Gold Hill news., January 19, 1928, Image 2

GOLD H ILL NEWS, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON
EVENTS OF 1927
IN MANY LANDS
Record of Twelve Month»*
Notable Happenings in
the United States
and Abroad.
FEATS OF LINDBERGH
Remarkable Year fo r Aviation— Efforts
to Raduca Armaments Are Not
Successful— Strained Relatione
in Europe— Presidential Pol.
itica and Doinga of Con-
graaa— Miaalaaippi V a l­
ley Oevaatated by
Floods.
By E D W A R D W. P IC K A R D
"Lindbergh's year” might well be
the designation given 1987, for it
was distinguished especially by the
achievements of that admirable young
Am erican aviator. H is transatlantic
flight, the first from America to E u­
rope; hia triumphant progress abroad
and afterw ard in his home country,
his nonstop flight to Mexico City,
and his gallantry and modesty made
him the most famous man of his time.
Both before and a fte r he winged his
w ay to France numerous other trans­
oceanic flights were attempted. Sev­
era l o f them succeeded, while many
failed tragically.
Internationally,
Interest
centered
largely on efforts to bring about re­
duction of armaments. President Cool­
idge's Invitation to the nations signa­
tory to the Washington treaty to con­
fe r on means to extend the provisions
o f that pact was accepted only by
G reat B ritain and Japan, and ended
In complete failure. T he League of
Nations’
preparatory
disarmament
commission was more or less busy
throughout the year, but seemed to
make little progress. Its December
meeting was attended by Russian
representatives who blandly proposed
Imm ediate and total disarmament.
T his plan was squelched and the mat­
te r o f International security taken
np. The league council, convening to­
ward the close of the year, had to
deal w ith the old quarrel between Po­
land and Lithuania and with strained
relations between France and Italy.
Cnited States marines were busy help­
ing suppress a revolutionary move­
ment In Nicaragua and protecting our
nationals In China.
A t home the year was notable for
the steady growth of our national
economic prosperity, which, however,
was halted In some sections by agri­
cultural depression and by the devas­
tating floods in the Mississippi valley.
INTERNATIONAL
A t the opening of the year Presi­
dent D iaz o f Nicaragua asked Amer­
ican aid against the Liberal rebels led
by Doctor Sacasa, and naval forces
and marines were promptly sent, since
our rights to the Nicaragua canal
route were deemed imperiled. A fter
numerous skirmishes all Nicaraguans
were ordered to surrender their arms
to the American forces, and the back­
bone of the rebellion was broken In a
battle at Ocotal In July. Encounters
w ith scattered guerrilla bands contin­
ued through the rest of the year. Re­
lations between the Cnited States and
Mexico improved steadily and Dwight
M orrow went down there as ambassa­
dor late In the fall with high hopes of
settling all the differences amicably.
Secretary of State Kellogg's plans for
ending the Tacna Arica dispute be­
tween Chile and Peru were rejected
b y .th e la tte r country in January.
The
three-power
conference
on
naval disarmament called by President
Coolidge was held In Geneva. Prac­
tical agreement was reached concern­
ing submarines, but Great B ritain ’s
demands In the m atter of small
cruisers could not be accepted by
America and Jnpan, and American de­
mands for eight-inch guns were re­
jected by the British, so the whole a f­
fa ir collapsed on August 4. Viscount
Cecil was so Incensed hy the stubborn
ness of the British delegates that he
resigned from the cabinet and from
participation In the doings of the
League of Nations.
Soviet Russia,
more and more taking part in Inter­
national affairs, made small progress
into the good graces of other powers.
H e r proposal In the disarmament con­
ference o f the league, mentioned
above, was scoffed at as not only Im­
practicable, but also as disingenuous.
In February Britain warned Moscow
to cease Its anti-British propaganda,
and In May the London police ruided
the Soviet trade headquarters and
seized Incriminating documents The
Russian representatives were deported
and all relations between the two na
tlons severed. Until late In the year
the Soviet emissaries were active In
keeping the Chinese civil war nllve,
though th eir efforts were scarcely
needed. When the radical faction of
the Chinese Nationalists was virtually
suppressed by the moderate wing, the
Bolsheviks had so few friends left
th a t they practically withdrew from
th e country. The w ar in China was
made an International a ffa ir by the at­
tacks on foreigners and foreign con­
cessions and the threats against the
tre a ty
porta.
American,
British,
French, and Japanese forces were
“ H'1 are 1,11,1 th*re . for the
•n d of the conflict is not In sight It
,M *s complicated by Japan’s deter
mlnatlon to protect her nationals and
large Interests In Manchuria.
No
agreements with China could be made
by the powers for there was no real
central government o f that distracted
country,
Germany kept np her reparations
payments, and her relations with
France » e re bettered by a commercial
treaty and semi-private trade pacts.
On January 31 the Interallied commla-
slon turned over the control of Ger­
man disarmament to the leagu e of
Nations, and In August France agreed
to reduce the occupational forces In
the Rhineland.
France and Yu go slavia signed a
treaty which Premier Mussolini thought
was aimed at Italy , so he retaliated
with a m ilitary pact between Italy and
Albania which, he fran kly stated, was
designed to maintain Italian control of
the Adriatic. There was much III feel­
ing, but little apparent danger o f hos­
tilities. Not so much could be said for
the trouble between Poland and Lithu­
ania. Each of these nations accused
the other of fomenting plots against
it, and the Lithuanians believed
Premier Pllsudski had designs on their
independence. Seizure of Vllna by Po­
land several years ago was the under­
lying cause of the row. Marshal P ll­
sudski and Premier Walderaaras of
Lithuania went to Geneva and were
persuaded to make a temporary peuce
agreement, the details o f a perma­
nent pact to be worked out later.
FOREIGN
Great Britain slowly but steadily re­
covered from the effects of the long
coal strike. W hat that conflict did to
the country was Indicated by the fact
that In January, for the first time In
many years, the real balance of trade
was against the British, the deficit
amounting to $«56,000,000. In April
the government Introduced a bill to
amend rather drastically the law re­
lating to trade unions and strikes.
The measure was supported by the
Conservatives as necessary for the de­
fense of the existing political and so­
cial system; but it was assailed bit­
terly by all the forces of Labor, who
asserted It was designed not to pro­
tect the state but to take away the
rights won By the workers and to de­
stroy the unions. A fte r many weeks
of violent debate the measure, con­
siderably modified, was passed. An­
other plan of the government, pro­
posed in Jane, was to reduce the num­
ber of peers in the house o f lords, and
at the same time to so strengthen the
powers of that chamber that it would
be an impregnable defense against the
growing power of labor. This was so
strongly opposed by the Socialists and
Laborites that the scheme was aban­
doned for the present In April, Chan­
cellor o f the Exchequer Churchill In­
troduced the budget fo r the year, de­
signed to meet a deficit of $110,000.-
000. Its proposals showed that, de­
spite her enormous burdens. Great
B ritain ’s financial position wus funds
mentally sound.
When the D ali Eireann or parlia­
ment of the Irish Free State met In
June, De Valera and forty-four of his
followers were excluded because they
refused to take the oath of allegiance
to King George. Later they changed
their minds and were sworn in. The
general elections In September gave
the government a p lurality of six
votes, and President Cosgrave was re­
elected. In July Ireland was shocked
by the assassination o f Kevin O'Hig
gins, vice president and minister of
justice. T he
murderers were not
caught
Canada's importance was consider­
ably amplified by her election as a
member of the council of the League
of Nations, Senator Raoul Dandurand
being given the seat, and by the send­
ing of an American minister to Ottawa
in the persoD of W illiam Phillips. On
July 1 the Dominion celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary o f its birth as a
self-governing unit of the British em
pire. Ontario abandoned prohibition,
and on June 1 substituted the system
of selling liquor in government stores
to persons possessing permits. Prince
Edward Island, the smallest of the
provinces, voted in June to remain
dry.
That France Is still nervously afraid
o f attacks from the East was made
plain when the superior w ar council
in February announced plans for the
construction of defenses on the Ger­
man and Italian frontiers calling for
the expenditure of seven billion
francs. The project w ill givp France
the most formidable frontier defenses
In Europe. Parliam ent passed a bill
in March providing for nationalization
of all needful industry In time of war
and In April President Doumergue
signed a bill under which France will
build one cruiser, six destroyers, five
submarines and other war craft
Premier Poincare, despite constant op
position in parliament, maintained his
prestige, and his financial measures
proved so successful that many won
ilered why he did not proceed to the
stabilization of the franc.
Under the firm hand of Mussolini
the Fascist state of Italy began to
function fully In 1027. Measures that
though severe, seem wholesome were
put In force from time to time and
the country prospered, beyond denial
of the detractors of the Duce. In
April, the premier proclaimed a Fas
cist "charter of labor,” which was re
garded as a substitution of the prln
clple of co-o|>eratlon for tlial of com
petition, and thus a step iu the abo
lltion of class Ptruggle.
King Ferdinand of Rumania died on
July 20 and his grandson, the Infant
Mlchnel, wns proclaimed his successor
under a regency. Friends of Carol,
former crown prince and father of the
child king, stirred up a lot of excite­
ment and trouble with schemes to
bring him back from exile and put him
on the throne, hut tittle cante o f N.
In November Premier lonel Bratlnno,
unrelenting enemy of Ofcrot, died and
waa succeeded temporarily hy his
brother.
Bloody revolt« by Com
munists In Vienna and hy Royalists In
Portugal were suppressed in the sum­
mer. In Soviet Russia Stalin and his
associates undertook to squelch utter­
ly the opposition faction and Leon
Trotsky and his followers were ex
polled from the Communist party.
President Calles of Mexico continued
hts suppression of the Catholic op­
ponents to his rule. Many prelates
were arrested on charges o f sedition,
and in April Archbishop Mora y del
Rio and others were expelled from
the country.
Mexico's most serious revolutionary
movement came In
October and
was led by Generals Gomes and
Serrano, both rivals of General Obre-
gon for the Presidency. W ithin a
few weeks the movement had been ef­
fectually put down and Gomez, Ser­
rano and many others had been exe­
cuted by firing squads. President F ig ­
ueroa of Chile was forced out of office
by Premier Ihnnez, who was later
elected to succeed him.
V irtual collapse of the Kuomlntang
revolution in China, so fa r us achiev­
ing Its objectives was concerned,
marked the year In the Oriental re­
public. The Nationalist party was
hopelessly split Into factions, while
Marshal Chang maintained hts su­
premacy In Peking and was reported
to be preparing to proclaim himself
emperor. The civil wnrfare went on
unceasingly without definite result.
DOMESTIC
Generally speaking, conditions were
conducive to a prosperous year In the
United States. Industry and commerce
nourished and the government piled
up a huge reserve that made a reduc­
tion of taxes a certainty. Adverse
features
were
the
unprecedented
floods In the Mississippi valley, con­
tinued though somewhat ameliorated
depression In the agricultural Indus­
tries, the long coal strike In the bi­
tuminous fields which was ended in
several states In the autumn, and a
strike of coal miners In Colorado un­
der leadership of the I. W. W.
Presidential politics occupied the
minds of the people to a considerable
extent. President Coolidge. It was
conseded, could have the Republican
nomination for the asking, but during
his vacation In the Black H ills of
South Dakota he rather astonished
the nation by Issuing the simple state­
m ent: “I do not choose to run for
President In 1928." Thus the race was
made an open one. though many of
M r. Coolidge's admirers Insisted that
he would accept the nomination If
“drafted” by the party. O f the other
possibilities those most favorably con­
sidered were Frank O. Lowden, H er­
bert
Hoover and
Vice President
Charles Dawes. Charles E. Hughes
also was liked by many.
Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas announced
that he was a candidate for the honor,
and a boom for Senator George Norris
o f Nebraska was started by some of
his fellow “Insurgents.’’ Senator W illis
of Ohio threw his hat Into the ring
a fte r the President In December told
the national committee he had “elim­
inated" himself.
Kansas City wns awarded the Re­
publican nationnl convention after a
spirited contest with San Francisco
and the call wns Issued for June 12.
Al Smith, at his fourth inauguration
as governor of New York, declared his
candidacy for the Democratic nomina­
tion and throughout the year he
seemed to gain steadily In strength. Of
course most of the drys In his party
opposed him and they sought for a
rival candidate to take the place of
W. G. McAdoo. The best they could
find, apparently, was Senator James
Reed of Missouri.
In February congress passed the
McNnry-Haugpn farm relief bill and
President Coolidge promptly vetoed It
because he and his official advisers
considered It economically had. Dur
ing the year the various agricultural
organizations tried to get together on
some measure that would serve their
needs and meet the President's objec­
tions, but failed. The m atter came
up again In the Seventieth congress
which met In December.
The senate In January refused to
admit Frank I . Smith and W. 8 Vare.
senators-elect from Illinois and Penn
sylvunia respectively, because of al
leged political corruption In their cam­
paigns and elections. Senator Reed of
Missouri spent considerable time dur­
ing the summer Investigating the
cases, and when the senate convened
on December 5 the battle for and
against the admission of the two men
was resumed.
President Coolidge declared himself,
early In the year, In favor of adequate
national defense, and congress In Its
army nnd navy appropriations wns
fairly liberal, going even heyond the
Chief Executive's recommendations by
providing for three light cruisers. In
October Admiral Mngruder severely
criticised the management of the navy
In a magazine article nnd pnld the
penalty, being removed from his com­
mand of the naval station at Philadel­
phia.
The Fall oil lease scandal came to
the front again several times. The
United Slates Supreme court cancelled
the leases given h.v Fall to E. L. Do-
heny on the ground of fraud, and later
President Coolidge turned the naval
oil reserves back to the Navy depart
merit. In October the Supreme court
cancelled the Teapot Dome lease held
by H arry Sinclair. In that month the
conspiracy case against Fall and Sin­
clair went to trial In Washington, but
a mistrial was ordered when It was
discovered gome of the Jurors were
being shadowed by Burns detectives
employed by the defense. Sinclair, W
J. Burna and several others were cited
for contempt of court
T here wns a reorganisation o f tha
machine’? for enforcement of prohibi­
tion In May. Seymour Loman succeed­
ed 1- C. Andrews as assistant secre­
tary of the treasury In charge of that
Job, and Dr. J. M. Doran replaced Roy
A. Haynes as commissioner o f prohl
bttlon. The Anti Saloon league lost
its guiding hand when Wayne U.
Wheeler died In September, but under
other leaden It went ahead with plans
to raise millions for the defeat of all
wet candidates for office.
In April the President vetoed the
Philippines assembly act fur a pleb­
iscite on Independence for the Islands.
I.a te r Governor Uenernl Wood eaiue
home to report to M r. Coolidge at the
summer W hite House In the Black
Hills. The general wns In poor health
then and on August 7 he died In Bos­
ton, universally lamented. In Decern
her
President
Coolidge
appointed
Henry L. Stlmson to succeed General
Wood ns governor geiierul of the
Philippines.
T he cases o f Sacco and Vnnxettl
Italian Communists, stirred up their
fellow Reds all over the world, and
the so-called "pinks" as well. They
had been convicted of murder I d
Massachusetts and sentenced to death.
The fairness of the tria l Judge wns a t­
tacked and the execution of the men
was delayed for months by every
means In the power of the defense.
The Supreme court nnd Governor F u l­
ler declined to Interfere and the men
were put to death on August 22.
The annual conveutlon of the Ainer
Iran Legion, which wus held In Paris,
wus a great success and the former
doughboys thoroughly enjoyed their
return to the scenes that became fa ­
m iliar to them during the World war.
A fter the convention adjourned most
of the thousands o f delegates visited
the battlefields nnd went to Belgium
and England. A large party Journeyed
to Rome.
Edward E. Spa (ford of
New York wae elected commander of
the Legion and San Antonio, Texas,
was awarded the 1928 convention.
W hat remains o f the Grund Army of
the Republic held the national en­
campment of that organization In
Grand Rapids. Mich., In September.
E. L. Haw k of Sacramento, Calif.,
was chosen comrannder In chief, anil
Denver wus selected for the encamp-
ment of 1928.
When the Seventieth congress as­
sembled In December President Cool­
idge sent In a message In which he
stood pat on a number of controversial
toplca. He ngaln called for the crea
tlon o f a federnl farm board 'o ad­
minister a revolving fund to help co
operatives, and again urged the strict­
est economy.
H e recommended a
moderate reduction In taxes on the
lines favored by Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, adequate works on
the lower Mississippi to control
floods, legislation permitting the Pres­
ident to net during coal mine strikes,
the turning over of the government’s
merchant marine to private capital,
and the projection of the O u lf-to
A tlantic waterway through the St.
Lawrence.
The house ways and means commit­
tee did not agree with Mr. Coolidge
and M r. Mellon and submitted a bill
that would reduce taxes hy about
$232,000,000. »lost of the Mellon rec
ommendatlons were Ignored in Its
preparation. The house Itself went
even further and before the holiday
recess passed a measure calling for
tax reductions aggregating $290,000,-
000, or $05,000,000 In excess of the
maximum set by the administration.
The government budget submitted
to congress by the President called
for appropriations totaling $3,556,-
957,031, nnd he gave his approval to
the Navy department’s 20-year build­
ing program requiring expenditures
of $725,000,000 In the first five years.
AVIATION
Details of Charles A. Lindbergh's
epochal flight, alone, from New York
to Paris are still fresh In all minds
Testing his plane by flying from Cal
Ifornla to Long Island In two hops,
the quiet young man took off for
France on May 20, and 33 hours and
21 minutes later he landed safely al
the Le Bourget field. The French
people went wild over him and In
France, Belgium and England, honors
were heaped upon him. He kept his
head wonderfully, and his modesty and
devotion to his business, both in Eu
rope and after his triumphant return
home, endeared hlin to all Americans
even more Ilian his great achievement
Rejecting alt offers that would have
made him wealthy, he took a position
In the Guggenheim Foundation for the
advancement of avlntlon, and in his
famous plane, the Spirit of SL Louis,
mnde a tour of oil the stales.
In December Lindbergh wns Invited
to Mexico City by President Cnlles
nnd responded by making the first
nonstop flight from Washington to
the Mexican capital, where he was re­
ceived most enthusiastically as the
unofficial ambassador of good will.
In February De Pinedo ot Italy (lew
across the south Alluntlc to Brazil,
later flying up to the United States
and Canada nnd thence to the Azores
nnd home. The army's pan-American
a ir squndron lost two of Ita members
In a collision at Buenos Aires; the
rest of them returned to Washington
In May. C. D Chamberlin and C. A
l-evlne flew from Long Island to Oer
many In June, establishing a nonstop
distance record o f 3.905 tniles. The
same month l.leuts. J. I.. M aitland and
Albert llegenherger of the army, flew
from San Francisco to Honolulu, and
Commander Byrd and Ida crew hopped
off at New York for Europe, lundlng
In th« sea near Havre, France. E. L
Smith and E. B. Bronte made the
flight from San Francisco to Haw aii
In July, landing on Molokai lilaud, out
o f gas.
Muuy planet were entered In a race
from Cullfornlu to Honolulu In Au
gust, and four started, hut only two
made the trip successfully. Oue of
these wus mnuned hy A rt Goebel and
Lieut. W illiam Davis, and (lie other
hy M artin Jensen slid I ’sul Schlatter.
The other two stsrters, carrying four
men and oue woman, were loet, nnd
Capt. W. P. Erwin and A. H. Rich-
wuldt, who ttew In search of them,
also perished In the ocean. Before
the start of the race three entrants
were killed In accidents. Yet another
hold aviator who disappeared, was
Paul Redfern, who undertook to fly
from Brunswick. Ga., to itlo de
Janeiro, Brasil. Then, In September,
Pilots Berlaud nnd H ill, with P.
Payne, a New York newspaper mun
ns passenger, undertook the trausat
lantlc flight, heading for Rome; they
fell Into the sea and perished. In Oc­
tober Ruth Elder and George llalde-
mun tried to duplicate Lindbergh's
feat hut were forced down near the
Azores and picket! up by a Steamer,
Pilots Selilee and Brock sturted from
New Foundlund August 27 for a flying
tour of the world. They landed In
England the next day, and continued
their trip successfully ns fur as
Tokyo, Japan. By thut time the con
dltlons over the Puclfic were such
that they wisely made the crossing by
steamship. Pilots T ully and Mvdealf
of Cauuda loat their lives In trying
to fly from Harbor Grace, N. F , to
London In September.
European aviators were almost as
active us those of America, nnd some
of them also paid tho extreme penalty
for their boldness. Captains Charles
Nungesser and Francois Coll, famous
French aces, undertook u uonstop
Hight from Purls to New York In Muy,
nnd were lost off New Foundlnnd. In
August Capt. Leslie Ham ilton and Col.
F. F. Mlnchln, with Princess Lowen-
stelu-Wertheliu as pusseuger, sturted
from Upavon, England, for Ottawa
Out., and were uever seen again.
SPORTS
In respect o f attendance all records
In American sporting events were
broken in 1927.
Tha outstanding
events In this way were the prize
tight for the heavyweight champion­
ship In Chicago, between Gene Tun-
uey and Juek Dempsey on September
22; and the foolbull game, also In
Chicago, between Notre Dame and the
University o f Lower California on No­
vember 2 a The light. It is needless
to say, wus won on points by Tunney,
the champion. The football game re­
sulted In a victory for Notre Dame.
In the squared circle during the yeur
Pete Latzo lost the welterweight
title to Joe Dundee; Bud T aylor re­
tained the bantamweight champion­
ship by defeating Tony Cunzonerl;
Mickey W alker, world's middleweight
champion, of New Jersey, beat Tommy
Milligan, European champion. In Loa-
don, and Sammy Mnndell kept tils
lightweight title by whipping McGraw.
There wns an Interesting race In the
Nationnl Baseball league, which wns
won by Pittsburgh.
The Amerlcun
league pennant was taken by the New
York Yankees, and that club defeated
the I ’iralee handily In the world's ae­
ries. Ban B. Johnson retired from the
presidency of the Amerlcun league In
October and wns cueceeded by E. S.
Barnard o f Cleveland.
Bobby Jones maintained hla place
aa leader In the world of golf, for
he not only won again the British
open championship, but also the
southern open and the national ama­
teur titles. However, he lost the na­
tional open, which wns won by Tommy
Armour a fte r a lie with H arry Cooper.
Bobby Crnlckshnnk won the North
and South o;ien, Johnny Farrell the
Metropolitan open nnd eastern open.
Bob Stein o f Seattle the western nmu-
teur, Mrs. H arry Presaler the wom­
en's western. Tommy Armour the Ca­
nadian open. W ulter Hagen the west­
ern open nnd the professional. Mrs.
»tlrlam Horn the women's national,
and George Duncan the French open.
France's tennis learn raptured the
Davis cup from the Americans, nnd
one of Its members, I.aconte, again
won the American championship, de­
feating Bill Tilden. However, Tilden,
Hunter and Missis W ills and Bynn
thade a fine showing In European tour­
naments.
It wns difficult to pick the best of
the year's college football teams, for
several were undefeated.
Yale beat
Harvard In their annual mntch, nnd
University of Illinois won the West­
ern conference championship.
The
Army-Navy game In New York result­
ed In victory for West Point.
Horse racing had a prosperous year
and a number of new tracks were
opened; two of these were In the Chi­
cago region, for Illinois’ legislature
hnd legalized
pnrl-mntuel
betting.
The Kentucky Derby wns won by
H. P. Whitney's Whiskery, nnd the
American Derby at Chlcngo went to
Hydromel.
Handy Mandy captured
the I.ntonta Derby.
DISASTERS
It was another year of disasters and
convulsions of nature. Earthquakes,
lolrnnlc eruptions, furious storms and
devastating floods were numerous nnd
took a terrible toll In lives and prop
erty destroyed. The Mlaslsslppi val­
ley fltatds that started In April were
the worst In the history of the United
States. Vast areas from central Illl
nols to the G ulf of Mexico were In
undated, hundreds of persons drowned
nnd hundreds of thousands rendered
homeless, while the properly losses
ran Into the hundred millions. All ns-
lief agencies, from the government de­
partments down, were employed, with
Secretary Hoover In general charge,
and the people of the country contrib­
uted most liberally for their unfortu-
uutu fellow citizens. All Immetllat«'
result »us the formulating of plans
for flood control tor uitloti by thn
Seventieth congress.
O f other disasters the worst were:
In January: Seventy-seven children
killed In movie theater lire In Moil-
tria l. In February: Earlliquakw and
snowslldes killed hundreds III Vug»-
S im la ; tornadoes In southern states
und «long the Atlantic seaboard, fatal
Io sixty six. In M arch: Sixty nine
killed In two mine explosions In Eng­
land nnd Wales; nearly 2.500 perished
In Japanese esrthquuke and tldul
wave; tornado In Arkansas, 33 (lend.
In A p ril: Mine explosion In West
Virginia, killed 94. In M ay: About
200 died In storms In Middle W e s t;
earthquake In China ruined l.langthow
and other cities und killed almut 100,-
000 persons. In July: Flood lu China
killed 1,000 and In Snxnny 800; earth­
quake In Palestine took 268 Uvea. In
September; Storms and tldul waves
ravaged west const of Mexico und
parts of Chinn nnd Japan; tornado In
St. Louis, Mo., killed 89 and did $75,-
000,000 damage Io property. In Octo­
ber: Itullun steamship sunk off Bra-
sli roast, 314 lives belug lo s t In No­
vember: Disastrous and fatal floods
In New Euglund and A lg e ria ; explo­
sion of gas storage tank In Pittsburgh
killed about 40 iieraens. In December
there were furious gulea on the Great
Lakes that destroyed much shipping
and cost some lives.
In an orphan­
age tiro In Quebec about sixty chil­
dren aud one nun perished.
NECROLOGY
Notable among the deaths of tha
year were:
In Jnnunry: Capt. »1. E. Trench,
governor o f tho Virgin Islands; Frank
L. Stanton, Georgia |>oet; Arnold Daly,
actor; Duvld it. Francis of St. Louis,
statesman; »lisa Juliet Low, founder
o f Girl Scouts of America; Carlotta,
ex-empress of Mexico; Lyman J. Gage,
former secretary o f the treasury.
In February: Wllllutu E. Knox, New
York banker; Charles Deering, capi­
talist ; Dr, C. D. Walcott, secretary o f
Smlthsonlun Institution; Rev. Dr. Per­
ry S. Grant, New York divine; Oliver
Dennett Gruver, a rtis t; Commodore
Elbridge T. Gerry of New Y o rk ; Dr.
Georg Brnndea, Danish c ritic ; Judson
Harmon o f Ohio; Rear Admiral A. »1.
K n ig h t; Sir Luke Elides, English
artist.
In M arch: Brig. Gen. Le Hny Up-
tan; Dr. Nathaniel Butler, Dr. Ira
Remsen and Dr. Hurry I'r a lt Judson,
educators; Gov. II. L. W hitfield o f
■Mississippi; Katy Emmett, actress; W.
8. Cherry, explorer; W. 11. I'llg ,
founder o f Izunk Wnlton league;
Perry S. Ile a th ; George Wheeler Hin­
man, Journalist
In A p ril: Capt. John B artlett, Arc­
tic explorer; Rev. Or. J. P. Brushing-
liam ; Eliot F. Sheppard, m illionaire
sportsman; Albert J. Beveridge, ex-
senator from Indiana.
In M ay: Dr. Benjamin Ido Wheeler,
educator; Hudson .Maxim, Inventor;
Brure McRae, actor; Anna Eva Fay,
mind reader; Sam Bernard, a cto r;
Col. T. T. Knox, veteran Indian fight­
e r; I'nytie Whitney, capitalist; J. J,
Van Alen, financier.
In June; Martin Roche, Chicago ar­
chitect; »larquess of Lansdowne; Dr.
Joseph Schneider, world famed ocu­
list of Milwaukee; Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus; Coles Philipps, a rtis t; Je­
rome K. Jerome, English author; Ctnra
l.oulse Burnham, nulhor; Henry Clay
Pierce, oil magnate.
In July: Keith Preston, Journalist;
John Drew, actor; Henry W hite, dip­
lom at; King Ferdlnnnd of Kum anla;
Congressman »1. K. Crumpacker o f
Oregon; llrlg. Gen. O. »1. M oulton;
t 'a r ilin a l t'z c r iu q h , p rim a te of Hun­
gary; David C. Cook, publisher; S ir
H arry Johnston, English author and
explorer; W alter Travis, former golf
champion.
In August: Bear Admiral F. T .
Bowles; John Dillon, Irish National­
ist ; »laj. Gen. Leonard Wood, gover­
nor general of the Philippines; James
Oliver Curwood, sulhor; Judge E. I!
Gary, head of the United Slates Steel
corporation; Ogden Armour o f Chl­
cngo; Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zelsler,
p ian ist; Znghlul
Pasha,
Egyptian
nationalist; Cardinal Rleg y Cusa-
nova, primate of Spain.
In September: Amelin Bingham, ac­
tress; Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel of Anti Saloon league; .Marcus
Loew, motion picture magnate; Col.
C. J. Glldden, telephone and aeronau­
tical pioneer; Isadora Duncan.dancer;
MnJ. Gen. Lloyd M. B rett; Itnron Ago
von Maltzan, German ambassador to
the United States; Lew Shank, for­
mer mayor of Indlnnnpollg.
In October: Prof. A. S. Arrhenius,
Swedish scientist; Gov. Austen l'eay
of Tennessee; "Corporal" James T an ­
ner of Washington; John Dalzell of
’’ Ittsburgh; Bishop p. J. Muliloon of
Rockford, III.; Col. J. F. Dillon of
federal radio commission; Cardinal
O'Donnell, primate of Irelan d; MaJ.
Oen. J. T. Dickm an; Davlea Warfield
president Seaboard Air Line railw ay;
John J. Mitchell, Chicago hanker;
Rear Admiral J. M. Helm ; John Lu­
ther Long, author und pluywlrght.
In November: Dr. H. C. Jennings,
head of the Methodist Book Concern;
James C. Brady, New York financier;
W. K. James, president American
Farm congress; J. N. Huston, former
U. S. treasurer; Charles Mellen, m il-
»’ny m an; lonel Bratlnno, premier of
Rumania; Renr Admlrnl W. H. Bul­
lard, chairman of federal radio com­
mission; Cardinal Bonznno; Henry W.
Savnge, thentrlcnl producer.
In December: Herbert 8. Hadley,
chancellor o f Washington university
and former governor of M issouri; I. F.
Brnlnnrd of Pittsburgh, noted stock-
man.
(IB b» Waattrs Nawapapar Union.)