LX] 03 ha 3 ol 4 4 bo! 1X] ht dq 5 b x1 'e! 4 IX OO Va Chronology I X 9 % 5) 3 % Te Pol 0005 of the LEAL] EAR Year 1919 I a MR a XXX A avo wr CX) Pav ara) OR C4 ve 1%] Compiled by E. W. PICKARD % > Vv OOO OOO OOOO O00 0 0a WAR AND PEACE gan, 2—President Wilson arrived in Italy. British landed troops in Riga, Libau and Windau to combat the bolsheviki. Edin 3—President Wilson received in ome, 3% June 1—-Rhine republic proclaimed in va- rious cities, with Dr. Hans A. Dorten at its head. June 2—Peace terms presented to Aus- tria’s delegates. June 6—U. S. Semate adopted resolution asking hearing by peace congress for “free Ireland’ representatives. June 16—Allies’ reply to German coun- ter-proposals and final draft of treaty handed to Germans and seven days al- lowed them to sign. June 18—President Wilson visited the ruins of Belgium. Russian cruisers Oleg and Slava sunk by British warships. June 19—Italian cabinet resigned, being refused a vote of confidence. June 20—German government decided to sign peace treaty and the Scheidemann cabinet resigned. June 21—Gustav Bauer formed new Ger- man cabinet. : Surrendered German warships at Scapa Flow nearly all sunk by their crews, Forty-six I. W. W.’s convicted of con- spiracy in Sacramento, Cai. Jan. 17—Wisconsin and Minnesota rati- fied prohibition amendment. Jan, 21—Nevada ratified prohibition amendment. Jan. 29—State department proclaimed | ratification of prohibition amendment and Pot Jan. 16, 1920, as dante when it is effec- ve. Feb. 10—Suffrage amendment beaten in : senate by one vote, Francesco Nitti made premier of Italy. June 22—German national assembly vot- ed to sign treaty. Allies refused any fur- ther modification of terms. June 23—German government officially agreed to sign the treaty. June 25—Bloody rioting in Berlin and | Hamburg. Hoover made head of international re- lief organization. Poles iu full possession of Posen. Jan, 4-—-New Serbian-Croatian-Slovene government formed at Belgrade. Bolsheviki captured Riga. Jan. 6—Civil war between government forces and the Spartacans broke out in Berlin; the latter captured the Spandau arsenal, Jan. 7—President Wilson returned to Paris, Berlin rioters forced Gen. Harries to haul down the American flag. Ebert faction on top in Berlin after se- vere street fighting. Jan. 9—Independent socialists set up new government in Berlin, Jan. 10—Republic proclaimed in Luxem- burg, but suppressed at once by the French. Jan. 11—Socialist republic proclaimed in Bremen. Count Karolyi made president of Hun- garian republic. June 26—Allies rejected appeal againkt dismemberment of Turkey. June 28—Peace treaty with Germany signed at Versailles, only the Chinese del- egates refusing to sign. Warfare hetween Germans and Poles i ceased, June 29—President Wilson sailed from France. July 8—President Wilson arrived at New York on George Washington. July 9—German national assembly rati- fied peace treaty by vote of 208 to 115. July 10—Official notification of ratifica- tion of peace treaty by German assembly given peace conference at Versailles. July 11—Trade between United States and Germany ordered resumed by state department at Washington. July 12—Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and Djemal Pasha, leaders of Turkish gov- ernment during war, condemned to death by Turkish court martial. July 14—Victory parade in Paris marked . Bastille day. Jan. 12—Supreme council of peace con- | gress held its first meeting in Paris. Spartacans defeated in Berlin, Spartacans gained control of Constance, Baden, Berlin. Jan. 15—Grand Duchess Marie of Lux- emburg abdicated and was succeeded by her sister Charlotte. July 19—Great victory parade in London, July 20—Completed text of treaty with | Austria handed to delegates from Vienna, “Terror troops” reported in control of : Budapest. Bela Kun ousted, 13—Many Spartacans executed in ' Jan. 16—Karl Licbknecht and Rosa Lux- | emburg killed in Berlin. Jan, 17—Counter-revolution broke out in Petrograd and bolsheviki began retreat eastward from Esthonia. Armistice granted Germany extended one month, Jan. 18—Interallied peace congress for- mally opened. Jan. i9—Bolshevists captured Kiev. July 21—British house of commons passed peace treaty and Anglo-French pact. July 29—President Wilson sent Franco- American treaty to the senate. July 31—Polish parliament ratified treaty with Germany. Aug, 1—Socialists seized control in Hun- gary and Bela Kun and his communist government fled. Aug. 4—Roumanian troops entered Bu- dapest. Aug. 6—Austrian delegates made coun- ter peace proposals. Socialist government of Hungary over- | thrown and Archduke Joseph put in Polish coalition cabinet formed by Pa- : derewski. German elections resulted generally fa- vorably to the majority socialists, Jan, 20—White Russia proclaimed its union with the Russian soviet republic. Jan. 22—Allied supreme council asked Russian factions to send %representative to conference at the Princes’ islands, Sea of Marmora., Jan, 25—American troops forced to re- treat from Shenkursk, northern Russia. Peace League of Nations. conference adopted plan for 1 Czechs captured Oderburg from the ' Poles. Jan. 26—President Wilson visited the Chateau Thierry and Reims regions. Feb. 1—Plan of giving German colonies to allied countries as mandatories of League of Nations adopted by supreme council. Feb. 4—Fighting between Czechs and Poles stopped by order of supreme council, Americans defeated bolsheviki at Vistav- ka, northern Russia. German government troops bombarded Bremen and ejected the Spartacans. Feb. 6— German national assembly opened in Weimar, Feb. 8—Russian anarchists evacuated Vilna. Feb. 9—Polish constitutional assembly met in Warsaw. Feb. 11-Friederich Ebert elected presi- dent of German republic and Philipp Scheidemann made premier. Feb. 12—Republican revolt in Roumania; King Ferdinand slightly wounded. Feb. 13—Draft of League of Nations plan completed and adopted by commis- sion. Gen. Denikine’s anti-bolshevik arm) reached the Caspian after beating big soviet army and taking 31,000 prisoners. Feb. 15—President Wilson sailed for home, Feb. 16—Germans accepted new terms for renewal of armistice, under protest. Feb. 19—Premier Clemenceau shot in shoulder by an anarchist. Governments of Siberia, Archangel and Southern Russia formally rejected the proposal for conference at Princes’ islands Feb. 21—Premier Kurt Eisner and sev- eral other members of the Bavarian gov- ernment assassinated. Feb. 24—President Wilson landed in Bos ton and spoke in behalf of League of Na tions plan, March 5—President Wilson sailed for Paris. March 9—Many Spartacans summarily executed in Berlin after bloody battles. March 12—President Wilson landed in France, March 19—Ukrainians captured Lemberg from Poles, March 22—Count Karolyi, head of pro- visional government of Hunga , Te- signed, and new government proclaimed power as governor, supported by entente. Aug. 10—S8ix bolshevik battalions de- stroyed at battle on the Dvina. Aug. 17—Four bolshevist vessels sunk by British fleet in Gulf of Finland. wa Theviki driven out of Odessa by Deni- ne. Aug. 22—Archduke Joseph resigned as head of Hungarian government. Aug. 2%5—Two U. S. regiments ordered from U. 8. to Silesia. Sept. 1—General Pershing sailed for home. Martial law in Munich. Sept. 2—Final peace terms handed to Austria. Sept. 3—Supreme council ordered Rou- manians to quit Hungary and restore loot. Sept. 6—Austrian national assembly vot- ed to sign peace treaty, under protest. Supreme council awarded Spitzbergen to Norway. Sept. 10—Dr. Karl Renner signed the peace treaty for Austria. Peace treaty reported to U. S. senate mm suggested amendments and reserva- tions. Sept. 12—Bolsheviki announced capture of Kolchak’s southern army, 45,000 men, D’Annunzio at head of Italian troops seized Fiume; other troops, ordered to disarm his men, mutinied. Sept. 15—China decreed separate peace with Germany. Sept. 19—Peace treaty handed to Bulga- rian delegates. Sept. 22—Italians ousted from Trau by American marines, who turned town over to Jugo-Slavs. Sept. 27—Peace conference ordered ulti- matum to Germany on evacuation of Lithuania by Von der Goltz’ troops. Oct. 1-Italians and Serbs fought in Spa- lato; 200 killed. Russian northwestern army began of- tensive against bolsheviki. Oct. 2—Fall amendments to peace treaty rejected by the senate. French chamber of deputies ratified peace treaty and treaties with America and Great Britain, Oct. 6—Bolsheviki after great defeat. Peace treaties ratified by Italy by royal decree. act 8—Germans and Russians attacked ga. Oct. 10—King George signed British rat- ification of German treaty, Oct. 11—Part of Riga taken by Russo- German force and Letts landed at Libau for counter-attack. France ratified the German treaty. Oct. 13—League of Nations officially brought into being. Oct. 16—General Denikine announced cap- ture of Orel and other victories over bol- sheviki. Oct. 16—Russian northwest army took evacuated Dvinsk , Pskov and Tsarskoe Selo. solidarity and armed alliance with the Russian soviet government. March 25—British Secretary of War Churchill announced Egypt was in a vir- tual state of insurrection, March 31—General strikes and fatal riots . in Berlin and other German cities. April 1—Several hundreds killed in strike riots in Frankfort. April 4—Soviet government established In Munich \ ntanas Smetonas elected president of Lithuanian republic, p April 7—Ukrainian soviet troops captured Odessa. General strike in Magdeburg, followed by riots. April 9—Government troops regained possession of Magdeburg and Essen, April 10--Geneva, Switzerland, chosen as seni ot age of Nations. merican engineers reached Murmansk. April 15—Gen. Haller’s Polish divisions lo ropes Jo, oan pr au seized by German troops and Lettish provisional government ons thrown. April 17—-First bolshevik army, on the Pripet, surrendered to Ukrainians. April 18—Soldiers’ council took contro! of Vienna, April 19—Reds put to rout in Vienna, April 20--Evacuation of Sebastopol by allie i gnounced. pr! ~—Victory loan campaign 1 im U.S. Paign opere Ukrainians took Kiev from bolsheviki. April 24—President Wilson declared Italy could not have Fiume, and the Italian delegates abandoned the peace confer- ence. Mexico declared it would not rec the Monroe doctrine, and ognize minister to France. April 28—League of Nations covenan! unanimously adopted by peace confer: ence April 2—German peace envoys reached Versailles " pri eace council decide p over Kiau-Chau in Japan's ind Sispate May 2—Most of Munich taken by gov- ernment troops. 0 ay 4—Wilson, Lloyd George an - menceau invited Italy to Tete 2 Qe conference, promising to give her Fiume after two years. Surrender of Hungarian soviet govern ment announced. May 6~Complete by allied delegates, Great Britain recognized independen:. of Finland. Chinese cabinet instructed Chinese dele gates not to sign peace treaty. May 7—Peace treaty handed to Germa: delegates, U. 8. recognized government of Finland May l4—Austrian peace delegates ar- rived at St. Germain. May 16—-Greek troops occupied Smyrna after felting. May 16—New anti-communist govern ment of Hungary set up at Arnad. May 18—British ships dereated bolshevik fleet in Gulf of Finland. May 21—German delegates given exten- sion of time to May 29 to reply to terms. May 30—Germany’s reply to peace terms submitted. May 31-British warships defeated bol- shevik feet {n the Baltic. peace treaty adoptec Oct, 17—-Kronstadt taken by British fleet. Oct. 23—Bolsheviki recaptured Tsarskoe Selo and Krasnoe Selo from White army. Oct. 2%5—Reverses for Denikine and Kol- " chak reported. Oct. 26—White army resumed advance on Petrograd. Nov, 3—Bolsheviki recaptured Gatchina i from Yudenitch. Nov. 7—Lodge preamble to treaty ratifi- cation adopted by senate, 48 to 40. Supreme council ordered Roumanian troops out of Hungary at once. Nov. 13—Senate adopted reservation to Article X of league covenant. Nov. 14—D’Annunzio seized Zara, Dal- matia, Nov. 15—Ten drastic reservations to treaty adopted by senate, General Yudenitch retreated to Estho- nian border and resigned command of Russian Northwest army. Bolshevists captured Omsk. Nov. 19—Senate rejected ratification of treaty with and without reservations, Nov. 21—Lettish troops captured Mitau from German-Russ army. Nov. 27—Treaty of peace with Bulgaria signed. Dec. 7—Russian bolsheviki offered terms of peace to Esthonia. Dec. 8—Supreme council warned Ger- many that allies would denounce armis- tice if protocol were not signed. Dec. 12—Bolsheviki captured Kharkov, Denikine’s base in southern Russia. Dec, 14—Agreement reached by England, France and Italy that Italy shall have Fiume; D’Annunzio to hand city over to regulars. Dec. 17—Bolsheviki announced capture of Kieff and Kupiansk, Dec. 18—German delegates declared Ger- many could not deliver the 400,000 tons of harbor and dock material demanded in reparation for sinking of interned war- ships at Scapa Flow. Objections by D'Annunzio’s troops blocked the turning over of Fiume to the Italian regulars. David Lloyd George announced the al- lies would make peace with Turkey with- out waiting longer for America. DOMESTIC Jan. 2—Michigan legislature ratified pro- .ibition constitutional amendment. Jan, T—Legislatures of Ohio, Oklahoma and Colorado ratified the prohibition amendment. Supreme court declared constitutional the act forbidding shipment of liquor into ary territory. an, 8—Berger, Kruse, Germer, Engdahl and Tucker, Socialists, convicted in Chi- cago of sedition and disloyalty. ‘ennessee, Idaho and Malne legislatures ratified prohibition amendment. Jan. 9—West Virginia ratified prohibi- tion amendment. Attorney General Gregory resigned, ef- fective March 4. Jan, 14—Prohibition amendment ratified bY Illinois, Alabama, Arkansas, Califor- nia, Indiana, Kansas and North Carolina. Jan. 16—Iowa, Utah, Colerado, Oregon and New Hampshire ratified dry amend- ment. Jan. 16—Nebraska ratified prohibition amendment, making the three-fourths majority necessary, and Missouri and Wyoming followed. Feb. 183—Berger, Kruse, Germer, Eng- dahl and Tucker, socialists, sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for violating es- plonage act. Feb. 2%—New revenue law, signed by president, went into effect. Feb. 27—H. Wallace, Tacoma, ap- pointed ambassador to France. a3 Mitchell Palmer made attorney gen- eral, . March 1—Norman Hapgood made minis- ter to Denmark. March 3—Victory loan bill passed by senate. March 4—Congress adjourned sine die. April 7—-Thomas Nelson Page, ambassa- dor to Italy, resigned. April 16—Hugh Gibson appointed first U. S. Minister to Poland. April 29—Postmaster General Burleson y June 3—Toronto strike called off. ! June 5—Commercial telegraphers’ union ' members in southeast struck. directed return of cable companies to pri- vate ownership May 2. April 30—Plot to kill many prominent Americans with mailed bombs uncovered. May 1—May day riots in many cities. May 7—President called extra session of congress for May 19. May 19—Special session of congress opened; Gillett elected speaker. June 8—Detroit carmen struck. June 10—General strike of telegraph op- erators started. June 22—Gompers re-elected president of A. F. of L. June 23—A. F. of L. declared for 44-hour week for all crafts and U. S. employees. July 18—Building Employers’ association of Chicago locked out 200,000 employees because of carpenters’ strike. Boston street car men on strike. July 28—Strike of Atlantic coast ship workers ended. July 29—Chicago surface and elevated car men struck, July 31—Police of London and English provinces called on strike, but few re- sponded. Aug. 1—Chicago street car strike ended by compromise. Railroad shop workers of U. 8. struck. Aug. 6—Brooklyn Rapid Transit work- ers struck. Fourteen railroad unions demanded in- creased wages. Aug. T—Actors on strike in New York. Aug. 12—Actors’ strike spread to Chi- cago, Aug. 14—Railway shopmen voted to re- turn to work Aug. 24—Pacific coast raliways tied up : by strike. Frederick Gillett elected speaker of next house. May 20—President Wilson’s cabled mes- sage read to congress. May 21—House adopted woman suffrage constitutional amendment resolution. May 21—Dr. Lynn Harold Hough elected president of Northwestern university. June 2—Anarchist plot to destroy homes of law enforcement officials in eight east- ern cities attempted. Two persons killed. June 4—Senate adopted woman suffrage constitutional amendment resolution. June b5—Postmaster General Burleson surrendered operation of telegraph and telephone systems to the companies. June 10—Legislatures of Illinois, Wis- consin and Michigan ratified woman suf- frage amendment. July 1—Wartime emergency prohibition law went into effect. July 11—Federal trade commission re- ported to President that packers planned complete control of all foodstuffs. July 12—President Wilson vetoed agri- cultural bill because of its provision re- pealing daylight saving law. July 13—President A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert of Nonpartisan ieague of North Dakota found guilty by jury at Jackson, Minn., of conspiracy to teach disloyalty. July 21—Race riots in Washington, four persons killed. July 27—Race riots in Chicago; killed, many hurt. July 28—Chicago race war spread; 36 in all were killed and hundreds hurt. July 30—State troops in action to quell Chicago race riots. July 31—Government relinquished con- $rol of the telegraph and telephone sys- ems, two Aug. 1—Congress repealed daylight-sav- ! ing law. Aug. 6—President Wilson ordered civil and criminal proceedings against the “Big Five’ packers. Aug. 8—President Wilson addressed con- gress on high cost of living. Aug. 14—Henry Ford won libel suit against Chicago Tribune, with nominal damages. Aug. 15—President Wilson vetoed the daylight-saving repeal act. Aug. 20—Daylight-saving bill passed over president's veto. A. Mitchell Palmer confirmed by senate as U. S, attorney general, Sept. 2—Bill to make Pershing general for life passed by congress. Sept. President Wilson started on speaking tour of country. Sept. 4—Pershing nominated general and confirmed by senate. : Sept. 5—Secretary of Commerce Redfield resigned, effective Oct. 31. Prohibition enforcement bill passed by senate. Sept. 6—Charles M. Galloway resigned as federal civil service commissioner, and attacked Postmaster General Burleson. Sept. 7—Great fake stock swindle plot bared by arrests in Chicago. Five hundred convicts at Pontiac, Ill. revolted and killed a guard, Sept. 8—General Pershing landed at New York and was given great reception and commissioned general for life. Sept. 9—Cardinal Mercier of Belgium landed at New York. Sept. 12—Col. J. D. Bell, Brooklyn, elect- ed commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. Sept. 18—Thanks of congress given to General Pershing. Sept. 26—President Wilson's trip ended by his illness. Sept. 28—Great mob in Omaha lynched negro prisoner, fought police, set fire to Loufhonse and almost killed Mayor E. P, mith, Sept. 30—Brand Whitlock made ambas- sador to Belgium. Oct. 1—-Five white men and eleven ne- groes killed in race war at Elaine, Ark. Oct. 2—King and queen of the Belgians landed in New York. Oct. 20—International trade conference opened in Atlantic City. Oct. 27—President Wilson vetoed prohi- bition enforcement bili and house re- passed it. Oct. 28—Senate passed prohibition en- forcement bill over president’s veto and it became law. Farmer's national congress opened in Hagerstown, Md. Oct. 31—Secretary of Commerce Redfield retired from the cabinet. Nov, 4—Republicans won election in Massachusetts, New York and Kentucky and Democrats won in New Jersey, Morviana and Mississippi. Wets won in 0. Nov. 7—Hundreds of Reds arrested by federal agents all over country, Nov. 11-1. W. W. members fired into American legion parade at Centralia, Wash., killing four ex-soldiers; one of murderers lynched. Prince of Wales arrived in Washington, President Wilson left his bed for first time in six weeks. Nov. 12—Franklin D’Olier elected na- tional commander of American legion, Nov. 15—Secretary of the Treasury Car- ter Glass appointed U. 8. senator from Virginia, Nov. 18—House adjourned. Nov. 19—Senate adjourned, Nov. 29—U. 8S. Senator Newberry of Michigan and 134 others indicted for election frauds. repeal Dec. 1—Regular session of congress opened. Dec. 2—President Wilson’s message read to congress. Congressman J. W. Alexander of Mis- souri made secretary of commerce. Dec. 10—Republican national committee set the convention for June 8 in Chicago. Dec. 11-Dr. H. A. Garfield resigned as fuel administrator. Dec. 13—Senator Johnson, California, announced his candidacy for presidency. Dec, 15—U. S. Supreme court upheld con- stitutionality of war-time prohibition act. Dec. 16—Senator Harding, Ohio, an- nounced his candidacy for Republican nomination for presidency. Dec, 17—-Big packers agree to discon- tinue all their side lines. Dec. 19—Victor Berger, convicted Social ist, re-elected to congress from Fifth Wis- consin district. INDUSTRIAL Jan. 9—Great strike of marine workers of New York begun. Blooay battles between strikers and troops in Buenos Aires, Jan, 12—-New York strike ended pending arbitration by war labor board. Jan. eneral strike in Lima and Callao, Pe ru, Jan, 81—Great strike in England, Scot- land and Ireland. Feb. 4—Building Trades Employers’ as- sociation declared a lockout in New York. Feb, 6—General strike in Seattle to sup- . port striking shipbuilders. Feb, 10—Seattle general strike called off. March 4é—Marine workers at New York struck again. April 15—~New England telephone work. ers struck, ApH) 2—-New England phone strike ttled. : Ne 14—Chicago milk drivers struck. May 15—-Great general strike in Winni- eg. : P BE 16—Chicago milk wagon drivers won their strike, May 26—General strike called in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. May 29--General strike in Toronto. 4 son’s offer of 14 Aug. 2%—President Wilson granted 4- cent an hour raise to railway shopmen and issued explanatory statement to pub- lic, calling for industrial truce. Aug. 2%—Raillway shopmen’s committee rejected President Wilson's offer and or- dered vote on strike by the men. Aug. 29—Pacific coast railway men voted to call off strike. Sept. 6—Actors won their strike, Sept. 9—Three strikers killed in riots in Hammond, Ind. Unionized police of Boston struck. Sept. 10—State troops called to Boston; seven persons killed in riots. Steel workers’ committee called strike for September 22 against United States Steel corporation. Sept. 19—Carpenters’ strike in Chicago district ended by victory for union. Sept. 22—Great strike of steel workers begun. Two killed and several hurt in riots in Pittsburgh region. Sept. 27—British railway men struck. Sept. 20—Strike begun in Bethlehem steel works, Oct. 1—Lockout and strike in printing trade in New York; many publications suspended. Oct, 5—Serious strike riots in Gary, Ind. British rail workers’ strike ended by compromise. Oct, 6—Federal troops sent to Gary and martial law proclaimed in Gary, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Industrial conference opened in Wash- ington. Oct. 10—-New York harbor tied up by strikes. Oct. 14—Nation-wide strike of soft coal miners ordered for Nov. 1. Oct. 15—New York harbor workers’ strike calied off. Oct. 22—Labor bloc withdrew from in- dustrial: conference because its resolution on collective bargaining was rejected. Oct. 24—Industrial conference dissolved. Miners rejected all offers of compro- mise Oct. 28—International congress of work- ng women opened in Washington. nternational labor conference opened in Washington. Oct. 31—-Government obtained injunction against the coal strike. Nov. 1—Strike of soft coal miners be- gan, Nov. 8—Federal Judge Anderson ordered mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. 11, Nov. 11—-Miners’ union officials canceled the strike order. Nov. 23—New York printers voted to abandon strike. Nov. 27—Government’s efforts to end coal strike by negotiation failed, miners rejecting offer of 14 per cent increase in wages. Dec. 1-War time coal order renewed by Fuel Administrator Garfield. New industrial conference opened in ‘Washington. Dec. 2—General strike in Rome, Milan and Florence, Italy. Dec. 8—Fuel Director Garfield issued drastic orders for conservation of coal. Dec. 9—Compromise offer from Presi- gent Wilson presented to miners’ offi- cials. Dec. 10—Miners accepted President Wil- er cent wage increase and commission to determine scale and conditions for future, and called off their strike. Dec. 13—London tailoring contractors and garment workers struck. FOREIGN Jan. 20—Royalist revolution broke out in Portugal. Jan. 21—-The Irish parliament met in Dublin and proclaimed the independence of Ireland. Jan. 25—Portuguese royalists defeated in several battles, Feb. 17—Portuguese government nounced royalist rebellion was ended. March 19—Wireless telephony estab- lished between Canada and Ireland. I ADH] 13—Open rebellion in the Punab, ndia. June 13—Serious anarchist riots in Zu- rich, Switzerland. July 1—Great food riots in Forli, Italy. July 8—King Emmanuel of Italy issued decree that profiteers will be fined $3,000 and imprisoned and goods confiscated. July 11—Resignation of Viscount Ishii as Japanese ambassador to United States announced by government at Tokyo. July 28—Doctor Pessoa inaugurated pres- ident of Brazil, Aug. 6—Antonio Almeida elected presi- dent of Portugal. Aug 8—About 80 killed in food riots in Chemnitz, Germany. Aug. 12—Shah of Persia fled his country. President Tinoco of Costa Rica fled. Ba- tista Quiroz took the office. Aug. 13—Viscount Grey made British ambassador to America. Aug. 16—Suppression of Sinn Feiners in County Clare, Ireland, caused much fight- g. Sept. 8—Honduras revolutionists forced President Bertrand to flee the country. Kinjuro Shidehara appointed Japanese ambassador to United States. Sept. 28—Luxemburg voted to retain Grand Duchess Charlotte as ruler, Oct. T—-Norway adopted prohibition, ex- cepting wines and beer, by plebiscite. Nov. 6—Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg married to Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. Nov. 15—Lady Astor elected member of British parliament, an- Nov. 16—Radicals routed in French elec- tions, Nov. 26—British government proclaimed goporession of Sinn Fein and like organ- jzations throughout Ireland. Dec. 19—Assassins attempted to kill Vis- count French, lord lieutenant of Ireland. MEXICO April 16—~General Blanquet, revolutionist leader, killed in fight. May 29—Villistas proclaimed revolution- ary government with Gen. Felipe An- geles as provisional president. June 14—Villa forces began an attack on Juarez. June 15—Several Americans in El Paso having been killed or wounded by shots from Villistas, American troops crossed to Juarez and attacked the Villa forces. June 16—American troops routed Villis- tas at Juarez and returned to El Paso. July 6—Armed Mexicans attacked and robbed boatload of American sailors near Tampico, Aug. 16—British charge ordered from Mexico by Carranza. Aug. 17-Two American army aviators held for ransom by Mexican bandits, Aug, 19--U. S. troops entered Mexico in pursuit of bandits. Aug. 21-—-Carranza demanded withdrawal of U. 8. troops and President Wilson re- zed, Punitive expedition killed four ban- S Aug. 24—Pursuit of Mexican bandits by U. 8. troops abandoned. Aug. 23—Complete victory of Carranza in elections announced, Sept. 1--President Carranza in address to congress defended Mexico against ac- cusations, denounced League of Nations and defled Monroe Doctrine. Sept. 2--U. 8S. army aviator shot by Mex- icans near Laredo, Tex Sept. 9—Mexican government protested against U. 8. aviators flying over Mexico. Mexican rebel organizations appealed to United States to restore order in Mexico. Nov. 2--Zapatistas surrendered to gov- ernment forces. Nov. 16--General Angeles, Villa's chief afd. captured. Nov. 19--U. 8. requested immediate re- le: se of Consular Agent Jenkins, arrested at Puebla on charge of complicity with bandits who kidnaped him. A Nov. 28—Mexico rejected the U. S. re. quest for the release of Jenkins. Gen. Felipe Angeles executed. Nov. 30—Secretary Lansing sent re- Joinder to Mexico’s defiant note, repeat- ing request for Jenkins’ release. Der, Consular Agent Jenkins released on bail, Dec. 8—President Wilson asked senate to leave Mexican matter to him. Dec. 16—Mexico replied to U. S. that Jenkins case was closed by his release, and refused to drop the proceedings against him. AERONAUTICS April 19—Capt. E. F. White made first nonstop flight from Chicago to New York. May 15—Air mail service between Chi- cago and Cleveland established. May 16—Three American naval planes started transatlantic flight from New- foundland, May 17—American naval plane NC4 reached the Azores; NC3 landed on water, crew rescued; NC1 landed on water, ‘‘tax- ied” 205 miles and reached Ponta Delgada, Azores, May 18—Hawker and Grieve started air- plane flight from Newfoundland to Ire- land; landed on water 1,100 miles out and were picked up by steamer. May 24—Lieutenant Roget made nonstop flight from Paris to Kenitra, Morocco, 1,138 miles. : May 27—U.S. navy plane NC4 flew from the Azores to Lisbon, thus completing the first transatlantic flight. Air mail service between Paris and Switzerland started. May 28—Adjutant Casale, French avia- tor, ascended 31,000 feet, world record for altitude. May 30—NC4 left Lisbon, stopped twice 2nd arrived at Plymouth, England, next ay. June 14-15—Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown of England made first nonstop flight across Atlantic, from New Foundland to Ireland in Vickers-Vimy plane in 16 hours 12 minutes. July 2—British dirigible R34 started from Scotland for the United States. July 6—R34 reached Mineola, L. I., com- pleting trip in 100 hours. July 9—British dirigible R34 sailed from Mineola, L. I., on return trip to Scotland. July 13—British dirigible R34 arrived at Pulham, England, from Mineola, L. I, having made homeward voyage in 74 hours 56 minutes. Sept. 18—Roland Rohlfs made world’s altitude record, 36,610 feet, from Mineola. Oct, 8—Coast-to-coast race started from Mineola and San Francisco. Two aviators killed at Salt Lake City and one at De- posit, N. Y. Oct. 9—Fourth aviator killed in coast-to- coast race. i Oct. 10—Fifth aviator killed. Oct. 11—Lijeut. B, W. Maynard won east to west part of airplane race. Oct. 15—Two more contestants in trans- continental race killed in Utah. Oct. 23—Lieut. Alexander Pearson de- clared winner of transcontinental race. Dec. 10—Capt. Ross Smith completed airplane flight from England to Port Dar- win, Australia, winning prize of $50,000. Dec. 19—Capt. Sir John Alcock, first transatlantic nonstop flyer, killed by acci- dent in France. SPORTS Jan, 8—Kieckhefer defended three-cush- fon title, defeating Maupome. Feb. 15—De Oro won three-cushion title from Kieckhefer. May 3—Cannefax won three-cushion title from De Oro. May 31—Indianapolis 500-mile auto race i > Wilcox in a Peugeot. Three men ed. June 7—Michigan won Western Intercol- legiate conference athletic meet. June 12—Walter Hagen won national open golf championship. July 4—Dempsey knocked out Willard in third round, winning heavyweight championship. July im Barnes retained Western open golf ghamp]onsuip. July 30—Canadian open golf champion- ship won by Douglas Edgar of Atlanta, Ga., with 278 strokes, new competitive rec- ord for 72 holes. Aug, 13—F. S. Wright of Buffalo, N. Y., won amateur championship at single tar- gets and Nick Arie of Menard, Tex., the title at doubles. Aug. 16—G. W. Lorimer, Troy, O., won grand American handicap at' Chicago. Aug. 23—Davidson Herron, Pittsburgh, won national amateur golf championship. Aug. 30—Mrs. Perry Fisk, De Kalb, Ill. won womens’ western golf championship. Sept. 4—Willlam M. Johnston, San Fran- cisco, won national tennis championship. Sept. 16—Cincinnati Reds won National league pennant, Sept. 24—Chicago White Sox won Ameri- can league pennant. ©ct. 9—Cincinnati championship. Oct. 25—Willlam Hoppe retained 18-2 balk line championship. Nov. 19—R. L. Cannefax won three-cush- ion championship. Nov. 22—University of Illinois won foot- ball championship of western conference. Dec. ack Sharkey defeated Jimmy Wilde of England in Milwaukee. Dec. 12—Ralph Greenleaf won pocket billiard championship of United States, Dec. 17—Harvard’s executive committee of the board of control approved new football committee from which Walter Camp was omitted. DISASTERS Jan. 1-270 British sailors drowned when boat was wrecked near Stornoway. U. S. army transport Northern Pacific aground off Fire island. Jan. 12-21 killed in New York Central wreck at South Byron, N. Y. Jan. 16—French steamer Chaproi sunk by mine in Straits of Messina; 500 lost, April 8—Hundred persons killed by tor- nadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan- sas. April 28—Large section of Yokohama de- stroyed by fire. Earthquake in San Salvador caused great loss of life and property. May 20—Kalut volcano, Java, in erup- tion; 15,000 persons killed. May 22 Stromboli volcano, Sicily, in eruption; many lives lost. June 5—Mine explosion at Wilkesbarre killed 83. June 22—More than 50 persons killed by tornado at Fergus Falls, Minn, June 29—Vicchio, Italy, ruined by earth- Reds won world’s quake; 120 killed. July 1-U. 8. Navy dirigible exploded near Baltimore, injuring 75. July 9—Allan line steamship Grampian struck iceberg off Cape Race; two killed, two injured. July 21—Dirigible balloon caught fire over Chicago and fell through roof of bank; 13 persons killed, 25 injured. Aug. 15—Italian cruiser Basilicata blown up near Tewfik, blocking Suez canal. Japanese transport foundered; 110 lost. Sept. 10—Hurricane did immense dam- age in southern Florida and Cuba, Sept. 14—Hundreds killed and immense damage by hurricane on Texas Gulf coast. Oct. 28—21 lives lost in steamship wreck at Muskegon, Mich. Dec. 17—Forty-three killed in ammuni- tion plant explosion at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. . Picatny arsenal, near Dover, N. J., blew up, loss $1,000,000. NECROLOGY Jan, 1—David Lubin, patron of agricul- ture, in Rome. Jan. 2—=John E, Williams, noted indus- trial arbitrator, at Streator, Ill. Jan. &—Col. Theodore Roosevelt, at Oy- ster Bay, N. Y. Jan. 8—Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A, in New York. Jan. 9—Rev. Dr. 8. J. McPherson, cler- gyman and educator,’ at Lawrenceville, yd 10--Roswell M. Field, author, at Morristown, N. J. Jan. 12—Sir Charles Wyndham, British a , Sonn Mason, American actor. W. J. Onahan, prominent Catholic lag- man, in Chicago. Jan. 13—Dr. Horace Fletcher, dietetics expert, in Copenhagen, Alves. president- an. 16—Rodriguez elect of Brazil Jan, 18—-Prince John, youngest son of king of England. Jan, 22--Former U. S. Senator George T. Oliver at Pittsburgh. Jan. 2%--Congressman Edward Robbins of Greensburg, Pa. Jan. 2--Rear Admiral F. E. Chadwick, . 8. N., retired Jan. 31—Nat C. Goodwin, actor, John T. Milliken, oil and mine magnate, at St. Louis. Feb 2—Xavier Leroux, French operati. composer. Feb. 3—Prof. E. C. Pickering, director of Harvard observatory. Feb. 5—Rudolf Aronson, light opera com- poser and producer, in New York, ake. 9—Bessie Abbott, operatic prima onna, Feb. 17—Sir Wilfrid Laurier, former pre- mier of Canada. Feb. 18—Gen. Baron Y. Fukushima, noted Japanese soldier. Feb. 21—Dr. Mary Walker, pioneer suf- fragist, in Washington. W. P. Borland, congressman from Mis- souri, in France. Feb. 24—Julian Story, American artist. Feb. 27—Former U, S. Senator G. F. Ed- munds of Vermont. Robert Harris, Canadian artist. March 2—Charles E. Van Loan, author. R. Burt, lumber magnate, at Sagi- naw, Mich. March 3—James Witheycombe, governor of Oregon. March 6—Hilary A. Herbert, former sec. retary of the navy. March 11—Amelia E. Barr, author, in New York. March 14—Roger A. Pryor, in New York. March 17—Kenyon Cox, noted artist, in New York. March 23—Henry M. Blossoin, musical comedy writer, in New York, March 25—Fred H. Hall, veteran jour- nalist, in Chicago. George Fort, assistant treasurer of the April 8—F. W. Woolworth, originator of five and ten cent stores. Lew Shaw, famous billiard player. April 9—Sidney Drew, American come- an. April 13—Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, in San Francisco. April 16—Former Ambassador Robert S. McCormick of Chicago. Henry Morse Stephens, author, in San Francisco, Miss Jane Delano, Red Cross Nursing director, in France. April 17—Dr. J. Cleveland Cady, architect, in New York. April 18—Harlow N. Higinbotham of Chicago. April 21—Jules Vedrines, famous [French aviator. Verner Z. Reed, western oll magnate. April 27—Imre Kiralry, pageant and spectacle producer, at Brighton, England. April 28—Albert Estopinal, congressman from Louisiana, in New Orleans. Mey 1—Joseph W. Jefferson, American actor. . Asher Hinds, parliamentarian, in Wash- ington. Ma Il-Rear Admiral Chauncey Thom- as, U. 8S. N. May 14—H. J. Heinz of Pittsburgh, Helen Hyde, American artist, May 16—Will J. Davis, veteran theatri- cal manager, in Chicago. May 17—General Zelaya, ex-president of Nicaragua, in New York. May 19—David H. Greer, Episcopal bishop of New York. George P. Upton, noted writer on mu- sic, in Chicago. May 20—Congressman C. C. Van Dyke of St. Paul, Minn.,, commander in chief of United Spanish War Veterans. June 6—Frederick Thompson, noted the- atrical manager, in New York. June 10—Former U. S. Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin. June 12—Former Congressman James A. Tawney of Minnesota. June 14—Weedon Grossmith, Britis» ac- tor and artist. Ernest Lister, governor of Washington. July 2—Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, veteran suffragist, at Moylan, Pa. Ex-Congressman Lemuel Ely Quigs, in New York. July 8—John Fox, Jr., novelist, at Big Stone Gap, Va. July 12—Dr. W. Max Muller, orientalist, Professor of Egyptology at University of ennsylvania. Charles Rock, English actor. Albert Vickers, England’s greatest man- ufacturer of steel products and airplanes, at Eastbourne. July 23—Sir Edward H, Holden, noted British financier. George H. Primrose, famous minstrel. July 24—La Verne W. Noyes, Chicago manufacturer, inventor and philanthropist. July 2%—Elias Greenebaum, noted Chica- go banker, aged 97. July 26—Sir Edward J. Poynter, presi- dent of Royal academy. July 29—George A. Storey, famous paint- er, in London. Aug. 1-Oscar Hammerstein, opera im- presario, in New York. Hole 7—Will N. Harben, American au- or. J. E. (“Gas”) Addicks, Delaware finan- er, ug. 8—Ralph Blakelock, American ar- tist. Aug. 9—Ruggiero Leoncavallo, composer, at Rome. 1 Prof. Ernst Haeckel, at Jena. educator and noted Protestant ci MOE: 11—-Andrew Carnegie, at Lenox, ass. g Aug. 16—Frederick Layton, veteran packer, at Milwaukee. Baron Inverclyde, at Glasgow. Aug. 28—Gen. Louis Botha, premier of South Africa. Sept. 3—Budd Doble, famous driver of harness horses, at Los Angeles. Sept. 6—Admiral Baron Beresford of England, James W. Osborne, noted criminal law- yer, in New York. \ Sept. 8—Duncan C. Ross, famous swords- man and wrestler, in Baltimore. Sept. 9—Jochn Mitchell, former president United Mine Workers. Eloi Sylva, noted Belgian operatic singer. Sept. 12—Leonid Andreef, Russian au- or. Sept. 13—Arthur M. Beaupre, former U. S. minister to Colombia, in Chicago. Sept. 18—Congressman J. B. Thompson, Oklahoma. Sept. 21—T. P. Shonts, New York trac- tion magnate. Sept. oan Charles L. Freer, capitalist and art connoisseur, of Detroit. John 8S. Washburn of Minneapolis, big flour miller. Sept. 27—Adelina Patti, at Penycae, Wales Sept. 28—Chief Justice H. W. Bond of Missouri supreme court, Sept. 20—Rev. E. J. Vattman, noted » Catholic priest and army chaplain, at Chi- cago. Sept. 30—Gen. Patrick Egan, pioneer Noe ruler and former U. 8S. minister to Chile, in New York. Sept. 29--Dr. Nathaniel I. Rubinkam, noted lecturer, in Chicago. Oct. harles W. (‘Buffalo’) Jones, famous plainsman and hunter, at Topeka, an, Oct, 3—Rt. Rev. J. C. Sage, Episcopal bishop of Salina, Kan. Dr. Daniel B. Towner, noted evangelist, Longwood, Mo. : Oct. 4—Philip H. McMillan, owner De- troit Free Press. Oct. 7—Henry Mills Alden, editor Har- per’s Ma, ine. Don Ricardo Palma, noted Peruvian author, Alfred Deakin, former premier of Aus- tralia. ; Oct. 8—Dr. Cyril Hopkins of University of Illinois, at Gibraltar. Oct. 14—Rodman Law, noted aviator, at Greenville, 8S. C, Bishop P. Io Garrigan of Catholic dlo- cese of Sloux vy. Iowa, Oct. 15—Rear Admiral Richardson Clo- ver, U. 8. N,, retired. Oct. 18—Viscount Astor, in London. Oct. 20—Count V. Macchi di Celere, Ital jan ambassador to U. S. Oct. 2a £ Ringling, circus owner, at Dover, N. J. y Oct. 25—Sir Ernest Waterlow, noted Brit- ish painter. Oct. 30—Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet and author. Nov. 1--Col. J. D. Bell, commander in chief of G. A. R. Nov. 3—Evan Lewis, former champion heavyweight wrestler. Edgar Stanton Maclay, American naval historian. Nov. 7—Huga Haase, head of German independent socialists. ov. 9— E. Weyl, noted statistician, in New York. Nov. 11—Cardinal von Hartmann, arch- bishop of Cologne. , Nov. 12—=Thomas 8. Martin, U. 8. sena- tor from Virginia. Nov. aj. Henry L. Higginson, founder of Boston Symphony orchestra. Nov. 19—Florencio Constantino, noted Spanish dramatic tenor. Nov. 2%—Countess Primo Magri (Mrs. Tom Thumb), at Middleboro, Mass. Dec. 2—~Henry C. Frick, steel magnate, In New York. Dec. 8—-Julian Alden Weir, artist, in New York. Dec. 16—Sir John Jackson, famous Brit ish civil engineer. Dec. 17—-Dr. William H. Hopkins, ve! eran educator, in Chicago. Luigi Illica, Italy’s foremost grand ope librettist, in Rome. Dec. 18—Horatlio W. Parker, Ameri composer. ‘ Dec. 19—Cleofonte Campanin), directc American Chicago Opera company. ost