PROGRESS SLOW
DURING THE YEAR
lowers. In January the national con­ Cago; March 17, Dr. F. \V. Gunsaulus,
Irish Free State. A treaty to this ditions there, upset by the collapse of
she showed signs of yielding to the
■ffect was ratified by the British pa»- the su ;ar boom'. He remained on thè ference. o f state manufacturers’ asso­ educator, lecturer and preucher, of.
ciations pledged support for the open Chicago; March 19, Bert Leston Tay­
general view.
Division of Upper liament and submitted, to dall eireann. island
for a long time and succeeded
shop movement. On the last day of lor o f the Chicago Tribune, most fa­
Silesia between Germany and Poland
Ulster was not consulted, but was in his mission to a considerable ex­
caused a lot of trouble
A plebiscite given the option of becoming a part tent. In April 11 telephone communi­ that month the railway executives mous “ column conductor” ; March 24,
was held there in March, but both of the Irish Free state or retaining cation between the United States and asked that the national working agree­ James Cardinal Gibbous, archbishop of
sides asserted it was unfair and early
her status. Angrily she chose the Cuba vas opened by an exchange of ments _be abrogated; the railroad Baltimore; March 28, Mrs. George M.
brotherhoods appealed to President Pullman, widow o f the car builder,
in May tkie region was invaded by latter.
greetii gs between Presidents' Harding
Wilson Sfi prevent wage reductions but and Charles Haddon Chambers; Aus­
Heavy Taxes* Chaotic Financial Polish irregulars. Thinly veiled support
Charles, ex-emperor o f Austria-Hun­ and ii jnoeal.
1 e refused to interfere. By ordér of tralian playwright; March 29, John
was given, them by the Warsaw _cov
gary, made two futile efforts to regain
Thei United States Supreme court
Conditions and Minor Wars
; c railway labor board some of the Burroughs, beloved American natural­
eminent and also by the French and the Hungarian throne. On March 27 he
rendered several notable decisions. On
there succeeded a long series of tights
oruing agreements were terminated ist.
Hamper Recovery in 19 2 1.
appeared In Hungary without forces January 31 It held that Judge Landis
between them and German volunteer and claimed thé crown, but Regent
■n July 1 and a wage cut averaging 12
April 3, Annie Louise »Cary, ouce
had n lawful right or power to pre­
forces. The entente cordiale of the
ner cent was put into effect.' The rail­ famous prima donna; April 8, Julia
Horthy refused to step aside. Czecho-' side oi jr the trial of Victor Berger and
ways later announced they would ask Opp, actress, and B. E. Wallace, pioneer
allies was near to rupture, but in June
Slovakia, JugoSIa'Aa and Rumania other S ocialists. On March 28 it ruled
further wage cuts. The membership circus man ; April 9, Archbishop Walsh
British troops entered the territory mobilized to frustrate the coup and the
that f rofits from sale of corporate
and began clearing out the Poles. The
o f the brotherhoods decided by vote o f Dublin, Sydney Fisher, Canadian
allied council o f ambassadors warned stocks and bonds and capital assets
dispute was. referred to the league
that a strike should be called on Octo­
Washington Conference on Armament council whteh in October announced Hungary that the restoration of the are ta: able as income. On April 11 it ber 30, but nine allied unions refused statesman, and Ernesto Nathan, former
mayor o f Rom e; April 11, Augusta
Hapsburg
regime
would
not
be
toler­
refuse
to
review
the
convictions
of
Limitation the Most Important
to support such a strike, and on an- Victoria, former empress-of Germany;
the bohndaf-y lines. Neither Germany
Event— W hat President Hard*
' por Poland was satisfied but both ac­ ated. SQ Charles returned to his place Haywi Dd and 79 other L W. W. mem­ aouncement by the board that it would
April 30, John Robinson, noted circus
o f refuge in Switzerland. But he was bers. The conviction o f Senator New-
ing’s Administration and
not consider wage cut requests until owner.
cepted the decision.
not through, for on October 21 he and Iberry if Michigan and others for al-
all working rule questions had been
AH' through the year the Greeks
the Congress Have
May 3, Dr. W. R. Brooks, astrono­
his wife, Zita, went by airplane to leged dolation of, the corrupt prac-
decided the strike order was canceled.
fought t’he Turkish nationalists in
Accomplished.
mer; May 5, J. A. Sleicher, editor Les­
Hungary and rallied a considerable tices ct was set aside on May 2, the
On December 1 thé board reconstituted
Anatolia, with varying fortune, while
lie’s W eekly; May 14, A lf Hyman, the­
number o f supporters who proclaimed act hi ng held void. On June 30 Wil-
the working rales so that the open,
the aliif/id powers held aloof thou ; .
By E D W A R D W . P IC K A R D
atrical manager; May 15, Former Sen­
Charles king. Again the “little eh- 11am ] toward T aft was appointed chief
shop
principle
was
recognized.
•
offering
mediation
which
Greece
re-
"j
Back to Normalcy was the slogan
ator T. B. Catron o f N ew TM exicoM ay
I tente’’ prepared for action, but Rè'gent jusüc and was sworn in on October 3.
In
the
packing
industry
there
was
a
fused,
.in
November
France
made
a
o f 1921, not only in America but in
18, Former Secretary of the Interior
Th’ unemployment situation be-
Horthy led his army out of Budapest
wage
reduction
in
March
and
a
strike
all the civilized nations of the world. treaty with the Kemalist government and defeated the Carlists In a rea f bat­ came o bad inuring the summer that
Franklin B. Lane; May 19, Edward D.-
But minor wars, internal economic dis­ which aroused protests from Great tle. The former emperor and empress Presiifent Harding called a conference was narrowly averted. In September White, chief justice o f the United
turbances, chaotic financial conditions Britain and led to diplomatic negotia­ were taken prisoner, as were a number of ex; jrts on the subject. It began its the large packing plants installed the States Supreme court; May 29, Gen.
shop representation system and in No­ Horace Porter, war veteran and diplo­
in Europe, widespread unemployment, tions.
sessio s on September 26 and, after a
vember, under this plan, the employees mat.
The United States formally made of prominent Hungarian nobles. The Jong
famine in Russia and other hindrances
;udy, established a central bu-
allies decreed that Charles must be
itmde progress in the right direction peace With the central powers.' the exiled, and In November he and Zita reau .nd started local employment consented fo a further reduction of 10
.June 5, W. T. Crooks, noted British
per cent. The meat cutters repudiated
treaty
vpith
Austria
being
signed
Au­
slow, excepting, perhaps, in the United
labor reader; June 7, Alvin T. Hert,
movea ents throughout the country.
were taken to Funchal, Madeira.
this
and
called
a
strike
on
Dec.
5.
gust
24,
that
with
Germany
August
25.
States.
Republican leader of Kentucky ; June 8,
Russia’s year was one of fighting, The resulting relief was but partial,
There were many minor strikes, Col. F. W. Galbraith, Jr., national com­
When the year opened the peoples and the pact with Hungary August 29. famine and efforts to resume relations for bi siness Itself was suffering a gen­
! most of them short livecj,
Samuel mander o f the American Legiqn ; Jun«
were groaning tinder the burden of In these treaties America reserved dll with other nations. The soviet gov­ eral i »presslon.
Gompers was re-elected president o f 13, Gen. Jose Gomez, former president
taxation and depression resulting from that was given her by the treaty of ernment held its own against repeated
One of the worst race riots In the
the World war. As It drew to a close Versailles which the senate had re­ revolts, which Included risings of-the histor ’ of the country broke out In the American Federation of Labor of Cuba, and H. C. Ide, former gover­
which held its convention in Denver nor general o f the Philippines; June
they were still groaning but had hope­ fused to ratify.
workingmen of Moscow, of* peas­ TulsJ Okla., on May 81. Before It in June.
Preshieni tlar'in,. ■ m July 10 ,s-
fully turned their eyes toward Wash­
15, Judge W. A. Blount of Florida,
was
quelled
the
negro
quarter
of
the
ants under Antonov, and an invasion
Great Britain’s
coal miners went
on .president o f the American Bar asso-
ington, where the representatives of sued /informal tnVriat; ¡Si s to G ca,
.
.
city l|d been burned and 35 persons
of
the.
Ukraine
by
Petlura,
which
for
strike on March 1 and fo r nearly four clation. June i 6. William E, Mason.
great powers were negotiating inter­ Brit?,in, France. Italy and Japan to a time .threatened to be successful. had baen killed and many wounded.
m
n n t h e f the
lit» n
o f i n n ’ ci i Industries
n d n c tr lo c
n
N ir o !
,•,
_
...
months
nation’s
were
national agreements that would elim­ senci representatives to Washington Failure of the crops brought a terrible
congressman-at-large from
Illinois;
Lab|r troubles of long standing in
jiear collapse. The rail and transport June 22, Dr. Morris Jastrow, authority
inate some of the causes o f war, es­ for a conference on limitation Of fam ine in the Volga region.
West
Virginia
culminated
In
an
insur­
Many
pecially in the Far East, and limit atmanient and Far East questions. thousands starved to death and even rectionary movement by miners which/ \ybrkers refused to go out and the on Semitic literature, and Gen. C. H.
the means of making war.
In the ..Acceptance from .all was already as­ the American relief administration, called,/forth a proclamation by the government would not yield to the Taylor, editor of the Boston'’ Globe;
success o f this conference and of oth­ sured by a proces.- of “ feelin g out .” which Mook charge of the situation, President ordering them 'to dispersed ^demands that the mines be national­ June 28, Charles J. Bonaparte of Bal­
ized, so the miners returned to work timore ; June 29, Lady Randolph
and on Augusi 11 the formal Im ita­
ers that might grow out of It lay for
Federal troops were sent Into the re­
tions went out. China. Belgium. Hol­ could oiMy partially check the disaster.
on June 28 without having gained Churchill.
the time being the hope o f humanity.
gion-and
the
miners,
soon
surrendered.
land and Portugal being asked to par­ In seeki ng to break through the ring
much. . •
Efforts to enforce the terms o f the
July 3, John F. Wallace, eminent en­
A commission, headed by. Gen. Leon-
o f Isolation surrounding it, the Moscow
treaty o f Versailles resulted in con­ ticipate in discussions involving the
gineer; July 10, Douglas Story, author
ard
Wood,
was
sent
to
the
Philippines.
flicts among some o f the new nations Far East. The foremost statesmen o f government gradually receded from Its It reported in November, recommend­
and journalist; July 12, Harry Hawker,
SPORTS
these nine powers, were named as / communistiy principles. It-sought the
•created by that pact, and several of
famous British aviator;-July 15, Dr.
—
aid of forei gn capital, and on August ing against Immediate withdrawal of
delegates
and
on
November
12
the
mo­
the older nations were involved in
the 'United States from the islands.
It was a great year fo r sports. In W.' E. Stone, president of Purdue uni­
9
it
abandoned
state
ownership
of
all
mentous conference opened with im­
warfare. Germany, working fast to
Meantime General Wood was offered all lines there was 'activity and pros- versity; July 29, Robert E. Burke,
posing ceremony. Almost immediate­ but a few of', the largest industries.
■recover her old position in the world
and accepted the post of governor gen­ perity, and international contests 1 prominent Democrat o f Chicago, and
Treaties
were
{¡made
with
the
Baltic
ly Secretary Hughes' put forward
o f commerce, was hampered by the
Charles B. Cory, ornithologist; July U ,
: , „ *"
were numerous.
states and with Turkey, and tempt­ eral.
America’s
plan'
for
reduction
and
disastrous decline in the value of the
The American Legion, in session at
Organized baseball, which had suf­ Edgar Saltus, author.
ing offers o f concessions were held
limitation
o
f
naval
annament,
includ­
2nark, and. her leaders protested con­
Aug. 2, Enrico Caruso, the famous
In a notable Kansas City,- elected Lieut. Col. Han­ fered from the White Sox scandal,
ing a naval holiday fo r ten years, the out to other nations.
tinually that she could not possibly
ford MacNider of Iowa its national
rehabilitated Itself by the appoint­ operatic tenor; Aug. 6, John G. Jen­
pronouncement
on
October
2
i
Premier
pay the war indemnity. Peace negoti­ scrapping of all,, shipbuilding pro­
commander on 'November 1. The Le­ ment o f Judge Landis as supreme ar­ kins, Wisconsin jurist; Aug. 11, W il­
grams. detraction of vessels to a cer- Lenin admitted the economic defeat
ations between tlie British government
gioni hath as guests Marshal Foch of biter. The New York Giants and the liam. C; Hook, jurist, o f Kansas; Aug.
o
f
communism.
.
and Sinn Fein were brought to a sue- » tain point and the maintenance of
New York Yankees won the National U 2. Alexander Block, noted Russian
France, general Diaz of Italy, «A d
Old
King
Peter
o
f
Serbia
died
in
cessfui conclusion by which the Irish ‘ the navies o f America. Oreat^ Britain
miral Beatty of England and other and American league pennants, re- lip ct; Aug. 13, Samuel P. Colt, leader 1*
and .Japan on a 5-5-3 basis. The plan Belgrade on August 17, asd four days
Free State was constituted.
distinguished warriors. These same spectively, and In the series for the ! rubber industry; Aug. 17, King Peter of
1
was fomuatly accepted by the delegates later his son Alexander was pro­
visitors and.many other eminent per- world championship the Giants were (S erb ia; Aug. 19, Demetrios Rhallys, ’
of those rations on December 15, and ‘ claimed king o f Jugbf-Slavia. H e was sons participated, on A-vmistiee Day, victorious. The former members' of Greek statesman; Aug. 23, Sir Sanr
IN T ER N A T IO N A L A FFA IR S
to the agreement were added clauses reluctant to leave Paris, however, and
Nov. 11, in the ceremony of the burial the Chicago White Sox who were ac- Hughes of Canada; Aug. 25, Peter
for the preservation of the status quo it was not until November 6 that he pf Atflerica’s , unknown soldier -in the, cused of conspiracy to “ throw the 1919 ; Cooper Hewitt, noted American lnven-
The League o f Nations, though
o f naval bases and fortification in the went to Belgrade | and assumed his ^atipnal cemetery at Arlington,
world’s series” were acquitted by a tor; Aug. 31, Field Marshal Count von
■functioning without the co-operation
western' Pacific.
crown.
Portugal was'Vupset by sev-
Buelow, German war leader.
■ Udder the budgefe/law which Jwas,;. jury, though not by public opinion,
■of the United. States, accomplished
O f almost equal importance was the eral revolutionary movements toward passed;' in May Gen. ^Charles. jQk-
Jock Hutchinson o f America won x Sept. 2, Austin' Dobson, E n g lis h
; much during the year, chiefly through
four-power pact accepted by, the con- the close o f the year. (Vu August 19 DaweS'was appointed director general the British open .golf championship In ’ Poet i Sept. 11, Former Senator George
¡its council, which met In Paris on
ferente on December 13. i'h is was the ipinistf.y was overthrown by jBjaüljil
irodget and he and His JurfC. Ift this country the titles'went r . reettnof?>br Rhode isianu; septets,'
/February 21 and Immediately referred
lproposed am radm ra^ to the covenant
* > " » <* » treaty
which tary coup and pévera! c a c h e t mem. aids.made -notable progress In the way as follow s:-W estern amateur, Charles P e e r .Stromme, American author and
hers, including. Premier Gnunjo, were of ciitting d w n the expenses of the Evans, Jr.; national open, James M. journalist; Sept. 21, Sir Ernest Cas­
tto a committee.
President Wilson, the United States. Great .Britain
assassinated, A few days laser a plot
Barnes; western open, W alter Hagen; sel, British financier; Sept. 28, Engel­
government.
tvho during January had withdrawn France and Japan agreed to majintain
of the royalists was uncovere®, .and in
\>eace
in
‘
tlie
Pacific,
the
AngK>-Jap­
bert Humperdinck, German composer.
national amateur, Jesse Guilford.
the American representatives from the
November Carvalho Mesquita
a re­
Oct. 1, Former Federal Judge Peter
| The feature In pugilism was the
council of ambassadors and the repa­ anese treaty being abrogated.
N
ATIONAL
LEG
IS
LA
TIO
N
China offered some very dif ficult volt. Because of these disorders and
battle for the world’s heavyweight Grosscup of Chicago; Oct. 2, David
rations commission, on> February 2S,
Blspham, American baritone, and W il­
sent to tlie league . council a stronf/; problems to the conference and all i\ the of the spread of bolshevism themiow-
Not . a great deal of legislation was title between Jack Dempsey and liam II, former king of Württemberg;
demands
of
her
delegates
were
not
ers
began-consideration
of
a
plaSi/or
Georges
Carpentler
of
France
on
July
protest against the inclusion of tw'e
passed by the Republican congress
Oct. 12, Philander Case Knox, senator
island o f Yap in territories subject/jd satisfied. The conferees, however, did intervention. Spain had rebels, ala
during7 the last two months of Presi­ 2. The Frenchman was knocked out from Pennsylvania; Oct. 18, Ludwig
enter
into
an
agreement
to
rem
ove
1
the
tribesmen
of
Morocco..
Agai
In the fourth round. Benny Leonard
to the mandate o f Japan, and aiso
dent^ ^Wilson’s administration. The
III, former king of B avaria; Oct. 21,
_........ ^
.
formally
demanded fior America
a many of the foreign restrictions on-1 them she maintained a wearying a:
President vetoed the bill to revive the defended the lightweight title against Maj. Gen. W. W. Wotherspoon, U. S.
voice in the~ m*sposal~of th T 'fo rm e r cblna and to respect the territorial i expensive warfare for months.
Richie
Mitchell
on
January
14;
Jack
•AVar Finance corporation on January
A .; Oct. 25, “ Bat” Masterson, writer
German colonies. -The council la re- and administrative Integrity of
tfte i while on the subject o f rebellion, men-
•2, and congress promptly repassed it. Britton, welterweight champion, de­ and former noted westerner; Oct. 26,
ply said it was" not concern ed with 01’ienta' republic and preserve the optttj j tion must be made o f the revolt o f
Qiu January 12, $7,100,000 was appro- feated Ted Lewis of England on Feb­ Henry Oyen, American novelist.
the allocation of Yap to Ja pan and door for trade and industry of all na- the Moplahs on the Malabar coast of
pi\âtèd for enforcement o f prohibition. ruary 7, and Pete Herman won the
Nov. 3, Dan Hanna, capitalist and
invited the United States to take ¡part
oart tiHUS- D ir e « negotiations between the i India, which caused the British gov-
The/house
decided, on January 19, that bantamweight title from Joe Lynch on publisher, o f Cleveland, O .; Nov. 5,
■
*
Chinese
and
Japanese
delegates
re-
«rnment
much
annoyance
and
not
a
July
25.
..J:
in discussions concerningxt’/ie Turkish
its vnembership should not be in-
Davis and Johnston, the, American Rev. Antoinette Blackwell, first woman
and African mandates. - A month after suited in Japan’s agreeing to restore i fe w lives.
creas&l. A fter much debate congress
ordained as a minister In the United
Shantung
province
to
China
upon
re-
j
There
were
communist
outbreaks
in
the Republican administration took
'* * „ * ? '!} *
| ^Germany in March, and on August 26 set the JinUt of the regular army at New Zealand on January
1, and Til- States; Nov. 13, C. H. Prior of St.
office Secretary o f Sta',4 Hughes reit­ ceiving payment for the railway.
It was evident from the first that
Mathias Erzberger, the German states­ 175,000 fhen. Mr. Wilson vetoed the den won the international champion­ Paul, railway builder, and Mrs. George
erated Mr. Wilson’s ?Aand concerning
measure^ but it was passed over his
J. Gould; Nov. 20, Lawrence C. Earl,
the
conference
could
not
do
much
in
man who: signed the treaty of Ver­
Yap and mandates / i n general, and
veto. *On> ^February 26 the President ship In Paris on June 4, and the American painter; Nov. 22, dhristine. ,
tlie
matter
of
limitation
of
land
ariiaa-
sailles,
was
assassinated.
Doctor
Wirth,
American championship on September
later France and !,taly indorsed Amer­
_ the controversy' over meats so long as the situation in c.en- who became chancellor on May 10, re­ signed the Vi’ inslow bill, making avail­ 19.
The Americans again won the Nilsson, Countess de Casa Mlrandu,
ica’s position in
able tb the rai lroads $370,000,000 from
the island, though"^Jamn Vormafiy” re- tral
Eur°Pe remained so unsealed., signed with liis*cabinet on October 22,
Davis
cup bn September 3 by defeat­ once- famous operatic soprano, and .
the gqvefnnaent\guarantee fund.
Henry M. Hyndman, British socialist
fused to give
her mandate. There-
Premier Briand ’ was present to give f but was persuaded to remain in office
ing
the
« Japanese team.
President Handing called congress
leader; Nov. 27, Lieut. Col.” C. W.
after that d’/spute was the subject of voice t0 France’s needs o f protection, and form a new ministry.-;:. In Novem-
'■
The
University
o
f
Illinois
-won
the
in extta session oAvApril i l and nearly
Whittlesey, hero of the "lost Battal­
long drawn Amt negotiations between and fears o f aggression by Germany: her there were riots in many German
Western
Conference
track
and
field
all tlfe rest <of the\. year it was busy
- Stages . and Japan which and possibly by Russia. His eloquent ; cities due to the-high prices o f food.
£q|et and the National Collegiate ion ;” Nov. 28, Abdul Baha Abbas, lead­
the - United«
i>he chauvinistic element In Japan with he task o f redeeming the pledges athletic meet in June. Yale defeated er of the Bahaists; Nov. 29, Ivan
led to ’k treaty by which the United speech so far convinced the confer- j{
ence
that
tlie
other
powers
gave
a
s
-
wag
ac^[vet especially after the Wash- of t l ) Republican* pv'jrty, with what Harvard in their annual boat race on Caryll, composer-, and Lord Mount Ste«
States was asaiurefi equal rights In
succe is must be le f f v to Individual
surance
than
France
would
ne^er
li lngton conference opened, and on No­ judgi lent. Among the f a ’st bills passed June 24. The University o f Iowa won phen, creator of the Canadian Pacific
Yap and other Ishtnds mandated to
left
in
the
“
moral
isolation”
which
site
Western
Conference
football railway system.
Japan.
li vember 3 Premier Hara was assassi- were emergency tariff’ And Immigra­ the
Dec. 10, Sir Arthur Pearson, famous
feared.
nated. Viscount Takahashi succeeded tion cts; a new army Dili cutting the championship, and Harvard beat Yale
The CouRcll o t ambassadors in Janu­
President Harding has clung tx» bis him. The emperor of Japan suffered
blind publisher of England; Dec. 11,
ion
November
19.
The
East
was
given
ary gave Germany nnore time to dis­
Idea that an association of nations can a complete mental and physical break­ armj tlov.’n to 150,000; arid the budget "two jolts in football, for the Univer­ the earl of Halsbury, former British
arm, appointed a coimmission to pass
• be formed which would, dw what the down some time last year, and Crown bill. ] «On April 30 the seriate adopted sity o f Chicago defeated Princeton lord high chancellor; Dec. 12, H. Clay
<on Austria’s economic status, decided
League o f Nat ions, cannot <10; and'on Prince Hirohito was made regent on a u : ¡Mutton declaring the? vttar wuh and Centre college of Kentucky beat Evans of Tennessee,-former commis­
that Latvia * and Estbwnia should be
November 25 lie pur forward the: sug­ November 25. He had lately returned Gern any and Austria at an end; on Harvard.
sioner o f pensions; -Dec. 15, Congress­
recognized as sovereign states, and
June! 13 the house adopted a resolu­
man'' J. A. Elston of California, who
gestion
of
a
continuing
series
e
f
con-
Europe,
On
November
23
young
Jake
Schaef­
then fixed the German reparations at
tion ! f similar purport, and the’ Meas­
ferenees like that In Washington, .
,
er won the world’s balkline champion­ committed suicide; Dec. 16, Casiili#
226,000,000,000 gold insUrks, payable in
ure
;
its
finally
passed
on
July
1
and
Saint-Saëns, noted French composer.
whieh presumably might result in the j
ship long held by W illie Hoppe.
annual Installments, a Aid 12 per cent
sign* 1 the next day by President
formation o f the association.
The ;
DOM ESTIC A FFA IR S
tax on exports during the period of
Hare [ng. Repeated efforts to pass a
idea was received with favor every- j
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DISASTERS
payment.
This reparations decision
N EC R O LO G Y
soldi ts’ bonus bill .came to naught,
where,
except
that
the
French
de-
During
the
early
part
o
f
the
year
created consternation in\ Germany and
but
j
i
soldiers’
relief
bureau
was
cre-
murred, at the proposed inclusion of the country was preparing fo r the
Floods, tornadoes and conflagrations
Just the names o f the well-known
Berlin at once began efforts to per­
Germany.
change o f administration on March 4. aidfl on August 2 and Col. d R. Forbes men and women who passed away in cost many lives and vast property
suade the United States to Intervene
vaHs-
made
its
director.
“
The
house
President-elect Harding resigned as
1921 would fill much space. Among the losses In 1921. -'-A four-mlllion-dollar
In her behalf. The Wilson administra­
senator from Ohio on January 9, and pfegh ¡4 both a tax revirion bill and a shining marks found by Death were fire destroyed the business section of
tion made no response, t>ut on April
FO R EIG N A FFA IR S
flaritbiU,
hut
the
senate
did
not
get
the next day he asked that prepara­
2 Secretary Hughes Unformed Ger- I
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armSj'l to the-latter. T h e' tax meas­ these: Jan. 1, Dr. Theobald von Beth- Athens, Ga., on January 24. The Ar­
mour grain elevator tn Chicago, larg-‘
many the United States would not | During the first six months o f the tions for an elaborate inauguration be
ure Bias, enacted Into law on Novem- raann-Hollwegg, former German impe­
rial chancellor; 'Jan. 3, Ferdinand est In the world, was wrecked by fire
countenance her escaping full reepon- ! ye».r the guerrilla warfare between the i canceled, feeling that It would be in-
b
e
r
fi,
and explosion on March 19, the loss
siblllty for the war or getting out of ! Br ¡tish forces In Ireland and the Irish | consistent with the urgent need for
Aliong other Important measures Schleslnger, Wisconsin capitalist; Jan.
economy. On February 19 Mr. Har­
being
$6,000,000. A thousand houses
7,
James
G.
Scripps,
publisher
o
f
many
paying to the limit of her ability. A •'? epuMleans”
continued
unabated,
pas*d were a bill to exempt American
few days earlier, Berlin having failed Yiurders by the Sinn Fefcners and r®- ding announced the appointment of coaiwfee shipping from payment of newspapers; Jan. 13, Henry Reinhardt, In Tokyo were destroyed by flames In
■ Charles E. Hughes as his secretary of
March, and In April fire In Manila
to make the first payments, French j tprlsals by the British were o f almost
Panina canal tolls; a bill fo r govern­ famous American art collector hnd
I state— a choice that met with general
" dealer; Jan. 19, Daniel Barto, profes­ tendered 15,000 homeless and 4,000
troops occupied Duesseldorf, Duls-
daily occurrence. The Irish were espe
ment
regulation
o
f
the
packing
Indus­
„
, approval— and on succeeding days lie
burg and Ruhrort. The British ob­
dally exasperated by the execution o f | c£mpleted hls cabiüet wlth 'theee
try i [ die $48^500,000 shipping board sor o f agriculture In the University of buildings were burned In - Hakodate,
Japan. The Southern states were
jected strongly to this Independent
a number of prisoners convicted of
defM i*ncy b ill; the billlon-doll&r farm Illinois; Jan. 21, Congressman Charles
names:
Secretary
of
the
treasury,
An­
action and France withdrew. It would
complicity in the k illin g , of soldiers. drew W. Mellon; secretary o f war, fexpi rts credit b ill; and various meas- Booher o f Missouri, and Mary M. Whit- struck' by a tornado on April 15, 100
he tedious to detail the negotiations
The appointment of Lord Talbot, lead­
! u refteiatin g’ t o " enforeement~Yf~The ’ ney, famous astronomer at Vassar; Jan. persons being killed. On June 3 came
the terrible floods In eastern Colorado
over the reparations bill. Suffice it t# , ing British Roman Catholic, as ford i John W. Weeks; attorney general,
Harry M. Daugherty; postmaster gen­ proi Ebitlon amendment, Including one 22> “ CaP” Streeter, the noted ChlcagA
sny that Germany, with Doctor W lr^n
lieutenant of Ireland, fqjlled o f its ef­ eral, W ill H. Hays; secretary o f the forb Bring the manufacture and sale ’ ake froat squatter; Jan. 30, John in which hundreds lost their lives and
as chancellor, was compelled to i c- fect
of I ier'as medicine.
I Francis Murphy, American landscape Immense property damage was done.
On May 25 the Sinn Felners
cept the figures of 135.000.000.000 ^Md burned the Dublin custom house, and navy, Edwin Denby; secretary o f the
painter; Jan. 31, Gov. F. H. Parkhurst San Antonio, Tex., experienced a dis­
T
ie
entra
session
came
to
an
end
astrous flood on September 10.
of Maine.
mark» finally decided on by the su­ on June 30 they re-elected Eamonn de Ulterior, Albert B. F a ll; secretary of
on Sovember 23, and on December 5
The two most startling / disaster»
preme council, made the payments due Valera president o f the “ Irish repub- j agriculture, Henry C. W allace; secre- confess met fo r the regular session.
Feb. 2, Cardinal Ferrari, archbishop
ta
t
y
o
f
commerce,
Herbert
C.
H
oover;
during the year but, on December 14, lie." Meanwhile the new government o f j
o f Milan, and Luigi Maplcelli, noted occurred abroad. On August 24 the
announced that the in major part o f northern Ireland was organized, with secretary of labor, James J. Davis. Mr.
composer; Feb. 8, Prince. Kropotkin. ' gtaht dirigible ZR-2, built by the Brit*
Hanging was Inaugurated on March 4
U ftO R AND INDUSTRIAL
tlie sums due in the early part ,o f
nihilist leader, and Prof. Barrett Wen- ’ ish for the United States, broke In
Sir James Craig as premier, and on with simple, dignified ceremony, and
«,
dell of H arvard; Feb. 9, James Gibbons : two while over Hull, England, on her
1922 could not be raised. And since June 22 King George went across to |
Preside
Vit
Wilson,
despite
his
contin­
T I ° ‘-«trang tendencies In the world; Huneker, music critic and author; Feb. ¡ last trial trip. Forty-six men were
many economists agreed that to drive open the Ulster parliament. De Valera-1
ued illi less, was able to be present.
her into absolute bankruptcy would
2 2 , w . 'F . McCombs, former
Demo- killed, Including
15 members .of the
on July 9 accepted the invitation of T h e sentJie, In extra session, confirmed Si i * 0! marked the year in the United,
Staffs. One was toward arreductlon cray c national chairman; Feb.
24, Dr. i American crew that was to bring the
he disastrous to the rest of the world,
Premier Lloyd George to a conference
the cabin et ¿hd a number o f other ap­ of vfega 3 , as a part of the “ return to F j . y
director of the Field I vessel across the ocean.
1 «
toward the clpse of the year there
in London, and truce was announced.
Museum of Chicago.
j On September 21 a great nitrate
was increasing talk o f arranging a Then began the series o f nsgotlations pointment,», and adjourned on March noritalcj s ” atid the other was toward
15.
thefcstj blishment ot the open shop, j March 1( Nicholas I,
king o f Monte-
\ Plant
at Oppau, Germany, . Mew up.
: moratorium o f two to three years for
that lasted through the remainder o f !
On the fltfst day o f the year General Natfcaiiy botA were contested by or- j n fg ro . March 2 Congressman Champ ! Tbe town was wiP «d oot< abwit 1>so°
her. France was the chief objector
g -\y persons were killed and thousands
to such delay, as she re lie d ’ on the ^ V ^ d e
and'anally S K ' f r e f
Crowder w a* * * * * * President Wil- gani ;eff labor, not wholly successfully | clarl, of Missouri. ■ March «
i W
In3«red'
money due her from Germany, bi# | fered Ireland fu l, atatug as ^ don)£ loa | son t0 Cuba to see what could be done The f»3 :way executives took the lead Burnham eminent astronomer o
\to restore fir lanciai and economic con- tn b
movements, but had many fol- '
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HOPE COMES NEAR ITS END
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