hwrence M. Judd governor of Hawaii ..' There were echoes from time to time ' I . V NECROLblY - ) COMR 'thefreateatactori vHfttfi: 'H.,dcania-"we-call .the World war. were taken by death, darlngjb fear-Krance fear-Krance lost alarahal Fe'rdlmind Foch,' iltireme . commander . if-' the allied armies; Georges Clemenceao, theTTK" ger," premier. during the Irttet-'year Of the -waivand jGeneral Sftrrall, th defender ot Verdun. Among the .Germans .Ger-mans who passed were field Marshal Llman von Saadprv frrhimander .of the Germaji force In. Trke, : end. pr," Wdstav,.. gtreseniiini'-'lh ntlnenl atatesmap who WaGeetriaa torelgfl minister at the time oCila death. My-' ron.T, Ilerrk-k,' beloved AmorIcan.jn-' .'assadn to France -during "the; 'gr.at conflict and at the time of his MemU, passed away In March. ' TUree. United , timal limitation the formal accept " - '' v' ot Ke'logg-nrtand pact bj i,,., '. . r'i r nearly 'all, nation! the, reafljersfment v-'; ? i of German Teparatlong- by the Young' ,J ; commlMlobthe liquidation of other " " x' - .Vorld.-warprOblemV'nfl4 Jbe begin-. nlbg of the vifeuotlon of -the Rhine-. ; " 'JW ..tlt..WIeav-'V:;- 4 ' V W UaoBt -ldle ,tbroufilioiit , the yer,.f the onlyaerlou , armed: " - . conflict weri the ."anorielttl" war In Manchuria between ' the Chinese and " . Rtisalan; the perennial civil war In . ... . China a bloody but futile rebellion . - '- . . . " . W. Mexico, and a bitter atrni'irlo.ftit' iiivvi ..ut . inn vjtmn ir rmniurmpi whs . ; country position In Interna tlomi( f- ; , fair and for aavlng, the repulilc from it enemies within. -tI4 wits'a triost ja-1" feFAQt advocate of the.peuceful setgo-' ment of the post-wr 'Ulnnutes.Jiiit pwj" r overlooked thebitereats.Of he Fa-, therland,H . ;; r ."JC " ' 'Austrla,.'etl!U ! poverty" -atrfeke.nnd ratliejv'despondtnr, kept op 'tltj'iiffrri' tlod-ior iticii on'lon,' with "GerptwiyT wlilch the. allies ip)()sj, a'rid obseryepf Jelt thl .already baa-bepn, accotuT' l)llshd In tome respects economlo'-BP. administrative.. The struggle Otw? "not a friendly action.",' ''"jT The' Ktftlonallst ' -govern menthol ,!l)Jna made'tepftoted atreipta.tq per euade the flirted 9ta(ek hhd .other power to sirfrerMjor 'th,elr' extrstert rlWriunflghti 'In hina, hut, with mal ' V&HS ': & if Italy and ghj Vatlean at Peace, ' J 1 Rarly 1ntoFebmary ncgothitlon fo; the resijmptlon of frlenifly. relations between Italy and the Vatican; were , .completed and a trea'f waa signed 1 by which Italy recogtilred'-Hhe --full ' aqyerclgnty pf Die fmpef-au.of the flnars i dtiT'oofitntend Ihjft aueh. severe peji-" altle armuld b"ln.poed fo" slight "or ras)ini--vlplatlona-'j '''X,?' ". Tliif 'fame yeHierf " Hoover, whov . with. CjWles Curjii a vice president, wa InHflgurateoVis bUd eXtHfltlve ooi Mach4 In a vigotou 1naiigtral d-' dress ih new ?lelproiria4 hla ftmpalgn .pledK'!. ""vOli -6 i ttJtJu and dwelt etqjwlajly; on ,Hie prvb. , pni of law enfiH-ement,' 'farrA tellef. " jind the tarlir. He apnoiiriced that the . first of ibese wauJd be. subjeeted-1 a rseorehlng Invest igutlon-by a national , tn UiMoe sAfhautataiu' ' Ao uprli ' big of Arab galnsi Jew In f4le. , ..' tine cost-many live but wal.apcedr" " Uy quelled by the British. , - : v.-.-Wr th v United fitate 'm the.- moat . ... Inlkedpf event'wair'tte xoUapse MT' Y ' fx. ' iatiithn of lunated stock' price i - n the exchanges, which took, from a ' ',."' s ' " tmt pt amateur apecuiator pnpef. profits' 4nutay t'ilniens. of --iolla,ri i.. Ih tralnmltou depression thut;hiliih , have resultetl was hverted when! rea- "T .Idenr Hoover called lijtirt conference ; .( . the leaders of 'Industry,' flnunce . and., , . , tabor end obtained their pledges to " tfie Socialists, aqd ' Conservative, waaV ', unretr)IttlQK, and resulted" Id several - change jjf gyernmen ' Streeruwita wa chancSlor for i;ttne" durlji tlie" nmhief, tyit Jii-JSeptcBiW51' e BH(hl minister wer;ftree4.to'jf('Slfii hy tb duftMHds 'if th Fascists, blttereM. fo of .the SovlnHsts, V for eoniftitmioniJ "change dcslgile to- cripple, the ipofrr Of -the) larten,,' T'lie -ne pruinierjNva,, JalianD JSchoper, fonnflrlJioflc. jiiH-a., 1di.tiQf VTetina. and -'hlscablnet jm& , poderqef buC'ertfong atJ , emlnenliy doinoorre,'. Doctor" i rJliiInch,v formed prcnideiitolj; the 'rf public, took tiie portfolld 4t wmmep.-e'n i-piaiUHk -cations. f tv' ..- '. ' i , i-."' toI, which bud tlflstj Vyears ' wa. -ended. The- eptt'r4flon of chnft:h" ahd. tateln Rnly .ws .mtv'ofllchil4idd tbaVatlcan, ,vithatie .aftttrent hmd, given y.Jktotus "ift'sjl wdepeiifteut tate 'It Wo "called Wattcn"?Clty" Bnd Ptu XJ prqiutiltfflfed 'a fonaQtu-' turn-rf ;? , . ' One. otbrold fluarrel was settled amlcublsV through t)ie effort. Of tTeg. ldent -Hoover."-Thl'was"tbe' -yachaA," Aries dispute betweeb Cldle and PoVti. yhe -territory .was divided nnd every, one -, satislWd-'xcfept. : fiollvla.,. ,. jv;hji'hjiftd.. hoped tur An uuUet to the, tea. h : . ' ' .; . , ' . ..." . jAfithejMI cnirdal.. Tberupreme court upheld THe 'c6'nv(ctloniof Harry kSiidn!r for contempt ot the sennfe ud-of CoJirt and he was tn prison fl(Tn May 6. until JJoveinber 20.-Albert; B.-Fafl, B.-Fafl, former tecretafy ofrthe- Interior was, found guilty 'of bribery tn the oil lease,, cases and was sentenced to one yean In prison and $100,000 fine. -' ' -3"he annual convention bf-Uie Araer-' "lean. Legion was b1d"hi"'.fi1i1vHle, and O. L.' BodBohamer" of jOklahoma waa elected com mangier. The Grand Army of- the i Republic met In Cortland. Maine, and choBe B. J. Foster of Wotv cest w- Mass.,' its, it commander in chief ,. 'J -.. : ' ' An lnterestlhg.-.vent was" .the" cele- bratlon on- etober-jSl -of, the gjMetT Jubilee of Edson'a ltjctrtc fight!-, The,, entire civilized world-recognized ,fho occasion but the big doings were at Henry Ford' reconstructed old-time village hear Detroit, President -Hoo-1 ver," Mr. -Edison and a host of other notable being the automobile manufacturer' manu-facturer' -facets. . 'v-i."t. S'-x,-''.".; fVhlle In the '.Middle W.esfr the Pres idenit'took part In !the (lertrahjnnfa the. coiniiltlon of catiaJUatlOD. of the . Ohle ' river, "delivering .addressee at tawatf'd.ltml'rtUfcVi'',V' 'Thwftwet twtoetloua &af attract.. ed Especial attention." In -Virginia-the regular Democrats defeated a coalition coiAigifcsion whloljfiii Ww& apjoint, "an ,-ied eoiigresa'to To jta duty Ig '.fct 40 the others. '.- ? -tr. Hoover' cabinet, wag headed Jy "lyeiiry ' Stlmson a' secretory of latate l4,jtiitalned two -bold-OversA-SecW Inry of the Treasury Mtiioo.lnd See-f See-f irtflry of Labor Davls, The numes of Mellos and Davis 'Were nd) uhniltjfd ' tit tbe.enate for conflrmntJdfte and. a HltrW later the foe' pf Hie bead of the treasuty tried In Valij' to Ibipeach' bis . right toehold the portfolio.-.' .-, W'v'Farrn Relief and -Tariff." r Tt--Presldeiit called coligtess: to -mcey In special seeslon..on. Aprii .14 aaklng'that It confine. lUelf to tmsnlng -IU fpr-ttie relief of agrieutttire and reJlii(. the tariff . especially .for the 'Ijeneflt of farmers and Indnstrlehaf find odf Jeen prosperous.' .'Tba ".bouse In t4 day passed the Hatigen' farm rrflef J)Hlj and on May 28 ttJiave It -apprUval'to. the Hawley tarlfl-measure - whlebrevtsed mbat 'of the fcliedule and generally Idcreased-duties.- ' ' In 'fAe "senate Jhe Ri?p(ihljean radl-cals-'raatf the Democrat -UiSlsted ,on ttuinjria' the McNay'-farm relief tne?oi s provision for the-dabenture (fr'ieXjjJvr.t.; subsidy plan, though, they ,knew ttiiV." would no -be ncoepted ;by 'realdejBP-IIoov-tfr.': lo.thtt fB ."the"' bill if it in'umi on .May 14. and for a States senator, Theodora-f:.i BMrtorf of OIj1o4j.. Tyson ,ef lenoesane and FT'E. WarrB,o WywlDghd' almes; W . Good; " secretary -,of wer,),,.''were' "WUonf Ajnerlca'e notd 'dead,' " ' Qthet, notable tvho' dtea'.v'1n,-'4929; we-e: --. .."-.""y T In; January r Orand puta''KlvnoTas, chief claimant to ' throne . jot Russia-; Geofjte L CTex) Rlekard, sportrpro-' tnot(-r; Henry Arthnr- Jones jaDsb drantlV:Cnsper. . Whitney,- aytlror" ahdedltoii Former. Senator Oscar W. -Undorwhod of Alabama ;'.pgdcn JUIlls, New" York financier ; Copnt,,Chluda, Jajiaiiese statesman "' Sophie''.' Irene Loeft author; R. L. Slagle, president Of pnlverslty of South Dakota.' " '"; Id February: Maria Christina, queen, siotlier off pain ; F.dwln Denby, former setretnrj; of. the navyvJJIy Langtry, Lsdy-de Bathe; MelvHle, a.Stone, jouniafbit ; Vice Admiral Sir JTrancl BrldKeiuan 'of England'; Frank7 Keen, an, actor j Mrs, Ogden Goelet of New York ltev, Newell Dwlgbt HHUa,' pulpit pul-pit oratorj' Battrey O'Ulgglns. author -apd playwright., ' ,v f ' In March? Harrison My WUd, tooel- ilanj Thoma .Taggari, Indian peme, ''cratur ieader ; . Mosea, .Clapp, former eenafor froja Minnesota ; D. J." Bulck, adjatmhjle ,bhneer; "iltenjc B.rPofid" axeJiUecl j'aoiBel RetlornMr pre deat of the Pennsylvania railway; Expo. Ex-po. rW. R. stiibbs of Kansas;-Bran ".'.-". Faleism Grow 8tronoer;," ;, "" P.renflerX'Mi'eiwtiP-of Italy: quite scornfur ef Jbt jj.dtractori jfnrtqief strengthened the power of F(jscIS'mutf that, were poxlble'.;TIie new leglsla-, tq,BeVtaf aet up e'tiriy'lri the lear, and. In April the Dq"('aaqmftf full, control ' of the -regulation: of capltul and Iftbor,-Not Iftbor,-Not having m'qefi'eonfldnve- In dUbwia " nie;n6' cdnfltenVs, the "premier tooif stip"8 tpmttke Italy'1 srowd' forces- . more aincient and dechVre"d jthaf. while; 4Jie nptlon.'deslred-)e,ice lth all the werld,"I 'wa p!rltualti'.prepnred to- ae any crisis.' Tiie aetttemeqaoT'the' eld'vjttjirrl'vjth he'' Vatican; 'as""q feerther in his cip," buf latejr develop. "rnents showed that much tiltternesj n- ; Klihu 'Roof forrqpla for' sdbeslnn' of tnoUnifedA. Stutes.-tj ;"flie - Obji , ofTjhterpatlonal JsdW commonly , known as. the World court, was ao --(epted by. tbh League of Natlontand1 the. court, Itself, - It.aatlsflea In the - main- the -reservation 1tng ago niftd(' by the tenalebnt It wl4 be necessary . jfor" thtl t bdy, & pass on. the rftatter agaln.j J'lie grotocol . was'1 signed In December ontbtiutf of rresldeiit Hooker Hoo-ker by P. Wof( at America uncharge d'affaires nt Berne, Switzerland. , In January thevh!i;hconcrf of'the' JSalvsBon- Aruyr. 15 sesslpn. "In Eng-- "land, voted .to; deposV'Gea.Bramwell Booth from the cointqand because It was thought lit beaith Bad jDadftvbltnJ . Incompetent. -Di'e old general fooght, tbo- deelsfatft' $hrqnalwl(orsbat on Penriisrj. it q was fin-itly t)h',:fd and Ejiward "jiilllggin 'was elected icr succeed fany yj-.. rrr 1 ana increasing ,'proaperity, -.At.,. the ame time Secretary of the Treasury . , ,' Mellon" announced that the admtnts-' admtnts-' j .ration would, recommend -tliut. 'cor-. V. r. ; poratlon "and Individual fncorne" tax. .-','' rates for 100 be'.reduced by' 1 per ,. oent,'anp this plan Iras auppDrted by - .". leaders of both parties and noted 00. with celerity by congress , Jn Decern-, Decern-, ber.,- In Its special session? during the in miner congress enacted s arm re-. . . lief law and a federal? farm board t-, ' ,? acting under It provision w'a oon - -"'i , ' to-perothm with smrte fund to. aid the agrtcoUorlst. ' Jhe hQBSf 'also ,-.V ; passed a tariff bll4trallnjt many-sf N k" . ''. - the rates;"-but the sepate, controlled vb- ' by coalition of-Pemocnue and rady J1 leal Republicans,' re-wrote thf jneas- : ge. ore on other lines and tbff pontrover., ing tnei.,went oter M: tne reguiarsetslon f Presena.- --- v t i LCy TEfliajATIONAL . J laOu. A-BQIJLE iJt wr t TrifTBa, public finance of Shinto Do-' . Oilngo, went to. England a America? ambassador, he lramehi!v.ly began t '" conversation. wtfA P-i'Itne ' lllntstcr y- ' Ramsay Mtonald with ttew Of u 1 . - elearin'-up the differences between ," .', tfiifted fctnte srid-- Great Bltaln hing limitation of naval arms'- .A 4. and preparing the , way for an- conference' of the chief) naval . A Jers., ' Tha two -tatesmetc found ' .agreement easy, and early.. In' October Ur jgCDona, came ovtjr'to. dlseusl- ? Jf that and allied Questions with Presb 'malBei.W, Deoeinttpr: the-: Wng.jtriff,. TfeiqeiK" piidj tli.ir"; 8rej 'Mf- so fopi nus XI In the Vatican. Timlrpfog-Vess Timlrpfog-Vess through tbe strect pf Rome, was Sj rand pageant; but tbieavrsatlo with tbi pope w-Ja in private. " i fidiiit tt'e; fiousif addr-aepat -confer es Bttfgjrled aver It, tine bouKe finally ; Innfhg and e debeuture sciieme be-Irig be-Irig cllmlnuteOl Mr. Hoover signed the Dies sure on ine 15, "au'd "soon afvj nmed-.the RS'iiibera of ' the federal farm -iboard uthorld by the act. SJexariiier J'e of Chicago, president -olJJheInternlitlonal Harvester, coin-punyi coin-punyi apfAlnted chairman and the board, proceeded to promote the 'for-Intition.' 'for-Intition.' "fit ;. firmers'", 'co-operatives, .Which would aided with loans from ' a reviving fiSid of $l30,00o.tmo that bad been vttted by congress. This iptimied throughout' the year, I mewing jyHh general approval. "".With this qtfestlon of tariff revision 'the, sent) tqrs gSt tangled up In a fight that seemed Interminable. A coalition ' of Democrats hd radical. Republlcnns Was .fwmed that succeeded In tearing : to plecf the Will reported by the sen1 pf, Republlciyjs and.Sny SinllJ fPUo ertkt(W BfJwp.ip'a.(inj fli New" Jfork f Jlmmle , Wulkcr wa re-elect-' eJ mayor, easily beating Congressman La -Guardla. and ither. asplrtS; Other Oth-er election if vatious parts 'of. the country indicated that the Democratic party, wag regaining strength. " . u1" ' - -- aeronautics . ) M (!ST("8peu'arHjftf -"of 4h year's, events dn ' aferdSHiitUs war "the", flight ''ofi.tbe.ibuge (ierniitn dirigible Graf Z-liipelin.m Antust and Stem-ber Stem-ber from'- Ftiedrlehshttfen to Ijike-hurst. Ijike-hurst. N"J antheiiee fnstwanl around the world, with stops .only at Frled-riclutha Frled-riclutha fen, Tokyo, Is Anseles and Lakehurst OS Seittenvber 4 sthe big khln arrived 'nfy- at Its hopfe port In G'erinniiy. Tpe ' trtfc was made with- e.uarthewa,-author. i'f t'' "?V"i. - In iA4r(I'B.. Leater Jones, fdfrectw qf Uifltwl States coaat and seodetk awvey ' Count Slilmpel' Goto, japanest statesTnafi' J.YL Unlley,' former senator sen-ator fom tTexn&j'- Flora Annie -Steel, English, novelist;"- Lord'i Revelstoke, British bKhJ:er j Prince Henry pf Prus sl,';hrother of . the cx-kajsie'r; B. , F. Car.i-y, presehfCof the Pullman' company. com-pany. '..:" .'',. ', -" ..''"f' In; May: Edward,. Payson. Weston, ifnniotis pedestrian;' Earl of Roseher-ry. Roseher-ry. English, statesman; Garrett P. ServljiS, writer on science;-Wallace Trent, American diplomat; MaJ. Harry Har-ry A. Smithy V: S." A. ; W. B. Thomas, Boston capitalist. ' ,. , In June: -Admiral Sir Cecil Burney of Ciitlsh navy; Bliss Carmen, poet; CounJ " Julius" Ahdrassy, - Hungarian .statesman ; .Charlp F.' Brush, Inventor Invent-or of the; aft- light I Gen.' Bramwell Afghanistan achieved the front pago at Various times during: th year. KInjr Amunaflah found 'that the western , forms ft) tried to Introitce'. were cfluiK' InS u-h ,vbDlenf;.oiiposltjHrf that "he re: 8clnaed them In JnnUftry and abdicated In favor of bis brother. ",:TJie rebelllotis' trlhesiue Were stlU'nof Satiafled. an(f otfder the leadership.o'f 'oTiellahlburiatf! Khan, therajthre(tjaHul, the cupl-S tal, and drove out pe nevv king. "Hh blbullab.who reully wafRucha Sakad,' ;a bnndhv assumed the crown and last-Jed wtfl October;' when Nadir Khan 001' cupled -Kabul .and proclaimed himself king. - Bacba waa taken prisoner and' executed. '" .; '" - - "'' '" '1 -. . - . PRIM S '"Mrblstert StApley BattrV.ln's British government'-grew ."steadily' weaker through the nt'pa'Kt. 'M jtbe" year because of unemployment, bWs-Uig, bWs-Uig, pensions, taxes and a doioo other domestic problems which It cduld not meet to the satisfaction of the nation PaiJd I.loyd George put the 'rejuvenated 'rejuve-nated Liberal 'parti !n,theIlihellght .with ample promises, and the. Labor itea looked' forward (0 the g enerat elections elec-tions of May 80 with S confidence that, waa fairly Justlfled. ' When the" ballots were counted It 'Was' found that the Conservatives had been badly defeated V- .R.os War In. Palastlne., - , Palestine was the scene of a bloody-uprising bloody-uprising of rliq JisabtMigalnht the Jewa In August red many of the latter race were massacred In JeVusalm and other places.' The Immediate cause-of the outbreak was a dlsputS over the Wall-Jng Wall-Jng Wail which the Jewo have used for. centuries as place of prayer; but .lt goes back to the deep, resentment of th'e ' Arab against . the British - mandate man-date and the predominance ef Jewish Influence in the government' Of a country coun-try which they consider belongs to .....-.'.- dent , Hoover, " Their; conversations weu equally satisfactory and they announced that the two nations would N renounce wsr with each other and co-' co-' operate to preserve peace, throughout ' the world. Tbe,sp1rlt or good wUl In-1 -;" fused all their ntterancea,t and even ' thq suspicious French were2 reassured - when both ,'Mii Hoover antfJMr. Mae-1 Mae-1 j Donald declared this .Anglo-American " entente waa not designed te take rti least advantagu' bf any other nation. The ground thus being made ready, France, Italy and Japan were Invited ao Baldwin. and hla cabinet resigned. - No one party had secured a clear majority ma-jority In the house of commons, but the Laborites were strongest. , .Therefore .There-fore Ramsey MacDonald .waa given the post of prime minister and proceeded .to form a new government. The' port-" folio of minister of labor was 'given to Miss- Margaret Boiidfleld,,"the first woman to enter i British cabinet Slit was one of fourteen women elected to parliament. Arthur Henderson . was put at the head of the foreign office. -. 'The Liberate had elected fiftv-nlne .statesman ; .Charlp F.' Brnsh, Invent-'or Invent-'or of the; aft- light I Gen.' Bramwell Booth,-former-head of the Salvation Army; Don Bond can It 'act or; Duartl Felix,' Brazilian journalist - In July: Dnstlfi Farnum, atage and screen actor " UaJ. Gen.. Ell K. Cole, marine corps; Rear Admiral E. W. Eberle, U. 8. N.; Mrs. Katherlne Ting-1eyt Ting-1eyt ThPoSnphlst Jeader; Robert Henri - American artist ; Mrs , Lillian Bell, flithor; Henry B. Fuller,, novelist; Judce N.' J. Slnnott of United State Court of Claims. ,, ' . . In August: Archbishop S. J. Keant of Dubuque; Emilb Berliner, phono graph Inventorj-'H. C WJ'twer, author; Chnucey Keep, Chicago capitalist; Cyril Kelghtley, English actor; Sir Edwlq Ray Lankester, British savant; Rear Admiral A. P. Nlblaek, U. S. N.; Dr.', J. W. Jenks, president, of Alexander Alex-ander Hamilton Instltnte, ' . ': ' In September: W. E. -Dover,-formei mayor of Chicago; Owen T. TMgar Inst of the5 Mexican -war veterans; Congressman O..J. Kvale of IHnne sota; Jesse Lynch Williams, author; iate"eob)nltte4whlcb resembled that "i passed by theboHse.' This anomolou majority, profelsed to be acting for . ffl faroiertr-atl even Inserted tn the (erlffj measnrefthe export debenture Splanj'-iPhe re-wrltlng of the bill, could vhof be" cpmpleteld. before Thanksgiving, snd sw-w'aa'pnSised on to the regular session Ithat opuned on December 2. In, their spar -time during the au Uimn'th'4 senators Investigated the ac tlvltles;16f '.lobbyists, eseclally those concerned, lthtarlff rates, and from some wltntjjwes notably Joseph Grundy Grun-dy of Pejinsylvjinla. they heard comments com-ments an. themand their doings -thaf were not 4il,easlqg. - . -: -'V.' ..President- Hopver on May. 20 appointed- hie .commission on. law!,- en- . forcetnent' -cotiajstlng of eleven -eminent me and women with George W. Wtckersham as'chnlrman. It was understood un-derstood this -cifmmlssloii' would take severU-wyear Jor Its Investigation, niaktug" reCommlndatlons from time to time. :,,,' ; ; ... ' ;.4.Stoek rkt Collapse. out mishap tnougn a severe srortn waa eacnuntered soon after reaving Japan. Plans were laid to use the dirigible In Arctic exploration. 4" 'i- The-Atlantic wus-e'roesed three times by airplanes. Jhnlnez and Igtesla of Spain' flew from Seville to the Brazil-tan Brazil-tan const late In' March; and In June three French pilots tn the plane Vel-"blw Vel-"blw Bird crossed, fron, Old .Orchard Beach, Me., to the" coast of Spain. Next month William and' tancH.v, American flyers, h.op)ed off from "Old Orchard Beach for Rome., bni they were forced to.land near 8nntander. Spaiq. by lack of gas; later ; they . completed their trip. All other attempted transatlantic, , flights were failures, some 4f them tragedies . - - . ; ? Setting New Records. ' Ali records for sustained flight were broken In January by the army plune Question Mark which remained up 150 hours and. 40 minutes, being refueled in the. air 36 times. In' May this was surpassed by Rohhins 'and Kelley of Forth Worth, Texas, whose .endurance yienx The local authorities were unable un-able to Stop the fighting, ao the Brit-, Ish stopped -In with warships troops and airplanes and. speedily forccd-the beUlgerents to cepsetheir killings and depedatlomv The 'situation'-. in the Holy Land was still . considered so serious se-rious that th'e British government sent dufacommlsslon ofiuquli'y. China' Nationalist government beside be-side 'thj Auarfel with Russia, bad to rquferid with the seefiilngly pnendlng iclvll warfare that keeps, the! huge nav. tlon - relatively poyverlesa- TM con-' fllct . died- down and -revived several times during the twelvemonth, and In December reached perhaps Its most se-rlous se-rlous stage.1! The rebels at that time consisted of the 'Kwangsl province army and the Independent body known as, the "Ironsides division'' command- . ed by Gen. Chang Fak-wel These two forces were advancing on Cat) ton from the west and the north, and Xhe government gov-ernment was ..compelled 4o withdraw "large nunilieVS 'Of troops""from Man-chnrla Man-chnrla to meet them. ' ; : 'Mexico's annual revolutionary out-. break ame in'Marct) and spread rapidly rap-idly ln; elghfr -ten states, "becoming really foraildahle though belittled. by .President Portes Gil. The rebels were under the general leadership, of -Escobar, while leoeral Callus,, minister of war, led the government forces In per-' sonl" For weeks there was bloody lighting In Orizaba, Monterey, Juarez, Manzanlllo,' JlmlneS and Torreon. with fortune favoring first one side and then .the otlier. ' Gen.v Jesus Agulrre. rebel leader 4n ; Vera Ci-us. wa captured cap-tured Sud Executed, and pn April 8 the federal ftfrces won a great victory at Iteorma. " By the end of April the rebel iluji was In collapse', and generals by. the dozen ; were fleeing across the United States'-border. With this off It. hands, the government proceeded t squelch tlie."j-e.ll)Blous relpis".who h been active along the west coast l tnember and bold tbe balance of pow. . rer; They virtually agreed to-support ' tbe Labor government so long as the policies, It putforwafd .were not too 'socialistic; and hj was freely predicted that Mr, MacDonald' chief, trombtes' would come from the radical members' of his party.' His plana for the aW levlatlon of unemployment, were almost upset In July when he great, cotton Industry In-dustry was tied up by; strike tliat Involved 600,000 operatives and .closed 1,800 mills In the Lancashire area. "The prime minister took an active personal "part In the settlement of this trouble. He also made progress toward ending the old disputes between, the coal mine operator and their employees. France Reasonably Prosperous. ' France had a fairly prosperous "year,'1 her peop'le fattening . on big- crops, preparations and American 'tourists and amusing themselves as always with the game of politics, rremler Pbincare continued in offlrej despite 111 healfhi; ' until he bad secured the ratification . of, the war debt agreejnents with the USUd States and .Great Britain. " This action was taken by he parliament od July 20,' and M. V dlneare, who had ao long.i id Mwell "feefved hls-country, " tmmedlafely resigned. Arlstide BrSand," veteran cabinet ,Jember,.wnj made-premier, made-premier, and as tbe.;Radical Socialists refused to participate, he" made no 1 changes In the ministers, Pader' bis rule. repressive piensujes-'agaUist rthe .OomnninlRtB were cfintinuetf, with vigor," and 'their meetings .of protest were -tjroken up by the poMcfc.Thrucgh. the Mummer- unemployuicnt- was almost nonexistent and "'August a FVeftch coiuttiisslun reucfitd an agreeBient.'wItb. the eovernment of Rumania by Which lO.'.Mti laborers were to b transported fnmi that country td. FranceT , fi! (letober i?r!and'a- suftport In the chuj ', r of dsp'iiies (irtinijlt'd. and on tl.e 2-'d of tliitt months he and bis - "V . . : . 1 . w.-tC' V'-'rxicipate in a conrerence in ion, " flon In January for the purpose of .- tending and supplementing tbe .Wash-'." j : Ington treaty of 1922. They were told, , Uiat, the British "and American govern-; govern-; I ments. still desired tbe abolition 0 -,J - the submarine but recognized, that no . final settlement-on this subject could Il .. .. be reacted "except In conference with y the other naval powers, ft was made jX' plain that the Americans and British ) ' tet fairly turs they could agree on . the matter of cruiser llmltadon., Ac-' ceptances from all werefqulte prompt, but It VWas; evident France would - cling to the submarine and that Italy probably would sdpjiort her in this .;: tn other "respects those two nations found It hard to" rejich preliminary . nuderstanding .owing niulnly. to- their -rivalry In the Mediterranean. ;iv . , President Hoover pamed, as'Amer-" - " lean delegates to the conference; Sec ""- retary of State Stlmson, Secre.tary of : ' tha Navy Adams, Ambassadors .Dawes. . Morrow and , Gibson, and Sen'utors Reed of. Pennsylvania knd Xtoblsou'of 1 ', Arkansas. ' '. - . "; Ad Instment of Reparations ' German, reparations were readjusted readjust-ed by the commfeston of International expert; beaded by "Owen IXJToung of the- Jted States,' antWtTieplno"if- ' -fered was accepted by all nation eon-- eon-- ' cenied. thonyb Germany professed to . be disappointed with It, " ami " Great liiltjin would cot accepj the division ' ' Pf FtvS 'ncuts at fll'ft sirgjeated. .The Gerirmn were consoled by the resulting result-ing evacuation of the Itbmelnnd Jong befure the time. " by the treaty of Trstilllea. Withdrawals frooj-.two- of "- ? ' 0-. i".,-'i!ed coim-s was .completed ; (a t-e year, and before) -the year 1 .' '::-h trt-.j.s - fut - : e loostt tr;,;ii-f.'!iit t". ;.ifures . ' - '(- !;ir! v.-n the se'tiilif lip l: .. ef a I! ' k of Cardinal Dubois, archbishop of Paris; Miller Hugging, manager of New fork Yankees; U. S. Grant son of thejat President Grant; Baron Tanaka, Japanese Jap-anese statesman, '.'- In October: El A. Bourdelle, French sculptor j Dr. Gustav Strese-mann. Strese-mann. German foreign minister;. Bishop Bish-op J. G. Murray, bead of Protestant Episcopal church ; ' Jeanne F.agols, actress: W. J. Connors, Buffalo capitalist; cap-italist; Bishop Edmund M. Dunee ol Peoria i Mrs. Lemlra Goodlrae, mothet of Mrs. Calvin Coolldge; Rev. E, a Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon league chief; Rev.-John Roach Stratton of New York, noted fundamentalist; Sir Graham Balfour, British author. : Jn Novembers. W, G. Lee, forme, president of Railway ' Trainmen; Prince Max of Baden, Inst Imperial chancellor of Germany j T. P. O'Connor, O'Con-nor, "father" of the house of com- , mons; John Cort theatrical producer; Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyon; Daniel F. Appel, president New England Lif Insurance company; Raymond. Hitchcock, Hitch-cock, actor ; F ather Tondorf of Georgetown George-town university, earthquake expert . In December: Prof. E. M Shaw o( University -of Iowa; Robert ReJd American mural artist; Congressm;, W W. Grlest of Pennsylvania; Dr.'M W. Stryker, former president of Ham. " ilton-college;. Col. Charles Goodnight r noted Texas pioneer; Brig. Gen., D. E.j . Aullman. USA. - j 00, litt. Weatnm N'smoapar Cateal . " . t. '. The great debacle mentioned In the Introductory paragraphs came In late October, and continued for two Weeks. It was thecolminntlon of many tqonths of frenzied gamlfllng by amateur speculators spec-ulators W a sensationally rising mar. ket Prices fetf rapidly and paper profits tit about seventy billion dollars vanished. r The 'Jtovernment could- dff nothing to chek the collapse, but when normal levels bad been reached President Hoover came forward with h program for tbf stabilization of business busi-ness and.Industri and the contlnua'lon" of prosperity ther country bad been erP Joying.. :lle called groups of leaders tn all' lines (to Conferences In Wasd-Ington Wasd-Ington ahd recelt'ed from them assurances assur-ances thatjhey sfid their organizations would co-opertiteiwith bis plans. At a, final meeting ofJlg Industrialist and finaOfJers i peruSanent committee was named tq Wotcb feut for weak spots In business .and apiay remedies lp bis hiessngreod to the first reV ulnr session , of .'the Seventy first congress con-gress 'the. Preslllent expressed the confld'Htce that the measures - 'taken 'tak-en hod re-eslillshed confidence nnd that a very ? bi-ge - degree of unemployment un-employment "tuti been . prevented He recofnoten-lej Increased expedl tures fbr water'tays. buildings, and other jSubllc wntlts.: and 'asked con-ires con-ires to authorb-if the Income tax cot f 1 per cent, efl-etive for one year 'he President eJJn dwelt at length 00 .".;r " ' -' f . : : flight lasted 172 hours and 31 minutes.' In July Mendell and Relnhart at Culver Cul-ver City, Calif, put hOth record tn the shade with a mark of 40 hours and 43 minutes, and -then, later tn the aume month.. Dale Jackson and Forest O'Rrlne, tn the" SL Louis' Rohth plane, -settled' the 'contest for. tbe year by remaining aloft for 420 hours and 21 min'utesv J.lent Apollo Soueek of the United States navy established a new - altitude .record, pf ,8:140 feet Capt- Frank Hawks flew .from Los Angeles to New York In Hhours and 44 minutes, min-utes, and George Holdeman flew from Windsor. Ont..- to Havana tn 12 hour and 58 minutes, . -The - Schneider cup race for seaplanes sea-planes -was won by- Lieutenant Wag-orq Wag-orq pf England- who averaged 328.03 miles an hour over the 218 mile course. A few flays "later A.' H. Orlebar drove - the same plane at the record speed of 35f.8 miles. Over in Germany a plane propelled by "rockets" was: given It first Irjont. .Fritz, von Opel flying six miles. The Germans also boasted of the hlgsest airplane, the- Dox- which nmde1 successful fliphts 'carrying 1(J0 persims v " . The Amerleun national air races were held St -4Vvehind tn .August In connection Hh them the women, who 'were beMiuing'''vtyy , aeih'e in avla-tioh. avla-tioh. had an nlr derby from Santa Moiiini. Cnllf, to Oeveintid, Louise Thaden of Pittsburgh waa , the .wBi- . " ...'-. ' f - .. |
