Walkerton Independent, Volume 53, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 January 1928 — Page 2

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ology a ■1927 | ICKARD d o cz u co o the: INTERNATIONAL Jan, 2—President Diaz of Nicaragua asked United States intervention to atop Mexican aid to rebels. Jan. s—American5 —American marines and sailors landed at Corinto and entrained for Managua, capital of Nicaragua. Cantonese forces occupied British concession in Hankow; warships sent to the place. Jan. 7—United States warned Mexico not to interfere with its policy ’n Nicaragua. Radio telephone service between London and New York opened. Jan. 13 —Peru rejected Secretary Kellogg’s plan for settlement of TacnaArica dispute. Jan. 20—Mexican government accepted “in principle” proposition to arbitrate oil land dispute with United States. Jan. 26—Secretary of State Kellogg declared government's intention of defending American lives and property in China.

First British troops landed at Shanghai. Jan. 23—Great Britain indicated willingness to withdraw fi >m most British concessions in China and negotiate equal treaties. Jan. 31 —Interallied commission turned over control of German disarmament to League of Nations. Feb. I—Cantonese government refused to treat with Great Britain until military forces were withdrawn from Shanghai. Feb. 9—United States notified by three powers that its reservations on adherence to world court -.vere i it accepted. Feb. 10 —President Coolidge asked the powers to consider extending limitation of naval armament to all classes of vessels. Feb. 19; —Japan accepted Coolidge naval conference plan with reservations. Feb. 20—Sweden and Belgium signed pact never to make war on each other Feb. 21—Italy rejected Coolidge naval conference plan. Feb. 23—British government warned Russian Soviet government that relations would be severed if the latter continued its anti-British propaganda. Feb. 24—United States transport Chaumont with 1.200 marines arrived at Shanghai. Feb. 28—Great Britain accepted Coolidge proposal for naval limitation conference, with certain reservations concerning cruisers. March I—Completel—Complete American ,viaUon expedition landed in Nicaragua. March 4—Presidents Hindenberg and Coolidge talked over new cable. March 12 —Senator William H. King of Utah barred from entering Haiti by the Haitian government. March 17—United States refused European demand that new world disarmament plan include prohibition against training of men in war with gas and bacteria. March 24—United States government ordered all Americans out of interior of China. March 28—American consulates along upper Yangtse closed. April I—Preparatory disarmament conference at Geneva decided basis of limitation of military establishments should consist of fixing maximum number of effectives allowed each country and limitation of training period In conscript countries. April 4—France rejected United States Invitation to naval limitation co iference. April s—ltalys—ltaly and Hungary signed a treaty of amity and arbitration; Sweden and Austria ratified a treaty making war illegal under all circumstances. April 6—Marshal Chang raided Soviet embassy In Peking, seizing Red conspirators and documents. April 7 —President Coolidge appointed Henry L. Stimson to investigate conditions in Nicaragua. April B—United States ordered 1.500 more marines to China. April 9—Russia severed relations with the Peking government. April 11—United States. Great Britain. France, Italy and Japan presented identical demand to Canton government for apology and reparation for Nanking outrage. League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission decided agreement between French and British viewpoints was impossible. April 17—Third regiment of United States marines sailed from San Diego for China. April 28—Great Britain announced It would take independent action in China. April 29—Soviet Russian government appointed delegates to the In-

ternational economic conference in Geneva. May 3—Third Pan-American commercial conference opened in Washington. May 10—All Nicaraguans ordered to surrender arms to United States marines. May 12—English police raided Soviet trade headquarters in London and seized quantities of documents. May 16—Capt. R. B. Buchanan and Private M. A. Jackson. United States marines, killed in skirmish in Nicaragua. May 27 —Japan ordered 2.000 troops to China. May 28—United States warship on the Yangtse battled Chinese troons. May 29 —Great Britain warned Egypt the British must control Egyptian army. June 3—Ousted Russian representatives departed from London. June s—Yugo-Slavia broke off relations with Albania. June 6—Albania appealed to Lc-gue of Nations to avert war with Yugoslavia. June 7—Voikoff, Russian minister to Poland, assassinated by Russian student in Warsaw: Soviet note demanded that Polish government take full responsibility for the murder June 13—League of Nations council session opened at Geneva; Germany notified ambassadors’ council that it had destroyed forts on eastern border. June 14—Poland alarmed by Russia’s concentration of its reserves on the frontier. Dispute over control of Egyptian I army settled to satisfaction of Great I Britain. June 20—United States, Great Britain i and Japan representatives began the I Coolidge conference on naval armament limitation in Geneva, each nation i submitting a plan. June 25—United States delegates at ! Geneva firm against British proposiI tion for reducing size of battleships | and cruisers. June 28—Japanese at Geneva supported British plan for reduction of capital ships. Convention of International Chambei of Commerce opened in Stockholm. Pope Pius XI issued a warning I against spread of bolshevism through- | out the world. July 4 —King Fuad of Egypt arrived ■ in London for state visit. July 6—Japan ' sided with United States in opposing British demands as to cruisers, in the Geneva naval limitation conference. July B—Japanese troops occupied Tsinanfu and Tsingtao. Shantung province, ChinaJuly 17 —Sandino’s band of Nicaraj guan rebels attacked United States ma- ' rines at Ocotal and were routed by bombing planes, 300 being killed. ; July 19 —British delegates to Geneva 1 conference went home for consulta- ! tion. July 22—British cabinet refused to change cruiser demands made at Geneva conference. July 27—American Minister Sterling presented his credentials to Irish Free State. British delegates sent back to Geneva th instruction to stand pat on their nands. ug. 4—Naval disarmament conferat Geneva ended in complete failig. 7 —Buffalo-Fort Erie Reace ge dedicated by Vice President es, Secretary Kellogg, the Prince 'ales and Prime Minister Baldwin, g. 9—France agreed to reduce eland occupational forces. g. 17-—France and Germany signed mercial treaty. ug. 29—French Confederation of or voted to bo?'cott American “"Uen festivities because of Saccc ti execution in Massachuset' Jept. I—Council of League * >ris opened session in Genevr Germany made final paym"n‘ k

arations for third year under Dawe® plan. • Sept. 3—France accused Rakov: kv, Russian minister, of urging Freo h soldiers to revolt, and he denied tl» charges. Sept. s—Eighth assembly of League of Nations opened; Dr. A. N. Gunri, Uruguay, elected president. ^ e Pt’ Austen Chamber! m told League of Nations Great Britain would sign no more security pacts Sept 15—Canada, Cuba and Finl.it d elected to nonpermanent seats in League of Nations council. Sept. 29—Presidents Coolidge and Calles opened direct telephone line between Washington and Mexico City. Oct. s—America assessed countervailing duties on certain French and German products as result of tariff increases by those couniries. France formally demanded recall of Soviet Ambassador Rakovsky Oct. 7—Yugo-Slavia closed the BuiSyrian frontier because of raids by com it adj is. —United States Department of state approved reduction of interest on French debt. Oct. 13 Russia recalled Ambassador Rakovsky from France. "ci. I®—Lithuania asked League of Nations to intervene in its quarrel with Poland. Oct. 31—Dr. Friedrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron selected as German ambassador to the United States. Nov. 11—Armistice day observed all over the world. France and Yugo-Slavia signed a treaty which ejiraged Italy. Nov. 24—Italy and Albania made their friendship pact a military alliance as a reply to the Franco-Yugo-Slavian treaty. Russia protested against Polish activities against Lithuanian independence. Nov. 30—League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission met in Geneva; Russia proposed total disarmament within a year, which was rejected on ground that it must be preceded by international alliances guaranteeing security. Dec. s—Council of League of Nations met in Geneva Dec. 7—League of Nations council referred Poland-Lithuania quarrel to Van Blockland of Holland for a report. Dec. 10—Premiers Pilsudski of Poland and Waldemaras of Lithuania made temporary peace agreement. FOREIGN

Jan. 3—Serious communist revolt in Sumatra reported Jan. s—Premier Mussolini ordered Italian Fascists to stop acts of violence. Jan. 10—Bishop Diaz and other prelates arrested by Mexican governmin: for sedition. Jan. 11—Thousand natives massacred at Wanghihpao, China, by bandits. Jan. 16—Serious anti-Christian riot In Foochow, China. Jan. 27 —British government abolished slavery in Burma. Jan. 28—Dr. Marx formed new German cabinet, including three prominent Nationalists, and with no Socialists. Jan. 30—First Hungarian parliament since 1918 met with great pomp Mexico ordered all priests to report to government by February 10. or be outlawed. Feb. 3—Military revolution started in oporto, Portugal. Feb. 7—Portuguese revolutionary movement spread to Lisbon. with severe fighting; Oporto recovered by government troops. Feb. 9—Revolution in Portugal reported suppressed. Feb. 16 —Cantonese captured Hangchow. March I—Marshal Sun and his forces quit the defense of Shanghai and Shangtungese troops gathered there to combat the Cantonese March 4—French deputies voted to conscript capital in future wap March 9—Mexican troops executed many rebels captured in battli Mussolini wiped out all local autonomy in Cyrenaica and Tripoli. March 20—Shanghai's 'foreign citv taken by Cantonese March 23—South China Nationalists captured Nanking and Chlnkiing April 7 —President Figueroa of Chile took two months' "vacation.” turning government over to Premier Ibanez, virtual dictator April S —Gustav Semgai elected Brest dent of Latvia. April 11—Chancellor of Excheque Churchill presented new British budu et to meet deficit of IHO.oi'O.hoo April 12—Lithuanian diet dis*.’!vi and military dictatorship estabosh April 17—Japanese cabinet r April 18—Baron Tanaka am. in premier of Japan. Egyptian cabinet resigned Moderate Nationalist.- in China up new government in Nankin, April 20 —Mexican bandits in Ja attacked and burned a train, m cring about 100 persons. April 22 —Japan granted three w moratorium to banks in financial < Archbishop Mora y del Rio and : other leading Catholic prelates pelled from Mexico for fomenting bellion. April 24 — Mexican troops kflleo of bandits who committed the tr. massacre in Jalisco. April 26—Japanese banks resumes business. May 2—Premier Poincare announced plans for wall of super-forts on France's northern frontier. May 4—President Figueroa of Chile resigned. Nicaragua peace parley adjourned, after both sides agreed to disarm, return to their farms and await a regular election. President Diaz proclaimed a general amnesty May 9 —Parliament buildings at Canberra, new capital of Australia, opened by Duke of York. May 17—Vatican denounced Mussolini's charter of labor. May 22 —Ibanez elected President of Chile. June i—Toronto government began sale of bottled liquor. Premier Avarescu of Rumania resigned. June 2—Baron Cartier de Marchienne resigned as Belgian minister to United States. June s—Prince Babu Stirbey made premier of Rumania. June 9 —Russia announced execution of twenty monarchists and alleged spies of foreign governments. June 12—Russian government ordered execution of ten more alleged spies. June 16—Chang Tso-lin made himself dictator in Peking. June 21—Premier Stirbey of Rumania resigned and loan Bratiano succeeded him. June 23 —William Cosgrave reelected President of Irish Free State executive council; De Valera and his followers barred from dail eireann sot refusal to take the oath. Julv I—Canada began celebration of sixtieth anniversary of the confederation. _ July 10 —Kevin O’Higgins, vice president and minister of justice of Irish Free State, assassinated. July 15 —Communists started riotous revolt in Vienna; scores killed and wounded in battles with troops and police. President Calles of Mexico freed all Catholics imprisoned for sedition. July 17—Austrian government regained control of situation in Vienna. July 18 —Hankow and Hanyang taken by Nanking troops. July 20—King Ferdinand of Rumania died and Prince Michael, six years old, was proclaimed king under a regency. . Aug. I—Eruption of Vesuvius caused inhabitants of surrounding villages to flee. Aug. 3—Canadas war memorial at Ottawa dedicated by Prince of Wales. Aug. 11—Eamonn de Valera and forty-four other Fianna Fail party members took oath of allegiance to King George. Greek coalition cabinet resigned. Aug. 12 —Mexico excluded agitators and bolsheviks. Revolt in Portugal suppressed by government. Aug. 14 — Gen. Chang Kai-shek, leader of Nanking Nationalists of China, resigned. Sept. 13—Directorate of Spain modified into a semi-military ministry operating without a parliament. Sept. 15—Irish Free State elections gave government plurality of six votes in dail eireann. Sept. 18—President Hindenburg, at unveiling of Battle of Tannenburg memorial, repudiated Germany's war guilt. Sept. 23—Baron Ago von Maltzan, German ambassador to United State*, killed in plane crash in Germany. Sept. 25—Attempts made to bomb train of touring American Legionnaires near Nice. France. Aug. 29—Viscount Cecil resigned from British cabinet because of failure of naval limitation conference. Northern Chinese army defeated near Nanking after four days of severe fighting. Sept. 19 —General Feng defeated northern Chinese armies after three days of fighting. Sept. 30 —Leon Trotzky expelled from rhe Commu|iiist Internationale at MosOct. 3—Gomez and Serrano. Presiden-

’lal candidates in Mexico, revolted and military units in Mexico City, Torreon and Vera Cruz mutinied. Oct. 4—Serrano, thirteen of his chief followers and other revolters captured by loyal Mexican troops and executed. Oct. 9—Mexican rebels led by Gomez annihilated by federal forces. Oct. 10—New Spanish national assembly opened by King Alfonso. Vet. 11—President Cosgrave of Irish Free State re-elected by the dail. Vet. 13—Poland arranged for loan of $70,000,000 from American bankers. Oct. 24—Moscow court condemned to death three former millionaires as spies for Great Britain. Marshal Chang, in conjunction with Wu Pei-fu and Tang Shen-chi of Hankow, announced general warfare afminst the Nanking government. Tiumanian government frustrated plot to put Prince Carol on the throne. Oct. 30—President Konduriotis of Greece wound d Ly an assassin. Nov. I—Mustapha Kemal Pasha reelected President of Turkey. Canton Nationalists announced new civilian regional government for Kwantung and Kwnnoi provinces of China. Nov. 4—Brazil arranged to get $36.000,000 gold from U. S. treasury. Gen. Arnulf j Gomez. Mexican rebel leader, capture ! and < xeruted Nov. 7—Soviet Russia celebrated tenth anniversary of the revolution. Nov. 10—Nanking Nationaiis’ government in China guaranteed treeddin for^ all religions. Nov. 11—Fascist grand council abolished the ballot and old parliamentary system in Italy Nov. 13—Hankow, China, occupied bv Nanking Nationalist forces. I nsuccessful attempt made to kill Gen. Alvaro Obregon. candidate for President of Mexico, with a b >mb Trotzky and ZinoviefT expelled from Communist party of Russia Nov 17—Adolph Joffe, i ussian soviet leader, commit tel suicide, Nov. is—Plot against President Calles of Mexico foiled by seizure of arms and men .at New OrleansMohammed Ben Mulai. third son of the late Mulai Yu •f. elected sultan of Morocco. Dec. s—Portuguese government established six gambling zones in the connfry Dec. 11—Communists seized control of Canton, china, after bloody riots Dec. 13—National's s r< -aim <1 possession of Canton: 4.000 kill. <1 in battle Nationalists severed relations with Soviet Russia

DOMESTIC Jan I—Gov. Al Smith of New York at his fourth inaugurate !, declar. d him.-.-if a candidate for Demi era. io Pri si<i-ntiel nomination -Jan. 7 —House passed naval appropriation bill without "big navy” amend men • s Jan. 18—Senate r. jected Lausanne treaty with Turkti Jan 20—S-mate by vote >f to 33, refused to let Frank L. Smith s»*n-ctor-designate from Illinois, tale U e oath of office pending investig tion of I In- qual ts. itions House passed arm? suppl? bill, adding $8,000.1'00 to budget bureau es’l mate Jan 29 —President Coolid e. addressing budget me tiag. opp' ,d militarism and pacifism but dielnred for adequate defens. House passed eomprotrls. radio MH Feb. I—-Senate parsed naw :> i otri ation bill after addin mom v f r e n struetion of tbr... ;ht e ill .r- 'n posed i.e President and in. r. i-in - . "• pruirialioii for n.nv . reraft ;x > : Feb. 9—Pnsilent sinned bill appro- I printing >lv imo.o.m fm fi^ht-tr: ■ n I borer. Eeb 11 ".t.- passed MeNary | Haugen f HI 47 29 Feb 1 Wilson appointed minist. ;in d. J Butler Wrigl ungary and I.e l.nul to Sweden Jr «wed McFadden ban 1 ised McKarvH ''klHh. ma con- •' nterstate com- , n I - i -<d by senate I | minister from lident Coolidge •epted senate il appropriating g of three light ’..olid :e vetoed •m relief bill me court can ven E. L. Don secretary of f fraud limit tee asked •1 Insult, Dants Cunningham refusal to anlolidge appointconsisting of O. Admiral W 11. G . H. A. Bellows and Heal whisky bill. I,ir elevation of < n't. .other navy approving $194.1 04.000. • nate pissed prohibition .n bill. . .Senate e.SJed 37-hour fili- »• .ssine lit til March 1. ;—President Qoolidge refused extra session as congress adfailed to agree in case of Daugherty in Dau a herty-Mi Iler briber?trial, but convicted Miller ..larch B—Thomas W. Miller, former aren property custodian, sentenced to 18 months in Atlanta prison and fined $5,000 for conspiracy to defraud government. March 16—Harry F. Sinclair, charged with contempt of the senate during the Teapot come oil scandal investigation, found guilty by a District bf Columbia Supreme court jury. March 24—Roy A. Haynes appointed acting commissioner of prohibition. April 2 —President Coolidge revoked Harding's naval oil reserves order and turned the reserves back to the navy April s—William5 —William Hale Thompson elected mayor of Chicago, defeating Mayor W. E. Dever. Sacco and Vanzetti, convicted murderers, denied new trial by Massachusetts Supreme court. President CooHdge vetoed the Philinpine act for plebiscite on independence. April 11—U. S. Supreme court upheld arrest of foreign rum runners on the high seas. .pril 21 —Mistrial ordered in Aaron Sapiro’s $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. April 22—President Coolidge called on country for $5,000,000 relief fund for flood sufferers. April 25 —President Coolidge spoke at anniversary dinner of United Press in New York, outlining government's foreign policies. Secretary Hoover took personal charge of flood relief activities in Middle West. April 30—U. S. agents broke up plot to smuggle Chinese from Mexico into California by airplanes and killed one aviator. May 2— U, S. Supreme court upheld •he Virginia law for sterilization of mental defectives. President Coolidge called for $5,000.000 more for flood relief. May 11—New York court ruled $2.500,000 raised in U. S. for Irish republic should be returned to the subscribers. May 17—U. S. Supreme court upheld California anti-syndicalism law. May 18—Demented farmer dy-namited schoolhouse at Bath, Mich., killing 37 children and 6 adults, including himself. American Medical association voted that restrictions on medicinal whisky should be taken from Volstead act. May 19 —Mrs. Catherine Cassler condemned to death in Chicago for murder. Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, sentenced to three months in jail and fined SSOO for contempt of the senate. L. C. Andrews resigned as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement and Seymour Lowman picked for place; Dr. J. M. Doran appointed commissioner of prohibition. replacing Roy A. Haynes. May 25 —Dr. O. D. Davis of Chicago elected national moderator of Congregational church. Dr. Robert E. Speer of New Jersey elected moderator of the Presbyterian church in the United States at general assembly in San Francisco. June 2—Flood control conference opened in Chicago. 4—Gen. E. H. Crowder resigned prior to Cuba. —aline ’esident Coolidge named delegate#** 1 •• naval disarmament conference, wit Ambassador Hugh L. Gibson as chaii, an. June 9—Ked] laid for first 10,000-ton cruiser for U. S. navy. June 13—Pnesioent Coolidge and his entourage left Washington for the summer Whi House in the Black Hills, South I kota. June 25—I* fy-five indicted at Los Angeles in inection with oil stock swindle. June cco and Vanzetti reprieve lays by Governor Fuller of M

July ®—Fall-Dohen?' bribery indictments upheld by District of Columbia Supreme couit. July 7—Henry Ford apologized for attacks on Jews in his Dearborn Independent July B—James R Sheffield resigned as ambassador to Mexico. July 9—Federal trade commission ordered Lasky, Zukor and Famous Players-Lasky corporation to discontinue "unfair methods” in moving picture business. July 12—Northwest farm conference in St. Paul voted to support the Mc-Nary-Haugen farm relief measure until it becomes law. July i*>— Cov. T.en Small paid state of Illinois $650,00u interest refund in satisfaction of judgment. July 18—Sapiro's 81.00i1.000 libel suit against Henry Ford dismissed after payment of a substantial sum July 24—Charles Birger, southern Illinois gang leader, sentenced to death for murder; two accomplices given life imm isonim nt Congressman M. E. Crumpacker of Portland, <>re., committed suicide by drowning »t San Francisco. July 28—Secretary of the Navy Wilbur awarded contracts for building of lour new cruisers. Aug. 2—President Coolidge announced that be d‘ 1 not "choose to run tor President in 1923." Aug. 3—Governor Fuller of Massachusetts refus d I’emenc?’ to S tcco and Vanzetti, finding they had a fair trial and wre guilty. Aug. s—Edward S. Shun ker, superintendent of the liidli/na Anti-Saloon league, and Jess E. Martin, attorney for tiie league, found guilty of contempt by the Indiana Supreme court Shumaker sentenced to 6u days on penal farm and fined $250 Aug. 22—Chief Jus’lce Taft and Justice Stone of U S. Supreme court refused to intervene in Sacco-Vanzetti cas--President CooHdge began a week's visit in Yellow tone National park. Aug 22 Sacco and Vanzetti executed in Massachusetts state prison. Riotous demonstrations in many cities. S' pt 9 — IT' si.lent Coolidge and party left illaek Hills for Washington. Gov Ed Jackson of Indiana indicted on chai e of conspiracy to bribe Former G . rnor ?i (’ray, and Mayor Duvall of Indiii napolis indieted for violations of < >rrup practices statutes. ‘ Mi < Illinois." Lois Delander of Joliet. won Atlantic < 'ity beaut? - contes’ and tiile of "Miss America.” S'-pt 11 — President Coolidge arrived in Wnsh 'ig’en S pt 12 National encampment of G. Al; "per< ( l in Grand B.apids, Mich. S. pt 15—D R Cris-lnger resigned as governor of fe U ral reserve board E L. Hnrvk of Sacramento. Calif., elected conn ; nd i -in-ehief of G. A. R.. and Dinver cl.osen for 1928 encamp ment. S ■ t 19- American Legion opened its con v. r. t ior. in I'a ris $' pt 2 I'm ' :ht Morri w of New J' v appointed ambassador to Mexico I t 21-- 1,. > A Young of Minneap 1:- appointed to federal reserve I" id t uc eed l> R Crissmeer S pt 22 .V lyor John L Duvall ol inr.i ’ Is found guilty of political U‘l •• I E S] fford of New York ehet’d national commander of American Leg.on: San Antonio selected for 19"8 -'on' nCon >• pt I' Baltimore X- Ohio railroad celebrated ts one hundredth anniversary •'' t P • .1 nt Ci iidg« pent’'* - ’ ' .u 1 ' ■ ,g of American Red Cross > and li- ' ■ i ; r.iei t of ini > d waterways । • t 1 Intermit .>nal radio congress 1 ■ op-no J in \\ -hingH n with 7a nations ’ o< t 1" U S Supreme court canceled Te.,p t ' ■•"!.. le I e to H :rry Sinclair o t 12 M y. r Duvall of Indianapolis s i: i need to .:i> days in u il and Laroi! ts m public office. ' ■ ' 1 ■ o . hundred and two klan* na n indicted in Co nshaw'county. Alabama, t> ;• li c.uings. H Bdlows r signed from federal rnd.o bo; rd . nd S. nin 1 Pickard was I ipp dl>t> I to SIU e, .<1 him. 1 o. t. 17- U S Supreme court refused I to review padlock eases against Chicago cabarets Oct. 25—Admiral Magruder. who criticiz'd navy In magazine article, re. l oved of his comn and in Philadelphia navy yard. Oct 2'l — Senator Charles Curtis of Kam I- announc'd 'hfs candidacy for the Republican Presidential nominat ion. Oct. 31—Secretary of Treasury Melh>n submitt'd to houst committee plan for tax reduction of about $225,000,000. N iv 1- Fall-Sinclair trial in Washington halted by a jury scandal. Nov 2 —Mistrial declared in FallSinclair ease because of charges of tampering with the jury. Corn belt and southern agricultural conference in St. Louis adopted resolutions indorsing MeNary-Haugen bill and condemning attitude of Borah, Reid of Missouri and Bruce of Maryland Nov. 4 — Harry Sinclair and H. M Day charged with conspiracy to fix the Sin-clair-Fall jury. Nov. B—F. D. Sampson. Republican and friend of horse racing, elected governor of Kentucky. Nov. 10 —Judge Fead at St. Joseph Mich., placed House of David under a receiver and ousted Benjamin Purnell Nov. 17—President Coolidge received Philadelphia Union League club's medal of honor. Nov. 21—House ways and means committee agreed on tax cut not to exceed >250,000.000. United States Supreme court declared invalid provision of Alaska dry law prohibiting possession of liquor in private homo for owners’ use. Nov. 22 —Harry Sinclair, W. J. Burns and four others cited for contempt of court in Teapot Dome case. Nov. 23—Charles E Hughes, as special master for United States Supreme court, recommended that the suit of Wisconsin and ■ ther states against Chicago Sanitary District for diversion of Lake Michigan water be dismissed. Col. Noble B. Judah of Chicago made ambassador to Cuba. Nov. 21—Hundreds of convicts in Folsom. Calif., prison revolted: two guards and seven prisoners killed. Dec. s—Seventieth congress met; house re-elected Sne>ker Longworth Dec. 6—President Coolidge sent his I message to congress Mr. Coolidge told Republican national committee he had “el'minated” himself as a nomination possibility. Dec. 7 —National budget of $3,556,957,031 submitted to congress by the President. Senate refused to let Frank L. Smith take the oath of office as senator from Illinois. Republican national committee selected Kansas City for the 1928 convention and issued call for June 12. Dec. 9—Senate denied the oath to W S Vare of Pennsylvania: both his case and Smith's referred to Reed committee on campaign expenditures Dec. 13 —Henry 1,. Stimson appointed governor general of the Philippines. Oklahoma legislators, defying state courts, voted impeachment of Gov H S. Johnston Dec. 14—Oklahoma senate voted to try the governor on impeachment charges. Dec. 15—House passed revenue bill providing for tax reductions aggregating $290,900,000. Dec. 26—Dearborn Independent. Henry Ford s magazine suspended publication. AVIATION Feb. 22—De Pinedo, Italian aviatcr, flew from Cape Verde islands to Fernando Noronha. Brazil. Feb. 28—Two army “good will” planes collided at Buenos Aires: Capt C. F. Woolsey and Lieut. J. W. Benton killed. May 2—Pan-American flyers ended trip at Washington and were given medals by President. May B—Capt. Charles Nungesser and Capt. Francois Coli of France started ■ t nonstop flight from Paris to N-w York ami were lost in the Atlantic. May 20—Capt. Charles Lindbergh started nonstop flight from New York to Paris. M.av 21—Lindbergh landed in Paris, having mad» the flight in 33 hours. 21 minutes. First nonstop flight eastward across the Atlantic May 30—Fifteen balloons left Akron. Ohio, in annual endurance race. June 2—AV. T. Van Orman with the Goodyear balloon declared winner i f balloon race with a distance of 727 miles. June 4—C. D. Chamberlin and C. A. Levine in Rellanca monoplane started from New York for Europe. June 6—Chamberlin and Levine landed nt Eisleben. Germany, and then flew to Kottbus. 70 miles from Berlin. Established new nonstop record of 3,905 miles. June 11—Lindbergh landed at Washington and was decorated by President CooHdge with distinguished living cross. June 16—De Pinedo ended his fourcontinent flight at Rome. June 28 —Lieuts. L. J. Maitland ani Albert Hegenberger began flight in army Fokker plane from San Francisco to Hawaii.

June 29—Commander Byrd and crew In plane America hopped off at New York for nonstop flight to Europe Maitland and Hegenberger completed 2.000-mile flight to Honolulu in 25 hours, 55 minutes. July I—Byrd’sl—Byrd’s plane, lost in fog over France, landed in sea near Havre; crew all swam ashore. July 14—E. L. Smith and E B Bronte started flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. July 15—Smith and Bronte, out of fuel. landed on Molokai island. Hawaii. unhurt. July 20—Col. Charles A Lindbergh sWrted from New York on living tour of the nation Aug. B—Lieuts. George Covell and R. S. Waggener, IT. S. entrants in race to Hawaii, killed in crash of their plane at Point Loma. Calif. Aug 12 —A. V. Rogers, entrant in air race to Honolulu, killed in crash of his plane. Aug 16—Four planes started in race rrom Oakland, Calif., to Honolulu: four others failed to get away. Aug 17—Art Goebel and Lieut. William Davis in plane Wooiaroc landed first at Honolulu, winning the Dole prize. Martin Jensen and Paul Schluter in plane Aloha, second. Other two planes lost, with four men and one woman. Aug. 19—Capt. W. P. Erwin and A. H Eiehwaldt in plane Dallas Spirit, flew from Oakland. Calif., in search of lost planes and were themselves lost. Aug. 25—Paul R. Redfern started o n nonstop flight from Brunswick. Ga., to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Aug. 26—Redfern apparently lost: search begun Aug. 27—Schlee and Brock in plane Pride of Detroit started from Harbor Grace, N. F., on round-the-world flight, landing in London next day. Aug. 31—Capt. Leslie Hamilton and Col. F. F Minchin, with Princess Lowenstein Wertheim as passenger, started flight from Upavon. England to Ottawa. Ont., in monoplane St. Raphael. Sept. I—Monoplane St. Raphael lost in Atlantic. Sept. 6—Pride of Detroit reached Calcutta. Monoplane Old Glory, piloted by Rertaud and Hill, with P. Payne as passenger. started from Old Orchard. Maine, for Rome. Sept. 7—Old Glory plane lost in Atlantic after sending SOS call. Plane Sir John Carling left Harbor Grace. N F. for London, piloted by I'ully and Medcalf. Sept. B—Plane Sir John Carling consider'd lost. Sept. 10—Schlee and Broek reached Stiani-hai Balli-on race for the Bennett cun started trom Detroit. S'pt. 12—Wreckage of Old Glory found in North Atlantic. R. O. Hill in balloon Detroit won Gi rdon Bennett race, traveling 725 miles. Sept. 14 — Schlee and Brock reached aviation field near Tokyo Sept. 15—Schlee and Brock decided , to cross the Pacific in steamship Sept 19—Nation’! air derbv races. New York t > Spokane, started. Sent. 21—C. W H"!man won Class A air derby race: J S. Charles won in Class B Sept. 22—Stinson and Schiller, only entrants in Class C of air derby, nonsteo New York to Spokane, forced down in Montana. Sept. 26—Lieut S. N Webster of lln'land won the Schneider cun at V nice in his Napier supermarine plane < ’ct 19—Two French aviators. Costes I and i.e Brix. started flight fn-m Paris I to Buenos Aires, to estaol’sh ma!T 1 n-ute I oct. 11—Ruth Elder and George Ha!d« man in plane American Girl star ■ ! nonstop flight fr 'tn New York । to Paris. French aviators reached St. Louis. Senegal. 2.7’"’ miles from Paris. • ’ci. I ; —Mi:s Elder and Haldeman forced down by broken oil line 350 miles northeast of the Azores and nicked un by Dutch oil tanker. Oct. 14—Co«tes and Le Brix flew from Senegal to Port Natal. Brazil. Oet Colonel Lindbergh rrplet<d his ‘.2.35<’-mil' air tour of the country. Oct. 31—C »lonel Lindbergh accented msitlon with Guggenheim Fund for P emotion of Aen nautics. Nov 4—Capt Hawthorne Gray. U. S A., died in balloon <>y r southern Illinois after reaching rec.-q height. Dec 12—Colonel Lindbergh awarded Congressional Modal of Honor. I • 13—Lindbet ted dobtop flight from Washingt -n to Mexico City. DISASTERS Jan. 9 —Seventy-seven ■ hildren killed in movie theater fire in Montreal. Canada. Feb. 17—Thirty-six Killed by tornado in Louisiana. Mississippi and labama Feb. L’s —Thirty killed in great storm along Atlantic seaboard. March 1— Sixt? -nine men killed in two mine disasters ’n England and Wales. March 7—Japan* se earthquake and tidal wave: dead 2.485: injured. 3.441. March 18—Tornado took “3 lives in Gr< t n Forest and Denver, Ark April 12—Tornado ib-stroved Rocksprings. Tex., killing 59 April 16—Explosion in Chicago killed eight persons and wrecked block of stores. Floods in lower Mississippi valley causing immense losses. April 22—Flood situation in lower Mississippi valley grew steadily worse: scores dead and 73.090 homelew. April 2:*—Mississippi valley fiords worst in the country's history. April 30—Min- explosion at Fairmont, W \a. entombed and '■•lied 94 men. May 9—Tornadoes in middle vestern states killed about 200. May 23—Gigantic earthquake in Kansu province. Cl ina. rained Liangchow and other cities, killing about loc.ooo. Ma?’ 30 —One hundr- d killed by tornadoes in Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky. July- 6—Thousand Chinese drowned in flood in Anhwei province. July 9—Two hundred persons drowned in floods in Saxony. July 11—Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordania killed about 268. July 28—Twenty-seven downed when Chicago excursion steamer sank ! in soual!. Sept. 7—West coast of Mexico swept by tidal wave; hundreds killed. Sept. 10—Five thousand liv- - lost in typhoon in Kwantung province. Ch ina. Sept. 13 —Typhoon and tidal wave in Japan wrecked towns near Nagasaki. killed many and did vast damage. Sept. 29—Eighty-nine killed. 1.200 injured and $75,000,000 damage done bv tornado in Sr. Louis. Mo. Oct 25—Italian steamship Principessa ?>lafalda sank off Brazil coast when boil rs exploded; 314 lives lost. Nov 4—Floods in New England killed many persons and did vast proi>eriy damage. Nov 14—Explosion of gas storage tank in Pittsburgh killed about fortv. injured hundreds and destroyed property worth several million dollars. Nov. 26—Great floods in Algeria, hundreds of persons h* inc drowned. Dec. 14—About sixtv children and one nun burned to death in orphanage fire In Quebec. Dec. 17—Submarine S-4 with 40 men aboard rammed and sunk by coast guard destroyer Paulding off Provincetown. Mass SPORTS Jaa. I—Alabama and Stanford tied in football. 7 to 7. at Pasadena. Feb. 85—Commander Byrd and Chief Mechanic Bennett given Congressional medal for North pole flight. March ,f- —Harvard won 'astern indoor track title. March 7—Michigan won Big Ten basket-bull t tie. March 12— Wisconsin university won western conference indoor trick meet. May 3—Capt. C. H. Gray in irmy balloon set new world record I.;’ ascending 41.000 t 'et from Belleville. 111. May ll—Kentucky I’trby won by Whiskery, owned by HL P. Whitney. May 29—Illinois university won western conference track championship. Stanford' university won eastern track meet at Philadelphia. June I—Wright brothers and Lundberg given engineering societies’ award for a- tial travel development. June 16—Tommy Armour and Harry Cooper tied for national open golf ' championship at Oakmont. Pa. June 17—Armour beat Cooper tn play-off for championship. June IS—Hydromel won American Derby at Chicago. June 27—Fourteen planes started from Detroit on Ford reliability tour. June 29 —Columbia won the PouKhkc i ie regatta. Jul?' 15 —Bobby Jones again won i British open golf title with record score of 285. Aug. 20 —Mrs. Harry Pressler. Ixis Angeles, won women’s wes'ern golf title. 1 Aug. 27—Bobby Jones won nai tion.al amateur golf champion hip at ' Minneapolis.

Sept. 10 —Walter Hagen won western open golf titte at Chicago. French tennis team won the Davis cun from Americans. Sept. 13—New York Yankees won American league pennant. Sept. 17—Lacoste of France again won U. S. tennis chamnionshin. defeating Tilden. Sept. 22—Heavyweight Champion Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in ten-round fight in Chicago. Sept. 24—Mrs. Miriam Burns Hora won women s national golf championship. Oct. I—Pittsburgh Pirates won National league pennant. Oct. B—New York Yankees won ths world’s series. Oet. 17—Ban B. Johnson retired from presidency of American baseball league. Nov. 2—E. S. Barnard of Cleveland elected president of American baseball league. Nov. 19 —University of Illinois woa western conference football championship. Yale defeated Harvard at football. Nov. 26—Notre Dame defeated University of Southern California at footbail in Chicago. Army eleven defeated the Navy in New York. NECROLOGY Jan. 6—Capt. M. E. Trench. U. S. governoj- of ihe Virgin Islands. Jan. 7—Frank L. Stanton, poet. In Atlanta. Ga. J. P. Underwood of Chicago, large timber land owner. Jan. 13—Arnold Daly, actor In New York. R. F. Wolfe, publisher of Columbus Dispatch and Ohio State Journal. in Columbus. Ohio. Jan. 15 —David R. Francis, statesman, in St. Louis Jan. 17—Miss Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scouts of America, in Savannah. Ga. Jan. 18—Carlotta, ex-empress of Mexico, in Belgium. Jan. 21 —Dr. Edward Wyllys Andrews, eminent surgeon, in Chicago. Jan. 26—Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treasury, at Point Loma, Calif. Feb. s.—uharles Deering, capitalist, in Miami. Fla. Feb. 9—Dr. C. D. Walcott, secretary of Smithsonian institution. Feb. 12 —Congressman A. B. Stephens of North Bend. Ind. Feb. 13—Rev. Dr. Percy S. Grant, noted New York divine. CoL C. D. Hine, railroad and industrial expert, in New York. Billy Bowman, veteran minstrel, in Houston. Texas. Feb. 14—Oliver Dennett Grover, artist, in Chicago. William Coffin, U. S. Consul general to Berlin. Feb. 18—Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry of New York. Feb. 19—Dr. Georg Brandes, Danish critic. Feb. 22—Benjamin Carpenter, prominent Chicago merchant. Judson Harmon. former governor of Ohio. March 4—Dr. Ira Remsen, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins university at Carmel, Calif. Harry Pratt Judson, president emeritus of University of Chicago. March 18 —Gov. Henry L. Whitfield of Mississippi. March 28—Will H. Dilg. founder of Izaak Walton League, in Washington. March 30—Perry S. Heath, “father’’ of rural free delivery system. April 10—Eliot F. Sheppard, millionaire sportsman, in Miami Beaeh. Fla. Dr. G. O. Sars, noted Norwegian zoologist. Young Corbett, former featherweight champion, in Denver. April 27—Albert J. Beveridge, exsenator from Indiana, orator and author Otto Borchert, president Milwaukee baseball club. C. T. Trego, oldest member Chicago Board ->f Trade. Ma?' 2—Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president emeritus of University of California, in Vienna. May 3—Col. E. E. Ayer. Chicago capitalist, philanthropist and art collector. in Pasadena. Calif. May 6—Hudson Maxim, explosives expert and inventor, at Lake Hopatcong. N. Y. May 25—Payne Whitney, capitalist, at Manhasset. L. I. May 29—James J. Van Alen. New York financier, in Paris. June 4—Martin Roche, noted architect. ii Chicago. Robert McKim, stage and screen star, in Hollywood, Calif. Marquess of Lansdowne. June s—Dr. Joseph Schneider, world-famed oculist, in Milwaukee. W. R. Stansbury, clerk of U. S. Supreme court. June 7—Robert C. Hilliard, actor, in New Yi>rk. Thomas W. Balch, author and editor, of Philadelphia. June 13 —Coles Phillips. American artist, in New York June 14—Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright. Mrs. B. F. Hight.’ last survivor of old Boston Museum company, in Lynn. Mass. Gen. G. E. Tripp, chairman of Westinghouse company board, in New York. J. C. Gillmore. last commodore of U. S. navy, in Washington. June 2ft—Clara Louise Burnham. American am hop. June 27—Henry Clay Pierce, financier and oil magnate, in New York. July 9—John Drew, leading American actor, in San Francisco. J. B. Odell, vice president Western Electric company, in New York. July 15—Henry White. Americadiplomat, in Lenox. Mass. July 20—King Ferdinand of Rumania. A. A. Hamerschlag. former president of Carnegie Institute of Technology. July 29—8. F. Bush, chairman of board of Missouri Pacific railroad. Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, in Paris. Louise Abbema. noted French nainter. Aug. 7—Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines, in Boston. Aug. 13—Rhinelander Waldo of New York. James Oliver Curwood. American author, at Owosso. Mich. Aug. 15—Judge E. H. Garr, chairman of board of United States Steel corporation, in New York. Bertram B. Boltwood, professor of radio chemistry at Yale, suicide. Aug. 16—Ogden Armour of Chicago, in London. Aug. 20—Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. noted pianist, in Chicago. Wilbur Nesbit. Chicago noet and advertising man. Dr. J. M. Tanner. Mormon church dignitary, at Lethbridge. Alta. Aug. 23—Zaehlul Pasha. Egyptian nationalist leader. Aug. 25—Cardinal Rieg y Casanova of Toledo, primate of Spain. Sept I—Amelia Bingham. American actress Sept. s—Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of Anti-Saloon League Marcus Loew, motion picture ma mate, in Glen Cove. L. I. Sept. 11—J. U- Sammis. former grand exalted ruler of Elkr. in Chicago. Col. Charles J. G’idden. telephone and aeronautical pioneer, ir Boston. Sept. 23 —Maj. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett retired. Baron Ago von Maltsan. German ambassador to Washington. Oct. 2.—Prof. A S. Arrhenius. Swedish scientist. Austen Peay, governor of Tennessee. “Corporal” James TanOct. 3—John . >alze 1. former congressman from Penns Tvania. o ct s—Bishop P. J. Muldoon of Catholic diocese of R ckford. 111. Oct. 9—Col. J. F. Di b>n. member of federal radio commiss on. Oct. 11—F. D. Stolt, president' cf Missouri Southern rai iroad and Chicago capitalist. Oct. 22—Cardinal O'l tonnell. primate of Ireland. Oct. 23—Maj. Gen. J. T. Dickmaretired. Oct. 29—John J. M tchell. Chicago financier. Archbishop J. G. Harty of Omaha. Rear Admiral J. M. Helm. U. S. N„ retired. Oct. 31 —John Luthe ■ Long. Am.. 1can author and pl ywright. Miss Elizabeth Harrison, ph neer in kindergarten work, in San A itonio. Texas. Nov. s—David G. H >garth, English archeologist. Nov. 7—F. S. Late ir. Guatemalan minister to United St tes. Nov. 10 —James C. £ *ady. New York financier. Nov. 11—W. K. Janes, president of American Farm Congrt ss, in St. Joseph. Mo Nov. 12—J. N. Husti n. former treasU r r of United St t. s in Washington. Nov. 17—Mulai Yus« L sultan of Morocco. Charles M< lien, noted railway man. m Concord, N. H. Dr. J J Muir, chaplain United States senate. Nov. 24 —lonel Bratiano. premierand virtual dictator of Rumania. Rear Adt iral W 11. Bollard, chairt man of federal radio commission. Nov. 26 —John Cardinal Donzano in i *N..v 29—Henry W. Savage, theatrical producer, in Boston. Dec. I—Herbert S. Hadley, chancellor of Washington universiv. St. Louis, and former governor of Missouri. 1.. n 12—M D. Ratchford, former t aresid- nt of United Mine Workers, at I Massillon, Ohio. Dec. 1" —Ellen M. Stone. American missionarv who was kidnaped by M cedo: I.n I r.di - in 1901. Dec 14—James M. Allison, journalist. in New York. Di 19 —Willis M ore. former ch!e» of I t® bv Western Newspaper Uni.n.l