The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 January 1929 — Page 6

NEWS RECORD OF THE YEAR 1928 Summary of the Notable Events of the Twelve Months in America and Abroad. HOOVER’S BIG VICTORY Republicans Sweep the Country in the « Presidential Election—Kellogg Treaty to Outlaw War Signed by Nearly All Nations— China Won by the Nation* alists—Germany and the Reparations. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Herbert Hoover was the Uouiinat Iny figure ot tlie year 1928 in the United States. This by reason of his sweeping victory in tlie Presidential election at the close of the most in terestiug campaign the country had had in many years, and his “good .will” tour of tlie Latin American republics. Until the verdict of the polls was ’ rendered. Mr. Hoover's rival for the Presidency, Gov. Al Smith of New York, was almost equally in the public eye and the pub lie mind. Economically and financial l.v the eouutry enjoyed a prosperity that has seldom been equalled, not withstanding tlie fact that the prob lem of relieving the troubles ot the agriculturists remained unsolved Internationally, the outstanding event of tlie year was the putting for ward of the so-called Kellogg -multilateral treaty to outlaw war and its signature in Paris by nearly all the civilized nations of the world Efforts to accomplish a reduction of armaments, made by the League of Nations and by various statesmen, had no definite results, but tlie Kei logs pact was looked on by most pen pie as a real step toward world peace The tenth annfversary of the armis tire found the questions of German reparations still unsettled hut the governments most concerned were "bout to open a conference for the purpose of determining finally what *and how the Germans must pay. The close of the year also saw steps being taken by President Coolidges 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 with the victory of the Nationalists. Japan furnished a spectacular incident in the formal coronation of Emperor Hirohito. Latin America was rather more peaceful than usual, with the exception of Nicaragua, and in that republic the American marines and diplomats succeeded in bringing an end to the civil warfare and in giving the little republic a real election of a President INTERNATIONAL Early in January President Coolidge created a precedent by journeying to Havana. Cuba, to attend the opening of the Pan-American conference and to deliver an address before that body. He returned at once leaving the interests of the United States in the able hands of Charles Evans Hughes and his fellow delegates. At the instance of Mexico it was decided that the union should not have power to conisder political questions, though some of the delegates tried earnestly to make it virtually an American league of nations. Honorio Pueyrredon. head of the Argentina delegation, insisted that the union adopt a declaration against the maintenance of tariff walls between the American republics, and when Mr. Hughes would not listen to- this and it was t :rned down by the conference. Pueyrredon resigned both from his delegation and as ambassador to Washington. 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 Nicaragua. As it was evident that a resolution embodying these views could not be carried unanimously, further discussion of the subject was referred to the seventh conference. Definite results of the session were: The acceptance by twenty states of a code of private international law; adoption of resolutions that disputes of a juridical nature be submitted to arbitration, that aggressive war be outlawed and the republics of America committed to the use of peaceable means for the settlement of all disputes between them; the beginning of the codification of international law; the signing of a convention on commercial aviation, and the putting into full effect of the Pan-American sanitary code. In December there was a serious threat of warfare between Bolivia mid Paraguay over the disputed Oran 1 'haco region. At the same time a pah-Amertcan conference on conciliation and arbitration opened in Wash Ington. and its first efforts were di reefed toward averting this outbreak ot hostilities. The council of the League ot Nations also urged the two* republics to settle their quarrel without resort to arms. On February 6. the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the first treaty between the United States and France, the two nations signed a new arbitration pact. . binding each party not to go to war with the other. The American government at the time suggested that B better way would be to unite the efforts of the two powers to obtain th» adhesion of all the principal pow era of the world to a declaration denouncing war as an instrument of their national policy. This was the inception of the multilateral treaty * which Secretary of State Kellogg lat- " er proposed to the chief powers One by one the nations accepted the plan in principle, somt of them with res

ervations. and finally the pact was drawn up to suit all. France there upon Invited fourteen other nations to send representatives to Parijj to sign the treaty. All responded, and on August 27 the ceremony was oer formed The pact was left ojien for the adhesion of other nations and within a few weeks most of the gov ernments of the civilized world had accepted it. Promising as this movement toward general |ieace seemed, it was regarded hy certain elements In some countries, especially the United States and Italy, with cynl cal derision. Approval by the American senate is necessary to give it effect, and some of the senators were known to be opposed to It. Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee, however, gave the treaty his warm indorsement. Great Britain and France an nounced on July 30 that they had readied an agreement that would be a basis for negotiating the reduction of naval armaments—which the Unit ed States had vainly sought to bring about. The terms of the agreement were not fully revealed, but it was soon discovered that they provided that Great Britain should have all the light cruisers, destroyers and sub marines of 600 tons 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. Great Britain agreed to abandon her opposition to the principle of conscription, which would enable France to maintain the largest army on tlie 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 an arrangement. Our government was not slow to express formally its rejection, and Italy followed suit. The result was that the agreement was disavowed and abandoned. Evacuation of the Rhineland and the fixing of the total of the reparations obligations was still insisted on hy Germany. By the terms of the Dawes agreement she was paying large sums regularly on account, hut the time when the payments should end was coming no nearer. The allies at last recognized this intolerable situation and in November it was agreed that a congress of experts 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 he tied up with that of her war debt to the United States but Washington made it plain that this could not be. John Bassett Moore. American, resigned 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 assembly and council of the League of Nations overwhelmingly confirmed the choice on September 8. FOREIGN Great Britain pursued the even tenor of its way, but was not in good economic condition. The great num her of the unemployed, especially in the mining districts, led the government to try the experiment of help ing many men to migrate to Canada and Australia to engage in agricultural work. This was successful to a limited extent but did not especially please the dominions. Early in the year parliament passed the womens franchise measure, known as the “flappers’ bill.’’ and thus about five million more women were given the vote. During the session of parliament the house rejected the prayer book revision proposed by the authorities 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 Byng as commissioner. King George contracted Inflammation of the lungs late in November and his condition became so alarming that the prince of Wales and his brother, the duke of Gloucester, hurriedly returned from a hunting trip in Africa.. His majesty appointed a royal commission, headed by the queen, to act for him during his illness. Dr. Randall Thomas Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury and primate of England, created a precedent by resigning, in July, and Dr. Cosmo Lang, archbishop of York, was appointed to the place. The earl of Birkenhead resigned as secretary of state for India and was succeeded by Viscount Peel. On February 1 James McNeill was installed as governor general of the Irish Free State. Perhaps 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 Anstralia. In November the South African cabinet of Premier Hertzog resigned and he formed a new government. France, as always, devoted an enormous amount of attention to politics. Premier Poincare held power throughout the year. In the elections on April 22 he won a 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 Poin care left them out of his government. The tenth anniversary found France in a gratifying state of rehabilitation. Most of the farm homes and buildings had been rebuilt, the flooded coal mines had been restored to pro duction and factories had been restored and all were busy. The franchad been stabilized and the foreign trade showed a large increase Unemployment was almost nonexistent. Tlie communists created disturbances during the summer in Limoges. Troyes and Ivry but were effectually suppressed. Several Alsatian auton omists were convicted in May and sentenced to prison, but President Doumergue pardoned them. Scandals attending the granting of divorces by the Paris courts to Americans led to

i reforms In the procedure of those tribunals. i Germany, laboring under the burden > of the reparations payments, was said by her ambassador to Washington to be distinctly on the upgrade. This notwithstanding rather unfavorable business conditions and an increase in the oumhei of unemployed. * I With Premier Mussolini still its dictator. Italy seemed to De muking steady progress, and the supremacy of the Fascist party was confirmed and strengthened. Tlie duce put into full effect his plan for reorganization of the government to put practically all power in the hands of the grand coun oil, accomplished monetary reform and put through a law for his pet scheme of land reclamation and utilization Rumania was torn by dissension, the Peasant party demanding a share in the government. Finally the revolt grew so serious that Premier Bratiano was forced by the regency ,o resign and Juliu Maniu. leader of the peasants, came into power as head of a coalition government. Ahmed Zogu, the handsome young dictator of Albania, decided that his country should have a king and promoted himself to thgt position, taking the title of Seanderbeg 111. Soviet Russia’s rulers have not yet solved the great issue of how tp reconcile the conflicting Interests hf the Industrial and the agrarian sections of the population, and during tlie year there were sporadic revolts of tlie peasants, without result. The government continued its earnest efforts to enlist financial aid from abroad, and one of its successes was the completion of a contract with the International General Electric company of New York for the purchase of $25,000,000 worth of electric equipment in this country. Tlie exploitation ol the country’s rich oil resources was carried od energetically. The rules governing concessions to foreign j business interests were radically modified In September. Generally speaking, Russia was in a healthier condition than at any time since the revolution. Victory of,the Chinese Nationalists was won after long and hard fighting and despite tlie opposition of Japan. Marshal Chang Tso-lin, Manchurian war lord, was forced to abandon Peking on June 3, and on his way to Mukden his train was bombed and he was fatally injured. The Nationalists established a complete government and constituted Nanking the capital of the republic. Chiang KaiShek. their generalissimo, was elected president of the council. The name of Peking was changed to Peiping, meaning “Northern- Peace.” The United States took tlie first step toward recognition ot the new government by negotiating a treaty granting China tariff autonomy. Great Britain. Germany. France and Italy all began negotiations with the Nanking government. Japan alone holding aloof because of her claim that her old treaty with China was still in effect. Gen. Alvaro Qbregon. being the only surviving candidate for the of Mexico after the recalcitrants, had been suppressed, was elected on Juh 1. to take office on December 1. But on July 17, as he was attending a banquet in his honor, he was assassi nated 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 Concepcion, who was accused of being the “intellectual author” of the crime, was condemned to twenty years in prison. It - was up- to the national assembly so choose a Provisional President to serve fourteen months from December 1. and. President Calles refusing the ioh, it was given to Emilio 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 marines were trying quite successfully to pacify Nicaragua and quite unsuccessfully to catch Sandino, the rebel chieftain. Brig. Gen. Frank McCoy as the head of an American electoral commission was arranging for an honest and impartial Presidential election. This was authorized hy a decree of President Diaz. The voters were properly registered 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 1 election was carried off peaceably and resulted in the choice of Gen. Jose Maria Monoada, the Liberal candidate. His majority over Adolfo Benard. Conservative. was about 20.000. 1 Dr. Vincente Colindres was elected President of Honduras, and President Maehada of Cuba was re-elected. On October 12 Dr. Hipolito Irigoyen 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 Fiorencio Arosemena was elected to the Presidency of Panama and was inaugurated on October 2, and Dr. Jose Gnggiari was chosen President of Paraguay. INDUSTRIAL America’s prosperity was reflected in tlie unprecedented business doniby the stock exchanges and the enormous increases in the value of securities. During the summer the strikes of coal miners in the bituminous fields were settled, and in July the United Mine Workers of America abandoned the Jacksonville scale as a basis for wage agreements. In the anthracite fields the deplorable conditions remained practically unchanged. Mergers of large banks and of automobile manufacturing companies were completed. Trainmen on western railroads threatened to strike for more pay and changed rules, but after the federal mediators failed to settle the dispute President Goolidge named a board to handle the matter and the men were awarded a wage increase of 6% per cent. The American Federation of Labor 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 i business of selecting their next Presiv

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dent. The campaigning started early, and from the beginning it was tolerably apparent that Secretary of turn tuerce Herl»ert Hoover would win the Republican nomination, and that Gov. Al Smith of New York would head the I*emj>cratic ticket The G O. P na tional convention met on June 12 in Kansas Dity with the Hoover delegates strongly entrenched, the only other prominent candidates being Frank () Lowden of Illinois and Senator Charles Curtis of Kunsus. Lowden was supported by; yie leaders of farm organizations who wanted the Mc-Nary-Haugen agricultural relief bill, and they promised) that there would be a tremendous demonstration bv farmers if tlie convention did not at least adopt a platform plank to their lik ing. This mijied out to be a false alarm, and Hoover went over easily on the first ballot after the resolutions committee had fixed up a platform to rotifortn to his policies. Senator Curtis was consoled with the nomination for Vice President. Mr. Hoover selected Secretary of the Interior Robert Work for chairman of the national committee, and the campaign work was promptly organized. The Democrats met in national convention in Houston. Texas, ou June 26. and ffom that moment there was no doubt of Smith’s victory. The southern Democrats, however, being nearly all dry and Protestant, made such fight as they could, and on June 28 accepted the nomination of Smith on tlie first ballot with wry fares. 'The enthusiasm of tlie governor’s support ers was such that there were many assertions that tlie party would stand solidly behind him. How wrong the prediction was is known to all. It took only one ballot for tlie convention to choose Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas as Smith's running mate. He was the first resident below the Mason ; and Dixon line since the Civil war to ! he named on a Presidential ticket by either of the major parties, and his selection was regarded as a wise, strategic move. Governor Smith, on receiving word of his nomination, rather upset file convention by a telegram in which he declared lie had not changed his opposition to the present prohibition laws 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 speaking tours, and for the first time radio was used extensively in the campaign. The people were thoroughly aroused, and the religious issue, though deprecated hy the leaders of both parties, would no-t down. It and also the prohibition issue cut ways. In the middle western and western states the question of farm relief was played up, but in the end it was overshadowed by the fact that the country in general was exceedingly prosperous, and the voters did not care so make an experimental change. Nor did most of them relish the idea of entrusting the government to a Tammany man and his friends. AH in all, the prosperity issue probably was the deciding factor. Tlie American people, men and women, went to the polls on November 6 in unprecedented numbers, and when their ballots had been cast Hoover and Curtis carried forty states with a total of 444 electoral votes, and Smith and Robinson had carried eight states with 87 votes in the electoral college Hoover’s majority exceeded even tha> 1 of Wilson in 1012. 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. He failed to carry New York, though Franklin Roosevelt (Dem.) was elected governor of that state. When the popular vote was considered, the defeat of Smith did not seem so humiliating. The total vote cast was Bp 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 legislative support for his measures for at least two years. Three more women were elected members of the lower house, bringing the total to seven. The only Socialist in congress. Representative Berger oi Wisconsin, was defeated. Oscar De Priest, who ran as a Republican in Illinois, was the first negro elected to the house in thirtyfive years. 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 announced that he would not select his cabinet until after his return. On his trip he way received everywhere with enthusiasm by tlie officials and people 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 foi the construction of fifteen cruisers and one plane carrier and carried $364.tK)6.666. In the matter of flood control President Coolidge insisted that the states .especially aifTisf share the cost, and tlie measure adopted recognized this nrmbiplehnd appropriated s32£i<V)(Xt t oo ffer timework. The President was against the McNnryHaugen farm relief measure and when both houses passed it he vetoed it. Another major piece of legislation was the finance hill which reduced taxes more than $200,000,000. The Boulder Canyon dam project, so dear to California, was the subject of a long and hitter tight. The house passed the hill, hut when congress adjourned on May 20 it was left as unfinished business in the senate. Congress assembled for tlie short term on December 3 with small prospect of passing any important measures except tlie necessary supply bills. The Republicans decided that the matter of tariff revision should be taken up early in January, hut It was virtually agreed upon that this and farm relief should be passed on to a

special session * hich Mr. Hoover had said he would call. President Cooltdge in his message gave an account of his stewardship for five and a half years and pictured rtie state of the nation as most favorable, with pence, proslierit.v ana good ill unprecedented. The senate passed the Boulder darn bill amended to meet objections. President and Mrs. Conlhlge 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 November his engagement to Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of the governor of Connecticut, was announced The convention of the American Legion was held it, San Antonio. Texas.. in October and Paul V. McNutt was elected national commander. At the same time the United Spanish War Veterans met in Havana. Cuba, tn September the Grand Army of tlie Republic held its encampment in Denver and chose John Reese for its com-mander-in-chief. AERONAUTICS Col. diaries Lindbergh carried over into the new year witli his tour of the Latin American countries around tlie Caribbean sea. and interest in his doings was maintained through 1928. On February 29 he was award ed tlie Woodrow Wilson medal and $25,600. and three weeks later President Coolidge pinned on his breast the Congressional Medal of Honor. In May he became connected with an air transport company. Late in the year lie flew to Mexico and was the guest there of Ambassador Morrow, which gave rise to the report that he was to marry Miss Morrow The year saw some great events in aeronautics. First of these was Bert Hinkler's solo flight from England to Australia in 15 days. Then in April Koehl and von Hueuefetd of Germany and Fitzmaurice of Ireland, starting ftom Dublin, made the first westbound nonstop flight across the Atlantic. landing on Greenly island in the Straits of Belle Isle. Capt. G H. Wilkins and Carl B. Eilson made a remarkable flight across the Arctic regions from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen in April. The monoplane Southern Cross wit£ a crew of four flew from Oakland. Calif., to Australia with stops at Hawaii and the Fiji islands: and two Italian flew from Rome to Brazil. In June, Amelia Earhart and two pilots flew from New Foundland to Wales. Art Goebel flew from Los Angeles to New York without stop in 18 hours 5S 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. Another great achievement was the flight of the huge German dirigible Graf Zeppelin from Friedriehsohafen. Germany, to Lakehurst, N. J.. carrying mails, freight and paying passengers, and her safe return. Tragedies of the air were numerous, the most spectacular being the loss ot the airship Italia on which Commander Nobile of Italy and a large party were exploring the Arctic regions from Spitzbergen. The dirigible fell on the ice floes and some of the men were carried away with the balloon part and never found. Others, with Nobile, were rescued after many attempts by airplanes and icebreaking steamers. Capt Roald Amundsen, the famous polar explorer, was among those who attempted to reach tlie survivors by airplane, and he and his five companions perisiied in tlie icy wastes. In March Capt. Walter Hinchcliffe and Miss Elsie Mackay of England attempted the western flight across the Atlantic and were lost at sea. Captain Carranza of Mexico, who had made a nonstop flight from Mexico City to New York, was caught in an electric storm as he started home and perisiied in New .Jersey. Capt. C. T. Courtney ind three companions. flying from the Azores to America, were foreet down in midocean hut were picked up by a steamship, and the same thing happened to two I‘olish aviators who started from Paris. Hassell and Cramer of Rockford. 111., flew to Cochrane, Omand thence started for Stockholm via Greenland. They reached their first stopping place. Mount Evans, hut their plane was too crippled to continue. In October Com. H. C. MacDonald. English aviator, undertook to fly from Newfoundland to England alone in a small plane and was lost at sea. A novelty that may be promising was the gyroscope plane, invented by a Spaniard, in which he flew across the English channel, rising and descending almost vertically. Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first flight of the Wright brothers, an international civ ii aviation conference opened in Washington on December 12 with 40 nations represented. Orville Wright was the guest of honor and Charles Lindbergh was presented with the Harmon medal awarded hy the in ternational League of Aviators. DISASTERS No disasters comparable to the Mississippi floods afflicted the United States in 1928. but southern Florida was swept by another tropical storm in September tta-l irH'qd 2.2 M) 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 sin King of the steamship Vestris off the- Virginia capes with the loss of 111 jivos. Os other disasters the worst- were: In January: Russian steamer foundered in the Black sea. 260 being drowned; mine explosion at West Frankfort, Tenn., killed 21. In Feb ruary: Twelve killed by oil refinery expfosion in Everett. Mass.; fire in Ilollinger gold mine at Timmins. Outkilled 39 In March: Landslide in Santos. Brazil, killed 206; San Franeisquito dam near Los Angeles broke and 436 were drowned; destructive earthquakes in Italy and at Smyrna with many deaths. In April: Earth quakes in the Balkans. In Greece and in Peru fatal<to many. In May: Mine explosion at Mather, Penn., killed 198. In June: One hundred perished In a tornado in Oklahoma. In July: Three hundred drowned when a Chilean transport sank; I.ibng. In the Philippines, destroyed by volcanic eruption

t In August: Italian submarine wa> sun in- collision. 27 men drowning In Sep temher: Theater tire in Madrid Spain was fatal to about 126 In October French submarine wits sunk hy » steamer and 43 were lost. In Xoven) her: Destructive Hoods tn Missouri and Kansas; terrible storms on th*Atlantic coast of Europe and on the Black sea. resulting, in the loss of muny lives. In Itecwuher: An earth (ptake in southern Peru wrecked several towns and killed about. 200 per sons. NECROLOGY Among tlie well-known persons taken by death were the following: In January: Loie Fuller* dancer; Emily istevens and Dorothy Donnelly, actresses, Marvin Hughitt. railroad builder; Thomas Hardy and Vicente Bktsco Ibanez, novelists; Louis Post, i’alcott Williams and Arthur Clarke, journalists; F. H. Stead. English editor; Earl Haig, commander in chief ot British armies in the World war. and Admiral J. M. de'Bobeck of the British navy; MaJ. Gen. G. W. Goethals. builder of the Panama canal; Rear Admiral Victor Blue. U. S. N.; Andrew MacLeish, E. L. Ryerson and VVilliam Du Pont. Commercial magnates: Count Hugo Hamilton, Swedish statesman and the earl of Warwick. In February: Herbert Asquith, earl of Oxford, former British premier; Prince Charles Lichnowsky. German diplomat; Marshal Armando Diaz. Italian commander in chief in World war; Eddie Foy, veteran comedian: E. B. Butler. Chicago millionaire merchant ; James L. Ford, author. In March: William H. Crane and Nora Bayes, actors; Rodman WanaJ maker, 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: Viscount Cave. British statesman, and Gustav Ador, ex-I’resident of Switzerland. In April: Chauncey M Depevv; Congressman J. A. Gatiivan of Boston and Martin B. Madden of Chicago; Stan A ley J. Weyruan, novelist. R. C. Carton dramatist, and Charles Sims, artist, all of England; Dr. Sanger Brown, noted alienist; John A. Dix. former governor of New York; E. M. Statler. hotel owner; Floyd Bennett, famous avi- i ator; Archbishop Mora y del Rio of J Mexico; Baron Peter Wrange!, leader j of “White” Russians. In May: Congressmen T. C. Sweet ot New York and T. S. Butler of Pennsylvania; Sir Edmund Gosse of | England and Bessie Van Vorst of | America, authors; Allan Dale, dra- j matie critic; Prof. Hideyo Noguchi and Dr. W. A. Young of the Bocke- i feller institute; Hersehel Jones of Min- ; neapoiis and E. B. Piper of Portland, i Ore., journalists; Dr. Edgar F. Smith of Philadelphia, eminent chemist; Federal Judge W. H. Sanborn of St. Paul; William D. Haywood, former L W. W. chief, in Moscow. In June: Holbrook Biinn, Robert B. Manteil, Leo Ditrichstein anti John Dooley, actors, and Avery Hopvvood. playwright; John D. Work, former sen ator from California; Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe of Sycamore, ill.; E. T. Meredith, former secretary of agriculture; Senator Frank R. Gooding of j Idaho; Donn Byrne, Irish American ; novelist; Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, Swed isti explorer; J. R. Bone, editor To- j ronto Daily Star; Mrs. Emetine Pankhurst, English suffragist; Marshal , Chang Tso-lin. Manchurian leader: ! General Swinehart, American soldier of fortune. In July: Capt. Alfred Lowenstein. Belgian capitalist; Howard Elliot, railroad executive; G. E. Chamberlain, former senator from Oregon; < ’ongress j man H. R. Rathbone of Illinois; Ellen Terry, English actress; D. C. Davies, director of Field museum. Chicago; Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman; j Dr. George Colvin, president Univer sity 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, Illinois Democratic leader; George KMorris, New York Republican leader. Col. George B. Harvey, publicist; Congressman L. A. Frothingham of Massachusetts; Gov. A. R. Sorlie of North Dakota; Mauile Granger, actress; Gil Robinson, circus man; D. M Delmas. noted San Francisco attorney; J. B Laughlin, steel magnate; Viscount Hal dane, British statesman ; Marshal Emile Fayolle, noted French strategist; Man Garrett Hay, suffragist. In September: Maurice Bokanovvskt 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. Mou. ton, humorist; R. F. Outcault, comic artist; Brig. Gen. W. N. Bixby; E. A Stilwell. railroad man; Sir Horace Dar win, scientist. . In October; C. W. Barron, editor ot Wall Street Journal; George Behan and Larry Semon, motion picture stars; A. F Seested. publisher ot Kansas (*ity Star; W. J. Flynn, former chief of U. S. secret service; Ben jamin Strong, governor of New York Federal Reserve bank; Robert l.an sing, former secretary of state; Georg*Barr McCuteheon and Frances New man, novelists; Rev. R. A. Torrey. evangelist; Sir Frank Dicksee. English artist; Dowager Empress Marie ot Russia ; Brig. Gen F R. Metjuigg. former commander of American Legion. in November: Dr. Frank Crane and Eliza Scidmore. American writers: Prof. T.-O. Chamberlin of University of Chicago, noted geologist; Dr. John Harding, father of late President Harding; 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 Seheer. commander of German fleet ih battle of Jutland. In December:"Henry A. Haugen, Chicago banker; Lord Tennyson, son of the poet; Ezra Meeker,, last of the Oregon Trail pioneers; Miss Alice Longfellow, daughter of the American poet; James A. Patten, Chicago financier; Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war. Theodore Roberts, actor. <® by Western Newspaper Union.)

[leading radio] . PROGRAMS it—.---'--**--***-:..-*-...-, (Time given is Eastern Standard; subtract one hour for Central and two tionrs for Mountain time.) N. B. C. RED NETWORK—Jan. 13. 1:30 p. m. Peerless Reproducers. 3:00 p. m. Dr. Stephen S. Wise. „ 4:00 p. ni. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. 5:30 p. ni. Acoustican Hour. 6 :66 p. m. Stetson Parade. 7:06 p. m. Chicago Symphony Orch. 7:30 p. m. Maj. Bowes Family Party. 9:00 p. m. David Lawrence. 9:15 p. m. Atwater Kent. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 2:6*) p. ni. Roxy Stroll. 33)0 p. m. Y’oung People’s Conference. 5:30 p. ni. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. 6:30 p. m. Anglo Persians. 8:15 p. tn. Cottier’s Radio Hour. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—Jan. 14. 7:00 a. m. Tower Health Exercises. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 8:00 p. m. Firestone Tire Co. 8:30 p. tn. A and P Gypsies. 9:30 p. m. General Motors Party. . 10:30 p. m. National Grand Opera. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK ' 10:00 a. ni. Copeland Hour. 12:00 m. “Farm ami Home Hour.” 12:15 p. ni. U, S. Dept, of Agriculture. 12:30 p. m. “Farm and Home Hour.’’ 7:00 p. m. Cook’s Tours. 7:30 p. m. Roxy and His Gang. S:3O p. m. Automatic Washer —“Duo . Disc.” 9:30 p. m. Real Folks. N. B. C. RED NETWORK —Jan. 15. 7:00 a. m. Tower Health Exercises. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 4:30 p. m. Auction Bridge Games. 9:00 p.Tn. Everreadv Hour. 10:00 p. m. Clicquot Club Eskimos. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 10:00 a. m. Copeland Hour. 113)0 a. m. Forecast School of Cookery. 12:00 m. “Farm and Home Hour.” 12:15 p. m. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 12:30 p. in. “Farm and Home Hour.” 8:00 p. ni. Scaly Air Weavers. 8:30 p. m. Michelin Tire Co. Oak) Three 1 in One Theater. 9:30 p. in. Dutch Master Minstrels. 10:00 p. m. Works of Great Composers. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—Jan. 16. 7:00 a. m. Tower Health Exercises. 10:00 a. in. National Home Hour. 11:15 a. nr. Radio Household Institute. 7:30 p. m. “La Touraine Tableaux.” 1 8:00 p. m. American Mag. and Woman’s Home Companion Hr. 9:00 p. m. Ipana Troubadours. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK ! 10:00 a. tn. Copeland Hour. ; 11:00 a. ni. School of Cookery. 12:00 m. “Farm and Home Hour.” 12:15 p. m. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 12:30 p. m. “Farm and Home |iour.” 7:00 p. m. Jeddo Highlanders. 7:45 p. m. Political Situation In Washington Tonight. 8:30 p. ni. Sylvania Foresters. 9:00 p. m. Smith Brothers. 10:00 p. m. Chicago Civic Opera. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—Jan. 17. 7:00 a. m. Tower Health Exercises. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute, i 7:30 p. m. Coward Comfort Hour. 8:00 p. m. The Song Shop. | 9:00 p. m. Seiherling Singers. 10:00 p. tn. Halsey Stuart Hour. 10:30 p. m. “Iso Vis” Orchestra. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 10:00 a. m. Copeland Hour. 11:00 a. m. School of Cookery. - 12:00 m. “Farm and Home Hour.” 12:15 p. in. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 12:30 p. m. “Farm and Home Hour.” 8:30 p. ni. Champion Sparkers. 9:30 p. m. Maxwell House Hour. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—Jan. 18. 7:00 a. m. Tower Health Exercises. 10:00 a. m. National Home Hour. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 12:00 m. Teeth, Health and Happiness. “ 7:30 p. m. Happiness Candy Stores. 7:45 p. m. Market Friends. S:00 p. m. Cities Service Hour. 10:00 p. m. Stromberg Carlson Sextette. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 11:00 a. m. R. C. A. Ed. Concerts, 12:00 m. “Farm and Home, Hour.” 22:15 p. m. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 12:30 p. m. “Farm and Home Hour.” 7:00 p. ni. Great Moments in History. 7:30 p. m. Dixie’s Circus. 8:00 p. m. Interwoven Stocking Co. 9:00 p. in. Wrigley Review. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—Jan. 19. 7:00 a. m. Tower Health Exercises. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 8:00 p. m. National Orch — Damrosch. 10:00 p. m. Lucky Strike Orchestra. * N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 2:30 p. m. It. C. A. Demonstration Hr. , £1:00 p. m. f’hilco Hour. The following is ii list of stations carrying the above programs: National Broadoastins company Red Network: WEAK. New York; WEEI. Boston: WTIO. Hartford WJAK Providence: WTAG. Worcester: WPSH Portland Me.: WI.IT and WFI. Philadelphia; WRC, Washington: WGY. Schenectady: WGK. Buffalo; WCAE. Pittsburgh: WTAM and WEAK. Cleveland: WWJ Detroit: WSAI Cincinnati: WGN and WLIB. Chicago: KSD. St Louis: WOC Davenport: WHO. Des Moines: WOW Omaha: WDAP. Kansas City; WCCO-WRHM. Minnear>oTis-St. Paul: WTMJ Milwaukee: KOA Derfver: WHAS Louisville: WSM. Nashville: WMC. Memphis. WSB. Atlanta. WD«B. Charlotte; KVOO Tulsa; WFAA. Daislas: KPRC. Houston: WOAI San Antonio: WBAP Ft. Worth: WJAX. Jacksonville. Notional Broadcasting company Blue Network: WJZ. New York; WBZA. Boston: WBZ. Springfield: VVBAL. Baltimore: WHAM Rochester; KDKA. j Pittsburgh; WJR Detroit: WLW Cincinnati: KYW and WEBH. Chicago:, KWK St. Louis: WREN Kansas City: YV’CCO-WRHM. Mmneaoolis-St. Paul: j WTMJ. Milwaukee: KOA, Denver: i WHAS. Louisville: WS.M. Nashville: WMC Memphis.: WSB. Atlanta: WTB, : Charlotte: KVOO. Tulsa: WFAA Dal-j las KPRC Houston: VVOAI. San Antonio: WBAP. Ft. Worth: WVRA. Richmond WJAX. Jacksonville McNamee I* Knighted Graham McNamee/National Broadcasting company announcer, lias ac- 1 quired a title, and, for one evening, at least, was Sir Graham McNamee. In one of bis recent musical evenings, Stewart Baird, baritone-diseur, impersonated tiie famous announcer who, for the purposes of entertainment, was supposed to have visited London and been knighted by King George. The pseudo Sir Graham, played by Baird, introduced such famous entertainers as Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Law- j rence, also'impersonated by Baird.