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Show " ' ' - THE BINGHAM BULLETIN. HINGHAM CANYON. UTAH reformi la the procedure of those tribunals. Germany, laboring onder the burden of the reparations payments, was said by her ambassador to Washington to be distinctly on the upgrade. This notwithstanding ruther unfavorable business conditions and so Increase In the ntimhei of unemployed. With Premier Mussolini still Its dic-tator, Italy seemed to be muklng steady progress, and the supremacy of the Fascist purty was continued and strengthened. The duce put Into full effect his plan for reorganization of the government to put practically all power In the hands of the gruud coun-cil,' accomplished monetary reform and put through law for his pet scheme of land reclamation and utilization. Itumunla was torn by dissension, the Peasant party demanding a share la the government. Finally the revolt grew so s?rlous that Premier IJrntlano was forced by the regency o resign special session vnlch Mr. Hoover had said he would calL President Cootldge In his message gave an account of his stewardship for five and a half years and pictured the state of the nation as most favorable, with peace, pros-perity ana good III unprecedented. The senute passed tha Boulder data bill amended to meet objections. President and Mrs. Coolldge spent their summer vacation at a fishing lodge In northern Wisconsin. Their son John went to work In the offices of an eastern railroad, and In Novem-ber his engagement to Miss Florence Trutubidl, daughter of the governor of Connecticut, was announced. The convention of the American legion was held lb Sun Antonio, Tex-as., In October and Paul V. McNutt was elected national commander. At the same time the United Spanish War Veterans Diet In Havana, Cuba. In September the Grand Army of the Re-public held Its encampment In Den- - dent The campaigning started early, and from the beginning It was toler-ably apparent that Secretary of Com-merce Herbert Hoover would win the Republican nomination, and that Gov. Al Smith of New York would head the Democratic ticket The G. O. P. oa tlonal convention met on June 12 Id Kansas City with the Hoover delegates strongly entrenched, the only other prominent candidates being Frank O. Lowden of Illinois - and Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas. Lowden was supported by the leaders of farm or gunlzntlons who wanted the y Uaugen agricultural relief bill, and I hey promised that there would be s tremendous demonstration by farmeis If the convention did not at least adopt platform plank to their lik-ing. This turned out to be a false alarm, and Hoover went over easily on the first ballot after the resolutions committee had fixed up s platform to conform to his policies. Senator Cur-- NEWS RECORD OF THE YEAR 1928 ; ' Summary of the Notable i . Events of the Twelve Months in America , and Abroad. ., ... f , HOOVER'S BIG VICTORY Republicans 8weep the Country In the . Presidential Election Kellogg i Treaty to Outlaw War Signed A by Nearly All Nations Chins Won by the Nation- - ' f isrtsi Gsrmany and f ' , ' th Reparations. ervatlons, and Anally the pact eras drawn up to suit slL Franca there-upon Invited fourteen other nations to send representatives to Paris to sign the treaty. AH responded, and on August 27 the ceremony win per formed. The" pact was left open for the adhesion of other nations and within s-- few weeks most of the gov ernrnetits of the civilized world had accepted It. Promising as this move-ment toward general pence seemed, it was regarded by certain elements In some countries, especially the United States and Italy, with cynl cnl derision. Approval by the Amer-ican senute Is necessary to give It effect, and some of the senators were known to be opposed to It Senator Piornh, chairman of the foreign rela-tions committee, however, gave the treaty his warm Indorsement Great Ilrltuln and France an nounced on July 80 that they had reached an agreement that would be a basis for negotiating the reduction of naval armaments which the Unit-ed States had vainly Sought to bring In August: Italian submarine was sunk In collision, 17 men drowning In Sep-tember: Theater Are In Madrid. Spain, was fatal to about 120. In October: French submarine was sunk by a steamer and 43 were lost In Novem-ber: Destructive floods in Missouri and Kansas; terrible storms on the Atlantic coast of Europe and on the Black sea, resulting ' In the loss of many lives. In December: An earth-quake In southern Peru wrecked ser-eru- l towns and killed about 200 per-sons. NECROLOGY Among the persons tak-en by death were the following: In January: Lole Fuller, dancer; Emily Stevens and Dorothy Donnelly, actresses; Marvin Uughltt, railroad builder; Thomas Hardy end. Vicente Dlasco Ibanez, novelists; Louis Tost Talcott Williams and Arthur Clarke, Journalists; F. U. Stead, English edi-tor; Earl Ualg, commander In chief of British armies In the World war, and Admiral J. M. de Hobeck of the Brit-ish navy; MaJ. Gen. O. VV. Goethals, builder of the Panama canal; Rear Admiral Victor Blue, U. a N. ; Andrew MacLelsb, E. L. Ryerson and William Du Pont commercial magnates; Count Hugo Hamilton, Swedish statesman, and the earl of Warwick. In February : Herbert Asqulth, earl of Oxford, former British premier; Prince Charles Llchnowsky, German diplomat; Marshal Armando Diaz, Italian commander In chief In World war; Eddie Foy, veteran comedian; E3. B. Butler, Chicago millionaire mer-chant; James L. Ford, author. In March: William IL Crane and Nora Bayes, actors; Rodman Wana-make- r, merchant prince, and J. W. Packard, automobile pioneer; Sena-tors W, N. Ferris of Michigan and Frank B. Willis of Ohio; W. C. Sprout, former governor of Pennsylvania; Vis-count Cave, British statesman, and Gustav Ador, of Switzer-land. In April : Chauncey M. Depew ; Con-gressman J. A. Galllvan of Boston and Martin B. Madden of Chicago; Stan-ley J. Weyman, novelist, R. C. Carton, dramatist and Charles Sims, artist all of England: Dr. Sanger Brown, noted and Jullu Munlu, leader of the peas-ants, came-Int- o power as bead of s coalition government Ahmed Zogu, the handsome young dictator of Albania, decided that his country should have a king and pro-moted himself to that position. Inking the title of Scanderbeg III. Soviet Russia's rulers have not yet solved the great Issue of bow to rec-oncile the conflicting Interests of the Industrial and the agrarian sections of the population, and during the year there were sporadic revolts of the peasants, without result. The government continued Its earnest ef-forts to enlist financial aid from abroad, and one of Us successes was the completion of a contract with the International General Electric com-pany of New York for the purchase of $25,000,000 worth of eloctric equip-ment In this country. The exploita-tion of the country's rich oil resources was carried on energetically. The rules governing concessions to foreign business Interests were radically modified In September. Generally speaking, Russia was In a heullhier condition than at any time since the revolution. Victory of the Chinese Nationalists was won after long and hard fighting and despite the opposition of Japan Marshal Chang Tso-lln-, Manchurian war lord, was forced to abandon Pe-king on June 8, and on his way to Mukden his train was bombed and he was fatally Injured. The National-ists established a complete govern-ment and constituted Nanking the capital of the republic. Chiang Kai-She-their generalissimo, was elected president of the council. The name of Peking was changed to Petplng, meaning "Northern Peace." The Unit-ed States took the first step toward recognition of the new government by negotiating a treaty granting China tariff autonomy. Great Britain, Ger-many, France and Italy all began negotiations with the Nanking gov-ernment Japnn alone holding aloof because of her claim that her old treaty with China was still In effect. Gen. Alvaro Obregon, being the only surviving candidate for the Presidency of Mexico after the recalcitrants had been suppressed, was elected on July 1, to take office on December 1. But on July 17, as he was attending a banquet In his honor, he was assassl-- ver and chose John Reese for its comma-nder- in-chief. AERONAUTICS Col. Charles Lindbergh carried over Into the new year with bis tour of the Latin American countries sround the Caribbean sea, and Interest in bis doings was maintained through 192& On February 29 be was award-ed the Woodrow Wilson medal and $25,000, and three weeks later Presi-dent Coolldge pinned on his breast the Congressional Medal of Honor. In Muy he became connected with an air transport company. Late In the year he flew to Mexico and was the guest there of Ambassador Morrow, which gave rise to the report that be was to marry Miss Morrow. The year saw some great events In aeronautics. First of these was Bert Hlnkler's solo flight from England to Australia In 15 days. Then In April Koehl and von Huenefeld of Germany and Fltzmnurlce of Ireland, starting ftora Dublin, made the first west-bound nonstop flight across tha At-lantic, landing on Greenly Island In the Straits of Belle Isle. Capt. G. H. Wllkins and Carl B. Ellson mads a remarkable flight across the Arctic regions from Point Barrow to Spits-bergen In April. The monoplane South-ern Cross with a crew of four flew from Oakland, Calif., to Australia with stops at Hawaii and the FIJI Islands; and two Italian aviators flew from Rome to Brazil. In June Amelia Earhort and two pilots flew from New Foundland to Wales. Art Goebel flew from Los Angeles to New York with-out stop In IS hours 53 minutes, and Tucker and Collyer made the same flight In the other direction in 24 hours 51 minutes. Soon afterwards these two airmen were killed when their plane crashed In Arizona. An-other great achievement was the flight of the huge German dirigible Graf Zeppelin from Frledrlchschafen, Ger-many, to Lakehurst N. J carrying malls, freight and paying passengers, and her safe return. Tragedies of the air were numer-ous, the most spectacular being the loss of the airship Italia on which Commander Noblle of Italy and a large party were exploring the Arctic re-- glons from Spltzbergen. The dirigible fell on the Ice floes and some of the tls was consoled with the nomination for Vice President Mr. Hoover select-ed Secretary of the Interior Robert C Work for chairman of the national committee, and the campaign work wes promptly organized. The Democrats met In national con-vention In Houston, Texas, on June 26, and from that moment there was n't doubt of Smith's victory. The south-ern Democrats, however, being nearly ait dry and Protestant, made such fight as they could, end on June 28 accepted the nomination of Smith on the first ballot with wry faces. The enthusiasm of the governor's support-ers was such that there were many assertions that the party would stand solidly behind him. How wrong the prediction was Is known to all. It took only one ballot for the conven-tion to choose Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas as Smith's running mate. He was the first resident below the Mnsou and Dixon line since the Civil war to be named on a Presidential ticket by either of the major parties, aud his selection was regarded as s wise, strategic move, Coveruor Smith, on receiving word of his nomination, rath-er upse' O convention by a telegram in wb ie declared he had not changed ms opposition to the present prohibition Jaws and methods of their enforcement John J. Raskob, chair-man of the finance committee of the General Motors corporation, was made Democratic national chairman, and un-der his leadership the party, for the first time In many long years, obtained ample funds for the campaign. Both candidates made several speak-ing tours, and for the first time rudio was used extensively In the campaign. The people were thoroughly aroused, and the religious Issue, though depre-cated by the leaders of both parties, would not down. It and also the pro-hibition Issue cut both ways. In the middle western and western states the question of farm relief was played up, but In the end It was overshad-owed by the fact that the country In general wns exceedingly prosperous, and the voters did not care to make an experimental change. Nor did most of them relish the Idea of entrusting the government to a Tammany man and his friends. All In all, the pros-perity Issue probably was the deciding factor. V ' EOWARO W. PICKARD ' Herbert Hoover was the domlnat " tag flgurs) of the year VfJS in the v'tr United States. This by reason of bis Jr sweeping victory In the Presidential election at the close of the most to-- , terestlng campulgn the country had j. ' bad In many years, and his "good will" tour of the Latin American re-publics. UnMl the verdict of the polls was rendered, Mr. Hoover's rival for the Presldeucy, Gov. Al Smith of New fork, was almost equally In the public eye and the pub lie mind. Economically and financial-ly the country enjoyed a prosperity that has seldom been equalled. Dot withstanding the fuct that the prob-lem of relieving the troubles of the agriculturists remained unsolved Internationally, the outstanding event of the yeur was the putting for ward of the Kellogg Diu.'tl-latera- l treaty to outlaw war and Its signature In Paris by nearly all the civilized nations of the world Ef-- ' forts to accomplish a reduction of armaments, made by the League of Nations and by various statesmen, had no definite results, but the Kel logg pact was looked on by most peo-ple as a real step toward world peuce The tenth anniversary of the armis tlce found the questions of German reparations still unsettled but the governments most concerned were about to opeu a conference for the purpose of determining finally what and how the Germans must pay. The close of the year also saw steps be-ing taken by President Coolldge's ad ministration for the reopening of the question of American adherence to the world court In the hope that the European nations might accept the American reservations. In the Far East China provided much of the Interest and to the relief of the world Its Internecine warfare was ended wltb the victory of the Nationalists. Japan furnished a spec--, tacular Incident In the formal coro--; nation of Emperor Illrolillo. Latin America was rather more peaceful than usual, with (he excep-tion of Nicaragua, and In that re-public the American marines and dip-lomats succeeded In bringing an end A .1.. nt.rtl . .1 I ..I . I about The terms of the agreement were not fully revealed, but It wm soon discovered that they provided that Great Britain should have nil (he light cruisers, destroyers and sub marines of 000 torts or less that she desired; that capital ships of the size and armament needed by the United States were to be limited, and that, turning to land forces, a rent Britain agreed to abandon her opposition to the principle of conscription, which would enable France to maintain the largest army on the continent. A storm of disapproval broke out 'not only In America but also In England and France, and the statesmen who had negotiated the agreement were denounced for their stupidity, for It was Immediately evident that the United States would not countenance ,such nn arrangement Our govern-ment was not slow to express for-mally Its rejection, and Italy followed suit The result was that the agree-ment was disavowed and abandoned. Evacuation of the Rhlnelund and the fixing of the total of the repnra-tlon- s obligations was still Insisted on by Germany. By the terms of the Dnwes agreement she was paying large sums regularly on account, but the time when the payments should end was coming no nearer. The al-lies at lust recognized this Intoler-able situation and In November It was agreed that a congress of ex-perts should be convened to revise the Dawes plan and try to fix the total reparations. France persisted In the Idea that the question of rep-arations should be tied up with that of her war debt to the United States but Washington made It plain that this could not be. John Bussett Mdore, American, re-signed on April 28 as a member of the permanent court of International Justice, commonly known as the world court Most of the national groups nominated Charles Evans Hughes to succeed him, and the as-sembly and council of the League of Notions overwhelmingly confirmed the choice on September 8. FOREIGN Grant rtrttnln nnranurt tha won alleDlst; John A. Dlx, former gover-nor of New York ; E. M. Statler, hotel owner; Floyd Bennett, famous avi-ator; Archbishop Mora y del Rio of Mexico; Baron Peter Wraogel, leader of "White" Russians. In May: Congressmen T. O. Sweet of New fork and T. S. Butler of Pennsylvania; Sir Edmund Gosse of England and Bessie Van Vorst of America, authors; Allan Dale, dra-matic critic; Prot Hldeyo NoguchI and Dr. W. A. Young of the Rocke-feller Institute ; Herschel Jones of Min-neapolis and E. B. Piper of Portland, Ore., Journalists; Dr. Edgar F. Smith of Philadelphia, eminent chemist; Federal Judge W. II. Sanborn of St Paul; William D. Haywood, former L VV. W. chief, in Moscow. In June: Uolbruok Bllnn, Robert B. Muntell, Leo Dltrlcbsteln and John Dooley, actors, and Avery Uopwood, pluywrlght ; John D. Work, former sen-ator from California; Federal Judge Adam C. Cllffe of Sycamore, 111.; E. T. The American people, men and wom-en, went to the polls on November 0 In unprecedented numbers, and when their ballots had been cast Hoover and Curtis carried forty states with a to-tal of 444 electoral votes, and Smith and Robinson had carried eight stutes. with 87 votes In the electoral college. Hoover's majority exceeded even tht of Wilson In 1912. Moreover, he smashed the solid South, winning Florida, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas. Smith's states were Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Rhode Island and South Carolina. Lie failed to carry New York, though Franklin Roosevelt (Dera.) was elect-ed governor of that state. When the popular vote was considered, the de-feat 'of Smith did not seem so humili-ating. The total vote cast was ap-proximately 35,000,000, and of these Smith received about 15,000,000. The Republicans made Important gains In both houses of congress, so that Mr. Hoover Is assured of legis-lative support for his measures for at least two yenrs. Three more women were elected members of the lower house, bringing the total to seven. The only Socialist In congress. Represen-tative Berger of Wisconsin, was de-feated. Oscar De Priest, who ran as a Republican In Illinois, was the first negro elected to the house In thirty-fiv- e years. , men were carried away with the bal-loon part and never found. Others, with Noblle, were rescued after many attempts by airplanes aud Icebreaklng steamers. Capt Ronld Amundsen, the famous polar explorer, was among those who attempted to reach, the survivors by airplane, and he and his five companions perished In the Icy wastes. In March Capt. Waller HInch-cllff-and Miss Elsie Mackay of Eng-land attempted the western flight across the Atlantic and were lost at sea. Captain Carrunza of Mexico, who had made a nonstop flight from Mexico City to New York, was caught in an electric storm as he started home aud perished In New Jersey. Capt G T. Courtney and three com-panions, flying from the Azores to America, were forced down In but were picked up by a steam-ship, and the same thing happened to two Polish aviators who started from Paris. Hassell and Cramer of Rockford. Hi., dew to Cochrane, Ont.. and thence started for Stockholm via Greenland. They reached their first stopping place, Mount Evans, but their plane was too crippled to continue. In October Com. H. C MacDonnld, Eng-lish aviator, undertook to fly from Newfoundland to England alone In a small plane and was lost at stfa. A novelty that may be promising was the gyroscope plane, Invented by a Spaniard, In which he flew across the English channel, rising and des- - Meredlth, former secretary of agricul-ture; Senator Frank R. Gooding of Idaho; Doun Byrne, Irish American novelist ; Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, Swed-ish explorer; J. R. Bone, editor To-ronto Daily Star; Mrs. Emetine Pank-liurs- t, English suffragist; Marshal Chang Tso-lln- , Manchurian leader; General Swlnehort American soldier of fortune. In July: Cnpt Alfred Lowensteln, Belgian capitalist; Howard Elliot railroad executive; G. E. Chamberlain, former senator from Oregon ; Congress-man U. R. Rathboue of Illinois; Ellen Terry, English actress; D. O. Davles, director of Field museum, Chicago; Giovanni GtolittI, Italian statesman ; Dr. George Colvln, president Unlver slty of Louisville; Rear Admiral W. M. Folger, retired; Federal Judge D. C. Westerhaver of Cleveland ; T. B. Walk-er, wealthy Minneapolis lumberman and art patron. In August: George E. Brennan, Illi-nois Democratic leader; George K. Morris, New York Republican leader; Col. George B. Harvey, publicist ; Con-gressman L. A. Frotbinghatn of Massa-chusetts; Gov. A. R. Sorlle of North Dakota; Maude Granger, actress; Gil Robinson, circus man; D. M. Delmas, noted San Francisco attorney; J. B. Lauglilln, steel magnate; Viscount Hal-dan- British statesman ; Marshal Enille Fayolle, noted French strategist ; Mury Garrett Hay, suffragist. v ma it,, nunuiv nuu iu &iyuim me little republic a real election of a President INTERNATIONAL Early In January President Cool Idge created a precedent by Journey Ing to Havana, Cuba, to attend opening of the confer ence and to deliver an address before that body. Ha returned at once leav Ing the Interests of the United States In the able hands of Charles Evans Hughes aud his fellow delegates. At the Instance of Mexico It was decided that the nnlon should not have power to conlsder political questions, though some of the delegates tried earnestly to make It virtually an American league of nntlons. Honorio Pueyrre-don- , head of the Argentina delega-tion, Insisted that the union adopt a declaration agulnst the maintenance of tariff walls between the American republics, and when Mr. Hughes would not listen to this and It was turned down by the conference. Tueyrredon resigned both from his delegation and as ambassador to AVnshlngton. Before this occurred he and many others found occasion to denounce Intervention by one nation In the Internal affairs of another, the attack of course being aimed at the policy of the United States in the case of Nicaragua.. As It was evident that a resolution embodying these vfpaft pntllrl nnt ha nrr(ut ,.n..ntn,.... tenor of Its way, but was not In good economic condition. The great num-ber of the unemployed, especially in the mining districts, led the govern-ment to try the experiment of help Ing many men to migrate to Canada and Australia to engage In agricul-tural work. This was successful to a limited extent but did not especially please the dominions. Early In the year parliament passed the women's franchise measure, known as the "flappers' bill," and thus about five million more women were given the vote. During the session of parlia-ment the house rejected the prayer book revision proposed by the author-ities of the Church of England; and Churchill Introduced a spectacular budgetary scheme for reforming local government and relieving Industrial depression. J. H. Whitley resigned as speaker and Capt E. A. FItzroy was elected to succeed him. Attacks on the metropolitan police led to a parliamentary Investigation and to the appointment of Lord Ryng as commissioner. King George contracted Inflamma-tion of the lungs late In November and his condition became so alarm-ing that the prince of Wales and his brother, the duke of Gloucester, hur-rledl- y returned from a hunting trip In Africa. His majesty appointed a royal commission, headed by the queen, to act for him during his Ill- - noted by a young native named Toral. The crime created a great sensation and the trial of the murderer and his alleged accomplices was watched with Immense Interest In November Toral was convicted and condemned to death, and a nun, Mother Concepclon, who was accused of being the "Intel-lectual author" of the crime, was con-demned to twenty years In prison. It was up to the national assembly to choose a Provisional President to serve fourteen months from Pecember 1, and, President Calles refusing the lob, It was given to Emlllo Portes Gil. The government showed rather more leniency toward the Catholics than In the previous year, and on September 17 It ordered all churches reopened. While American murines were try-ing quite successfully to pacify Nica-ragua and quite unsuccessfully to catch Sandlno, the rebel chieftain, Brig. Gen. Frank McCoy as the head of an American electoral commission was arranging for an honest and Im-partial Presidential election. This was authorized by a decree of President Dlnz. The voters were properly reg-istered In advance, and , when they went to the polls on November 4 each man was required to dip his thumb In a stain to prevent repeating. The election was carried off peaceably and resulted In the choice of Gen. Jose Maria Moncada, the Liberal candidate. His majority over Adolfo Penard. Con-servative, was about 20.000. Two weeks after the election Mr. Hoover sailed from San Pedro, Calif., on a good will tour of the republics of Central and South America that was to last about two months, and he an-nounced that he would not select his cabinet until after his return. On his trip he was received everywhere with enthusiasm by the officials and peo-ple of the countries visited, and It was believed the tour would do much to cement the friendly relations between the Latin American nations and the United States. Legislation for naval construction, flood control and farm relief occupied much time In congress from the first of the year. The first, as finally passed, provided for the construction of fifteen cruisers and one plane car-rier and carried $:!C4,000,0(X. In the matter of flood control President Cool-ldge Insisted that the states especially Interested mutt share the cost, and the measure adopted recognized this principle and appropriated $325,000,000 for the work. The President was equally Insistent against the McNary-Uauge- n farm relief measure and when both bouses passed it he vetoed It. Another major piece of legislation was the finance bill which reduced tuxes more than $200,000,000. The Boulder Canyon dum project, so dear to Cali-fornia, was the subject of a long and bitter fight. The house passed the bill, but when congress adjourned on May 29 It was left as unfinished business In the senate. Congress assembled for the short term on December 3 with small prospect of passing any Important measures except the necessary supply bills. The Republicans decided that the matter of tariff revision should he taken up early In January, but It was virtually agreed upon that this and farm relief should be passed on to s cending almost vertically. Marking the twenty-fift- h anni-versary of the first flight of the Wright brothers, an International civ II aviation conference opened In Washington on December 12 with 40 nntlons represented. Orvllle Wright was the guest of honor and Charles Lindbergh was presented with the Harmon medal awarded by the In tcrnatlonal League of Aviators. DISASTERS No disasters comparuble to the Mis-sissippi floods afflicted the United Stutes In 1923, but southern Florida was swept by another tropical storm In September thut killed 2.2M) per-sons and did vast property damage. The same storm already had ravaged the Antilles, the losses In Porto Rico being especially heavy. A sensational event In November was the sinning of the steamship Vestris off the Vir-ginia capes with the loss of HI lives. Of other disasters the worst were: In January: Russian steamer foun-dered In the Black sea, 200 being drowned ; mine explosion at West Frunkfort, Tenn., killed 21. In Feb-ruary: Twelve killed by oil refinery explosion In Everett Mass.; fire in tlolllnger gold mine at Tlmmlns, Out., killed 39 In March: Landslide in Santos, Brazil, killed 200: San Kran-cisqult-o dam near Los Angeles broke and 4.'56 were drowned; destructive earthquakes In Italy and at Smyrna with many deaths. In April: Earth-quakes In the Balkans, In Greece md In Peru fatal to many. In May: Mine explosion at Mather, l'enn killed 198. In June: One hundred perished In a tornado In Oklahoma. !n July: Three hundred drowned when s Chilean transport sank ; Llbog, In the Philip-pines, destroyed by volcanic eruption In September: Maurice RoknnowskI, French cabinet member; Rear Admiral G. F. Winslow, retired; Bishop J. C. Hartzell of Cincinnati ; Urban Shocker, baseball pitcher; Lincoln Eyre, Ameri-can war correspondent; Roy K. Moui-to-humorist ; R. F. Outcault, comic artist; Brig. Gen. W. N. Bixby; E. A. Stllwell, railroad man ; Sir Horace Dar-win, scientist In October : C. W. Barron, editor of Wall Street Journal; George Beban and Larry Semon, motion picture stars; A. F. Seested, publisher of Kan-sas City Star; W. J. Flynn, former chief of U. S. secret service; Ben-jamin Strong, governor of New York Federal Reserve bank; Robert Lan-sing, former secretary of state; George Barr McCutcheon and Frances New-man, novelists; Re?. R. A. Torrey, evangelist; Sir Frank Dlcksee. English artist; Dowager Empress Marie of Russia ; Brig. Gen. F. It McQuigg, for-mer commander of American Legion. In November: Dr. Frank Crane and Eliza Scidmore, American writers; Prof. T. G Chamberlln of University of Chicago, noted geologist; Dr. John Harding, father of late President Hard-ing; Congressman W, A, Oldfield of Arkansas; G. H. Jones, chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey; Thomas F. Ryan, New York financier; Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher, retired; Gen. Baron Jacques, Belgian commander In World war; Admiral Scheer, of German Sect in battle of Jutland. In December: Henry A. Uaugen, Chicago banker; Lord Tennyson, son of the poet; Ezra Meeker, Inst of the Oregon Trail pioneers; Miss Alice Longfellow, daughter of the Ameri-can poet; James A. Patten, Chicago financier; Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war. Theodore Roberts, actor. ( bj Western Newspaper Union.) ly, further discussion of the subject was referred to the seventh confer ence. Definite results of the session were: The acceptance by twenty states of a code of private Interna-tional law; adoption of resolutions that disputes of a Juridical nature be submitted to arbitration, that ag-gressive war be ouWawed and the republics of America committed to the use of peaceable means for the settlement of all disputes between them; the beginning of the codifica-tion of International law; the signing of a convention on commercial avia-tion, and the putting Into full effect of the sanitary code In December there was a serious threat of warfare between Bolivia and Paraguay over the dlsputeo Orao Chaco region. At the same time a conference on concilia tlon and arbitration opened In Wash Ington, and Its first efforts were dl rccted toward averting this outbreak of hostilities. The council of the League of Nations also urged the two republics to settle their quarrel with out resort to arms. On February 6, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the sign Ing of the first treaty between he United States and France, the two nations signed a new arbitration pact, binding each party not to go to war .Vwith the other. The American gov " emment at the time suggested that a hotter way would be to unite the of the two powers to obtain . , ef all the principal pow t. era .of 'the worl to a declaration de , rumg Wftr. ns 'an Instrument of their national' " ,ty fMicy. was the inception , of the multlhiteral treaty which Swrernry of State KcHogg 1st r prnjio?ed to the chief powers . pne by one the nations accepted the plan v v In principle, some of them with res Dr. Randall Thomas Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury and primnte of England, created a precedent by resigning. In July, and Dr. Cosmo Lang, archbishop of York, was ap-pointed to the place. The earl of Birkenhead resigned as secretary of stute for India and was succeeded by Viscount Peel. On February 1 James McNeill was Installed as governor general of the Irish Free State, Per haps the most Interesting event In the empire, outside of Great Britain, was the decisive defeat of prohibition In New South Wales and Canberra, the federal district of Australia, In November the South African cabinet of Premier Hertzog resigned and be formed a new government France, as alweys, devoted an enormous amount of attention to . Premier Polncore held power throughout the year. In the elections on April 22 he won s decided victory, and when he resigned In November he was persuaded to retain office and form a new ministry. The radical socialists were recalcitrant and Poln care left them out fit his government. The tenth anniversary found France In a gratifying state of rehabilita-tion. Most of the farm homes and buildings had been rebuilt, the flooded coal mines had been restored to pro-duction and factories had been re-stored and all were busy. The franc had been stabilized and the foreign trade showed a lurge Increase Un-employment was almost noicxlstent. The communists created d'a'.urb-ance- s during the summer In Limoges, Troyes and Ivry but were effectually suppressed. Several Alsatian auton-omists were convlofed In May and sentenced to prison, but President Doumergue purdoned them. Scandals attending the granting of divorces by the Paris courts to Americans led to Dr. Vlncente Colindres was elected President of Honduras, and President Machada of Cuba wos On October 12 Dr. Hipollto Irlgoyen was Inaugurated President of Argentina. He Is over seventy years of age, has been In public life for forty years and Is deeply beloved by the masses of the Argentine people. Don Florenclo Arosemena was elected to the Presi-dency of Punama and was Inaugurated on October 2, and Dr. Jose Gugglarl was chosen President of Paraguay. INDUSTRIAL America's prosperity was reflected In the unprecedented business dont-b-the tock, exchanges and the enor-mous Increases in the value of securi-ties. During the summer the strikes of coal miners In the bituminous fields were settled, and In July the United Mine Workers of America abundoned the Jacksonville scale as a basis for wage agreements. In the anthracite fields the deplorable conditions re-mained practically unchanged. Merg-ers of lurge banks and of automobile manufacturing companies were com-pleted. Trainmen on western rail-roads threatened to strike for more pay and changed rules, but after the federal mediators failed to settle the dispute President Coolldge named a board to handle the matter and the men were awarded a wage Increase of Cl4 per cent The American Federa-tion of Lalior held Its annual meet-ing In New Orleans In November and declared war on the displacement of workmen by machinery. DOMESTIC Nothing else was so Interesting to the people of the United States as the business of selecting their next Presl- - HIS LAST QUESTION The tourist guide was getting tired. He had to answer too many dumb questions. And Just where did you say tbij boulder cams from?" Inquired oue numbskull. The guide politely replied that a glacier brought It down. Then op spoke the Inquisitive one again: "And where did the glacier go?" "Aw," said the guide, '"It went back j after onother boulder." WORST THING ABOUT HER ESSS- "What la the worst thing about her?" "Thot Insignificant little Tercy Salpp who Is always at her side." Individual Efficiency "Efficiency'' reward tnuit win, As life goes on, through thick and thin, For any man with courage blest Who goes ahead and doea bla best No Credit . "Rufus, aren't you feeling well?" "Nossuh, oh suah ain't" "Have you consulted your doctor?" "Nossuh, and Ah ain't gwlne to." "What's the trouble? Aren't you willing to trust him?" "Oh, yassuh, but de trouble Is dat he ain't altogether wlllin' to trust me." Mi's Chameleon First Merchant I have a bookky " " er in my office who has gone gruyL my service. I Second Merchant That's nothll old lad. Miss Smith there has eJk brown, blonde and Titian red In mjw service. London Passing Show. g Thete Girls Murle Hello, Jane. Jane Oh, 1 Just yesterday heard of your marriage. I hope I'm nut too late to congratulate you. One Not Often Accepted "Pa. what Is a standing Invitation?" "The look a Ired woman gives fit young man who Is sitting down In the street car, son." LEAD UNNECESSARY Wlfie George, there's a burglar in the pantry eating my pies, I do be-lieve. Hubby Do you think so? Then It wont" be necessary for me to give hlra s dose of lead. .. Happy Hutrlon A statesman has to take a chance In speaking tor a cause. The kid who doea a aong and dance Ea sure of bla applause. Not a Timor ou Girl Lady (engaging maid) Regarding your evening out, I'm quite prepared to meet you half way. Maid That'll be all right ma'am; I ain't a bit worried o' coming home In the dark. Gathering Hit Own Constable How did you come by that pot of honey? - Tramp Well, I admit I don't keep bees, but wot's to stop a bloke squeez-ln- ' It out of the flowers hlsrelf ? Now, Youngster Ardent Swain The first time I looked into your eyes you set my pulses racing. Little Brother (breaking cover) I say, Mr. Jones, which of them on? Passing Show. 4 Heap Big Chief Stranger So you are the posttn ter, storekeeper. Justice of the peace and constable of this town. Native Yasslr I You might sny I'm the Mussolini of Buckeye Corner. How True, How True! Floor Walker (to Impatient custom-er, leaving) Can't you get waited on. madam? Madam No. I'm afraid I came an unfortunate time; your salesladit-- t are In conference. No Good at Catching Flies Baseball Scribe-Ho- w's that new outfielder you got? Manager of the Team Well, ever will mistake him for sticky tly paper. |