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MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929
Chronology
of the Year
1928
Compiled by
E. W. PICKARD
DOMESTIC
Jan. 2— President Coolidge held big
New Year's reception in White House.
Jan. 4—Three bodies taken from
sunken submarine S-4.
Assistant Secretary of War Hanford
MacNider resigned and President ap-
pointed Col. Charles B. Robbins of
Iowa to succeed him.
Jan. 8—Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lasker
+ gave $1,000,000 to University of Chi-
cago for médical research
| Seventeen bodies taken from wreck
of the S-4 identified.
an. 11—Mexican documents pub-
lished by Hearst papers declared
by senate investigating committee to
be forged.
Fifteen more
wreck of the S-4.
Jan. 12—Democrats selected Hous-
ton, Texas, for their national conven-
tion and set June 26 for its opening
Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry J. Gray
electrocuted in Sing Sing for murder
of woman's husband.
Jan. 13—President and Mrs. Coolidge
and party left Washington for Havana.
uba.
bodies taken from
Jan. 19—Senate adopted resolution
declaring vacant the seat of Senator-
Elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois.
President Coolidge returned to Wash-
Ing1on from Cuba.
Ja 20—President Cosgrave of
grish ‘Free State arrived in New York.
Jan. 23—President Cosgrave of Ire-
land called on President Coolidge and
other cfficials.
A.
P Giannini, San Francisco bank-
er, gave $1.500.000 to University of
California.
Jan 31-—Senate passed Jones bill for
continuation of government owned and
operated merchant marine.
Feb. 3—Senate arrested Robert W
| Stewart, Standard Oil of Indiana offi-
|cial, tor refusal to answer certain
‘questions in Teapot Dome inquiry.
Feb. 10—Senate adopted resolution
opposing third term for President.
Feb. 12—Herbert Hoover announced
'his Presidential candidacy bv entering
the Juin primaries
Feb. 15—Serate called for investi-
gation of nublic Ne bv trade comr-
mission
Feb 16—Gov Ed Jackson of Indiana
freed of bribery charges because of
statute ot limitations.
Senate ordered investigation of coal
mining conditions in Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio.
Feb. 20—President appointed Repre-
sentative W. R. Green of Towa as judge
of court of claim
Feb. 2 H. BF Sinclair, H.
<.d. Burns and W. 8S. B
guilty of criminal contempt of court
in oil scandal case by Justice Siddons
of District of Columbia Supreme court.
Naval court inguiry placed blame
for S-4 disaster on commanders of
submarine and destroyer Paulding.
Feb. 23—House'naval affairs commit-
tee scrapped the administration navy
program, substituting a bill calling for
fifteen cruisers and one aircraft car-
rier within six years.
March 2—Grand jury indicted Col.
. W. Stewart for contempt of sen-
ate, in connection with Dome oil case.
Senate passed bill for registration
‘of lobbyists.
Senator Walsh of Idaho entered
i Democratic race for Presidential nom-
‘ination.
| March —Rodman Wanamaker’s
will Ni for $2,000,000 for trade
school as memorial to his father.
+ Senate rejected reappointment of
John J. Esch of Wisconsin to inter-
state commerce commission,
March 17—House passed $274,000,000
naval bill providing for 15 cruisers
,and one plane carrier.
March 21—Chicago school board
found Superintendent McAndrew guilty
of insubordination and ousted him.
March 26—Revised McNary-Haugen
farm relief bill reported favorably by
house agriculture committee.
March 27—House passed bill appro-
priating $360.000.000 for naval con-
struction
March 28—Senate passed Jones bill
appropriating $325.000,000 for flood
ccntrol.
March 30—George Remus, former
“bootleg king” and slayer of his wife,
found sane by Ohio Court of Appeals.
Senate confirmed all pending appoint-
ments to radio commission.
h hur H. Vandenberg
appointed senator
from i to fill out term of
Ferris.
Soverument completed purchase of
Cape Cod canal.
April ane is Locher of Cleveland
aprointed senator from Ohio to fill out
term of late Senator Willis.
April 9—United States Supreme court
upheld validity of flexible tariff law.
April 12—Senate passed McNary farm
relief bill
April
16—Socialist. national conven-
No:<man Thomas for
President and James H. Maurer for
Vice President.
April 21—Harry F, Sinclair acquit-
ted by fury in Teapot Dome conspiracy
case.
Forh 24—House passed flood control
April 256—Senate passed the $360,000,
000 naval appropriation bill after de-
feating amendments attacking Presi-
dent's policy in Nicaragua.
April 30—Senate ordered an investi-
gation of Presidential campaign ex-
penditures
ay 3—House passed the Haugen
farm reliet bill.
May 4—Senator T. J. Walsh with-
drew as candidate Zor Democratic
Presidential nominatio
May b6—House EN White bill to
encourage the merchant marine
Max Mason resigned as president of
University of Chicago.
ay 7T—House passed bill raising pay
of 135.000 government employees.
ay 9—Senate passed flood control
bill, modified, to avoid a veto.
May 10—Senate passed bill to reor-
ganize diplomatic service promotion
system.
May 15—President Coolidge signed
flood relief bill
May 18—Senate voted full publicity
for tax returns.
May 21—Senate passed finance bill
cutting taxes $205,875,000.
May 22—House overrode President's
veto of ty pay raise bill
May 23—President Coolidge vetoed
the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill
May 25—Congress passed the Muscle
Shoals bill and the house passed the
Boulder Dam bill. Senate failed by 4
votes to pass farm relief bill over
President's veto.
May 26—House and senate approved
conference report of bill reducing
taxes $223 000000
May 29—Congress adjourned, leav-
ing Boulder Dam bill unfinished busi-
mess before the senate
President signed tax reduction bill
May 30—President Coolidge delivered
Memorial day address at Gettysburg.
May 81—President Coolidge selected
Cedar Island lodge on Brule river,
northern Wisconsin. as summer White
ose,
Ju —President Coolidge fet
Muscle Shoals bill die without veto or
approval.
June 13—~Fresident and Mrs. Coolidge
left for Wisconsin camp
June l14—Herbert Ter nominated
for President by Republican conven-
tion 'n Kansas City.
June 15—Republican convention nom-
inated Senator Charles Curtis for Vice
President.
une .7—Governor Ritchie ot Mary-
land withdrew «rom Democratic Pres-
idential race in favor of Al Smith.
June 20—Ohio Supreme court freed
George Remus. wife-slayer. from in-
sane asylum
June 21—Secretary of the Interior
Charles Evans Hughes.
M. Day,
urns found
Hubert C. Work made chairman ot
Republican national committee.
June 28—Gov. Al Smith of New York
nominated for President by Democrat-
ic. convention in Houston
Tune 29—Senator Joseph T. Robinson
of Arkansas nominated by Democrat-
ic convention for Vice President.
July 4—Independence day accidents
in United States caused death of 225
persons
July 6—Secretary of the Interior
Work named board of engineers to
studv Boulder canyon dam project.
July 7—Secretary of Commerce Hoov-
er sent his resignation to President
Coolidge.
July 10—Prohibition and Farmer-La-
bor national conventions opened in
Chicago.
July 11—John J. Raskob of Delaware
elected chairman of Democratic na-
tional committee
Farmer-Labor party nominated Sen-
tor Norris for President and Will Ver-
een of Georgia for Vice President. botn
of whom declined.
July 12—Prohibition party nomt-
nated Williarn Varney of New York
for President and James A. Edgerton
of Virginia for Vice President.
July 20—Roy O. West of Chicago ap-
pointed secretary of the interior.
July 22—Capt. Charles Collyer and
John Mears peli tour of globe in
record time of 23 days and 15 hours.
July 24—John J. Raskob, Democratic
national chairman, severed his connec-
tion with General Motors.
July 28—President Sooliags spoke at
dedication of monument Col. Wil-
liam Colvill, Civil war Ze at Cannon
Falls, inn.
Aug. 13—Ship-to-shore airplane mail
service established at New York.
Aug 15—President Coclidge approved
report of board of engineers on Mis-
sissippi flood control.
Aug. 17—Secretary of State Kellogg
departed for Paris to sign anti-war
treaty
Reuben Clark of Utah appointed un-
der secretary of state.
Aug. 21—W. F. Whiting of Holyoke,
Mass, paper manufacturer, appointed
secretary of commerce and sworn in.
Aug. 26—Director of the Budget
Lord estimated the treasury deficit for
this fiscal vear would be $94,276.346.
Sept. 4—Mrs. Florence Knapp, former
secretary of state of New York, con-
victed of embezzlement of state funds
sentenced to 30 days in jail
Sept. 10—Republicans won Maine
state election by bneavy majorities.
Sept. 11—John Coolidge. son of
President. began work as clerk for
New Haven railroad.
Sept. 12—President and Mrs. Cool-
idge returned to Washington.
Sept. 19—Annual meeting of the G.
A. R. opened in Denver
Sept. 21—John Reese elected com-
mander in chief of the G. A. R.
Sept. 30—Coul. C.
A. Linabsreh,.
s, and Dr. F. M.
Chapman, ornithologist, awarded Roose-
velt medals for distinguished service.
Oct. 3—Chicago Sanitary District
jopened new $32.000.000 sewage dis-
posal plant, best in world.
Oct. 6 —Navy department
tracts .or two huge dirigibles.
Oct. 8—A.nerican Legion convention
opened in San Antonio.
United Spanish War Veterans met in
Havana, Cuba,
United 3ta*ecs Supreme court upheld
right of Canadians to cross the border
daily to work in states.
Oct. 10—Triennial convention of
Eviscopal church opened in Washing-
n
ct. 11—Paul V. McNutt of Indiana
elected nations! commander of Amer-
ican Legio
Oct. fo—Attorney General Sargent
ruled Sinclair's Salt Creek oil field con-
tracts invalid.
Oct. 19—Battlefields National park in
Virginia dedicated President Coolidge
speaking.
Oct. 20—Congressional medal pre-
sented to Thomas A. Edison by Presi-
dent Coolidg
Nov. oe E Sover and Curtis, Repub-
licans, elected President and Vice
President of United States, receiving
444 electoral votes to 87 for Smith and
Robinson, Democrats.
Arkansas voted for law to prohibit
teaching of evolution in tax-supported
schools
Nov. 12—Walter Olson of Rio, Ill.
won national corn husking champion-
ship at Fowler, Ind.
Nov. 19—United States Supreme
court, upholding a New York law, de-
clared the Ku Klux Rlan an undesir-
able organization.
President-Elect Hoover sailed from
San Pedro for good will tour of Latin
America.
Nov. 20—Robert W. Stewart oil mag-
vate acquitted of perjury in Teapot
Dome case by jury in Washington.
Engineers’ commission reported to
President Coolidge that cost estimates
of Boulder Dam project were $40.000.-
000 too low.
ov 26—President-Elect Hoover
made stops at Ampala. Honduras. and
La Union. Salvador.
Annual report of governor of Alaska
showed decrease in fishing and mining
industries of the territory.
Nov. 27—Nicaraguans
Hoover at Corinto.
Nov Tr.
greeted Mr.
, visited San
Jose. Costa Rica.
Engagement of Florence Trumbull
to John Coolidge announced.
Nov. 29—Secretary
Hoover
Commerce
of
+ Whiting in annual report told of great
prosperity of country.
Dec. 1—Hoover visited Ecuador.
Estelle Manville of New York mar-
ried to Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew
of king of Sweden.
3—Short session of congress
d.
ec. 4—President Coolidge’s message
was read to congress.
» Dec. b—Hoover welcomed RY. Freatl
crowds at Callao and Lima
Dec. 7—House passed billion- dollar
treasury and post office supply bill
Dec. 10—Hoover received in Val-
iy and Santiago, ile.
Dec. 13—Hoover welcomed to Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
Dec. 17—Hoover spent a day
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Dec. 18—Hoover sailed for Rio de
Janeiro on U. S. Utah.
INTERNATIONAL
Jan. 2—United States marines de-
feated Nicaraguan rebels in two-davs’
ba‘tle at Quilali.
Jan. 10—Pope Pius X1 issued en-
cyclical rejecting the movement for
urity of all Christian churches.
Jan. 16—Pan-American conference
opened in Havana, Cuba. with speeches
by Presidents Coolidge and Machado.
Jan. 24—Rumania and Italy began
conference on formation of bloc of
southern European nations.
Jan. 26—United States marines in
Nicaragua captured Sandino’'s strong-
hold 2 El Chipote.
Ja ermany and
signea arbitration treaty.
Ja 30 —-Pan-American congress re-
toerad Mexico's plan for reorganiza-
tion of Pan-American union.
eb. 6—New Franco-American arbi-
tration treaty signed on one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of signing of
first treaty by the two nations.
Feb. 10—-Plan to make Pan-Americén
in
Lithuania
union an American league of nations
defeated in the Havana conference.
Radiophone service between Amer-
ica and Germany opened.
Feb. 13—Pan-American congress
turned down Argentina's demand for
declaration egainst tariff walls be-
tween American republics.
Feb. 15—United States refused to let
Pan-American conference dictate its
immigration policy.
Feb. 16—Honorio Pueyrredon an-
nounced his resignation as head of
Argentine delegation to Pan-American
congress and as ambassador to United
States because his demand for declara-
tion against high tariffs was turned
dow
Feb. 20—Pan-American congress ad-
journed after adopting resolutions gen-
erally satisfactory to the United States
Feb. 21—Hungary destroyed five car-
loads of machine guns shipped from
Italv on eve of inauirv by League
of Navions council
Feb 27—Five American
killed by Nicaraguan rebels.
Feb. 28—Secretary of State Kellogg
told France the United States was
ready to make treaties with all the
great powers renouncing war as a na-
fHonal policy.
March 1 tearazua congress warned
by United States minister to adopt law
guaranteeing election fair to both
parties in that republic
March 21—President Diaz decreed an
mariges
let con-,
electoral law putting Nicaraguan bal-
lot under supervision of Americans.
March 24—Preliminary disarmament
conference adjourned without result
after Great Britain again proposed re-
duction of capital ships.
March 27—Mexican government fis-
sued petroleum regulations recogniz-
ing rights of foreigners in oil proper-
ties prior to 1917.
April 11—United States government
‘began sounding out the great powers
on multilateral treaty renouncing war
as a Sr npnal policy.
‘Ap 21—France made public its
draft Tot treaty to end war
April 28—John Bassett Moore re-
se as American member of the
‘permanent court of international ijus-
tice.
May 80—Italy and Turkey signed
treaty of :onciliation and arbitration.
. June 16—Chinese Nationalist govern-
mess ® cen United States for revision
of treaties,
* July 13—Chile and Peru resumed
diplomatic relations.
July 21—Japanese troops in Shan-
tung killed many Chinese in battle.
July 22—Japan refused to accept
Chinese Nationalists’ repudiation of un-
equal treaties.
July 25—United States offered Na-
tionalist government of China a new
autonomy treaty as step toward rec-
ognition.
July 26—France invited 14 other na-
‘tions to signing of Kellogg antiwar
treaty in Paris on August 27.
. July 27—United Bogus Sinead treaty
giving China tariff autonomy.
. July 30—England and ice made
Ssmiisecret agreement on naval reduc-
on.
Aug. i13—Yugo-Slav parliament, with
Croats absent, ratified the Nettuno
conventions with Italy
Aug. l4—Argentina cancelled Para-
guay’s war debt of about $4,200,000,000.
Aug. 24—Interparliamentary Union
‘met in Berlin.
ug. 27—Kellogg antiwar
I) in Paris by 15 nations,
Aug. 31—League of Nations council
.refused Costa Rica's request to inter-
pret the Monroe Doctrin
Sept. 8—Charles Evans iughes elect-
ed a member of the world court.
Sept. 23—Italy and Greece signed
treaty of amity and conciliation,
Sept. 29—United States note delivered
to Great Britain and France rejecting
«their agreement as basis for naval
disarmament discussion.
Oct. b5—Italy rejected the Anglo-
French naval limitation agreement.
Oct. 13—Radiophone service between
United States and Spain opened by
President Coolidge and King Alfonso.
Nov. 11—Armistice day celebrated
throughout United States and allied
countries of Europe.
Nov 16—Allies and Germany agreed
to hold congress to revise the Dawes
‘reparations plan.
Dec. 8—Bolivia and Paraguay on
‘verge of war over border dispute.
Dec. 10—Conference of American re-
publics on conciliation and arbitration
opened in Washington and took up
Bolivia-Paraguay dispute.
Japan rejected China's
‘tariff schedule.
Dec. 15—Troops of Bolivia and Para-
guay fought in Chaco region,
Dec. 16—Paraguay mobilized its re-
serves. FOREIGN
Jan. 3—Dr. C. C. Wu appointed spe-
cial envoy to Washington by Chinese
-Nationalist government.
Jan. 7—Lyman F. Barber, American
engineer, kidnaped by Mexican bandits.
killed four of his guards and escaped.
Jan. 10—France removed ban on ex-
portation of gold.
Jan. 15—Trotzky and other opposi-
tion leaders of Russia exiled to remote
parts of Asiatic Russia.
Jan. a cabinet of Nor-
way resigned.
Foreign business concerns agreed to
pay Chinese Nationalist government’s
.new taxes.
Feb. 1—James McNeill installed as
.governor general of the Irish Free
State.
ens.
signe
Seb. 12—Cleto Viguez elected Presi-
dent of Costa Rica.
2 overnment of Japan won
‘at first universal suffrage election.
Feb 25—Italians completed subjuga-
tion of the Tripoli littorial, defeating
‘rebels in two big battles,
March 14—Priest and five prominent
"o1rzens executed by Mexican firing
treaty
increased
9—Norway's labor cabinet re-
squad.
aol 17—Miss Nancy Ann Miller of
Seattle, Wash. wedded former ma-
‘harajah of Indore at Bombay, India.
March 18—Nationalist government in
China announced execution of Chi-
-nese officers and sold ers responsible
for Nanking massac
March 25—All Ry “celebrated ninth
anniversary of Fascist party.
. .March 26—Famous Tower ‘of Charle-
Was at Tours, France, built in
Twelfth century, collapsed.
March 27—Dictator Pilsudski defeat-
ed by Communists in organization of
new Polish parliament.
i! 10—Turkish assembly passed
bit separating church and state.
© April 12—Attempt to assassinate
King Victor Emmanuel of Ttaly in
Milan by dynamite bomb resulted in
14 deaths.
April 15—Gen. Oscar Carmona inaug-
‘urated President of Portugal.
April 16—Chinese Nationalists won
big victory over northerners in Shan-
tung province.
April 30—Nationalists of Chiha an-
rounced occupation of almost all of
:Shantung province. and ou Ji2jiway
despite warning of the Ja
May 4—Chinese Noone hor battled
‘with Japanese at Tsinan,
May 6—Two hundred thousand Ru-
manian peasants met at Albajulia and
demanded the resignation of the Bra-
‘tiano goyermment
May 11—Hipolito Irigoyen declared
_President- Elect of Argentina.
May 20—Nationalist party routed in
‘German elections. Socialists making
‘big gains.
May C2—Greek cabinet resigned.
. May 29—Chinese Nationalists cap-
tured Paotingfu key to Peking de-
fenses.
June 3—Marshal Chang left Peking
for Mukden and was fatally injured
when his train was bombed.
June ,—Chinese Nationalists began
occupation of Pekin
Nore PKL shek,
Chinese generalissimo, resigne
June 14—British house of commons
rejected Church of England's revised
prayer hook.
June 20—Yugo-Slavian deputy killed
two Croatian deputies and wounded
four in row in parliament.
June 21—The Chinese Nationalists
changed name of Peking to Peiping.
uly 1—General Obregon elected
President of Mexico.
July 4—Yugo- aan government re-
signed.
. Alfred Loewenstein, Belgian multi-
millionaire, disappeared from his plane
over the North sea.
July 11—Chinese Nationalists effect-
ed fiscal unity of the country after
eight-day conference.
Ontario government seized great
stores of liguor ready for smuggling
into United States.
July 17—Gen. Alvaro Obregon, Pres-
1dent-Elect of Mexico. assassinated.
July 19—Body of Capt. Alfred Loew-
enstein. Heigian millionaire. found in
English chan
July SE olutionary Siictip
Portugal crushed by loyal troo
Luis Morones, labor leader. ated
from Mexican cabinet and fled.
July 25—Archbishop of Canterbury,
primate of England. resigned effective
November 12.
July 27-—Dr. Cosmo Lang, archbishop
ot York, appointed archbishop of Can-
terbury and primate of all England.
July 30—Manchuria agreed to unite
with Nationalist China. ignoring Ja-
pan’'s warning.
Aug. 1—Russian government named
a dictator for distribution of the year's
grove
south
in
Au 6—Florencio Arosemena elect-
ed President of Panama.
Aug. 16—Nationalist government oi:
China launched its first destrowver.
Aug. 17—Chinese government decid-
ed to terminate Rritish-Danish cable
monopoly in 1930.
Mongolian army led by Russians in-
vaded western Manchuria, defeating
Chinese troop
Aug 1 irelon party won Greek
elections.
et.
refused re-election.
1—President Calles of Mexico |
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Elect Obregon of
‘tellectual author”
‘reba fo bloody five-hour ba
“Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Feb
"13,000-mile
Prohibition defeated In New. South
Wales and Canberra, Austra
Ahmad Zogu becamé king of Me lbanta
ar Scanderbeg IIL
Sept, 3—Chinese Nationalist forces
cleaned out a great pirate stronghold
in Hinghwa bay.
Sept. 11—Four thousand revolution-
aries AL in Spain for plotting
against the dictatorship.
Sept. 17—Mexican government OT-
Hered Jegpening of all closed churches.
Se 19—Fascist grand council es-
1aniohed as supreme power in Italy.
Sept. “?5—Mexican congress named
Emilio Portes Gil provisional Presi-
dent for 14 months from December 1.
Sept. 26—Swedish cabinet headed by
Feman resigned.
ct. 9—Gen, Chiang Kai-shek elected
President of China by Nationalist
council.
Oct. 23—Hungarian government
clesed four universities because of
anti-Semitic riots.
Nov. 1—Machado re-elected President
of Cuba.
Nov. 3—Vintila Bratiano resigned as
premier of Rumania.
Nov. 4—Gen. Jose Maria Moncada
elected President of Nicaragua.
Nov. 6—Premier Poincare of France
and his cabinet resigned.
South African government of Pre-
mier Ser teon resigned and he formed
a new on
British parliament opened. the king
praising *the Kellogg pact.
Nov 8—Toral. assassin of President-
exico, condemned
.nd Mother Concepcion. “in-
of the crime. sen-
tenced to 20 years in prison
Nov. 9—Juliu Maniu, sant party
leader. made premier of Rumania.
Nov. 10—Hirohito formally
throned as emperor of Japan
11—Poincare formed new cab-
inet for France.
No r oieateq
to death
en-
5—Mexican troops
Nov. 30—Emilio Portes Gil
urated President of Mexico.
Dec. 4—King George of England ap-
pointed a royal commission to act for
him during his serious illness,
Dec 6— Wilhelm Miklas elected Pres-
laent of Austria
1—Police of Argentina discov-
inaug-
ory Anarchist plot to blow up Her-
bert Hoover's train.
. Dec. 12—Peasant party won the Ru-
manian elections.
Dec. 16—Revolt in Afghanistan king
or
.and queen took refuge in a
INDUSTRIAL
Jan, 2—Twenty thousand pulp work-
‘ers of Sweden locked out.
Jan. 10—Insterstate commerce com-
mission approved reorganization of
Paul Ry.
. . 13—New miners’ union signed
agreement with operators in Iowa field.
March 20—Consolidation of Mackay
companies and International Telephone
and Telegraph. company announced.
March 28—Illinois mine operators
cease negotiations with mine union.
Indiana strip mine owners agreed to
pay Jacksonville scale for another
year.
April 1—133,000 coal miners of Mid-
‘dle West quit work
April i2—Twenty- -two Illinois mines
agreed to resume on Jacksonville wage
scale.
April 22—Thousand northern Illinois
coal miners agreed to accept reduced
wages.
May 18—Interstate commerce com-
mission cut the proposed Van Swearin-
gen rail merger to include only the C.
‘& O. and the Pere Marquette.
June 19—Locomotive engineers of
western roads granted 6% per cent
wage increase.
July 18—United Mine Workers of
.America abandoned the Jacksonville
scale as a basis for wage settlements.
Aug. Eos coal miners’ strike
settled on basis of reduced wages.
Sep 7—Continental National and
Illinois Merchants Trust banks of Chi-
cago merged.
Sept. 18—Federal mediators aban-
doned =fforts to settle threatened strike
of western railroad trainmen.
Sept. 29—President Coolidge named
‘board to investigate western railroad
wage dispute.
Oct. 1—Fifty thousand German ship
builders struck for more pay.
Oct. 6—Textile workers of New Bed-
ford, Mass, accepted wage cut and
ended strike.
Oct. 18—Indiana coal miners and op-
erators agreed on a wage scale.
Oct. 30—Emergency board consider-
ing western railroad wage dispute
recommended wage increase of 6% per
cent without change in rules or 7%
with certain changes in operation.
ov. 19—American Federation of
in session ia New Orleans, de-
vn displacement of work-
23—Western railroad dispute
settled. tralnmen getting 63% per cent
*** AERONAUTICS
Jan. 1—Lindbergh flew from Delis,
‘British Honduras, to San Salvado
Jan. Lindberg landed in Toziel-
galpa, Hondu
Jan Drab flew to San Jose.
Conn Rica.
Jan. 9—Lindbergh landed a¥ Panama.
Jan. 26—Resuming his Caribbean
tour, Lindbergh flew from Panama to
Cartagena, Colombia.
Jan. 27—Lindbergh flew to Bogota.
Dirigible Los Angeles made landing
on airplane carrier Saratoga at sea.
Jan. 29—Lindbergh flew from Bogota
to Caracas, Venezuela
Jan. 31—Lindbergh flew 1,050 miles
from Caracas to the Virgin islands.
Fe 2-Idnqverah hopped to San
‘Juan, Port Ric
Feb Liaaeorab flew to San Do-
mingo.
Feb. 8—Colonel Lindbergh ned his
Latin-American tour at Havan
Costes and Lebrix, French visions
who flew across the south Atlantic, ar-
rived at Washington.
Feb. 13—Lindbergh mane
flight from Havana to St. Lo
Feb. 22—Bert Hinkler OS solo
fight ‘from England to Australia in 15
onstop
Feb. 26—Dirigible Los Angeles began
nonstop flight to Panama Canal Zone.
Feb 7—1.08 Angeles arrived at
France Jjeld. Canal Zone
' Feb. 29—Woodrow Wilson peace
‘medal and $25.000 awarded to Colonel
Lindbergh.
March 7—Costes and Lebrix ended
their transcontinental and American
flight at San Francisco.
. March 13—Capt. Walter Hinchcliffe,
British aviator, and Elsie Mackay
hopped off from London for transatlan-
tic flight to U. S.. and were lost.
March 19—MTrs, Keith Miller ended
flight from England to
-Australia.
March 2i—President Coolidge pre-
sented Colonel Lindbergh with Con-
gressional Medal of Honor.
March :0—Major de Bernardi of Italy
set new speed record for airplanes at
366.6 miles an hour.
Stinson and Haldeman made new en-
durance record of 53 hours 36 minutes
30 seconds.
April 12—Koehl, Von Huenefeld and
Fitzmaurice hopped off from Dublin
for New York in the plane Bremen.
April 13—The Bremen aviators land-
ed on Greenly island, Strait of Belle
Isle, being the first to make east-
west nonstop flight across the Atlantic.
pril 15—Nobile started from Italy
on A airship Italia for the North pole.
April 21—Capt. George H. Wilkins
B. Eilson completed flight
across Arctic region from Point Bar-
row, Alaska, to Spitzbergen. and re-
ported eeing no land
May 6—Nobile in dirigible Italia
reached Spitzbergen
May 15—Nobile Nn dirigible Italia.
i on flight over polar regions.
May 18—Dirigible Italia returned to
Spitzbergen.
May 22—Col. Charles A, Lindbergh
became head of technical committee of
Transcontinental Air Transport.
May 28—Nobile in the Italia passed
over the North -ole.
May 26—Dirigible [talla wrecked on
ice flo
May 30—Eleven of 14 balloons tn na-
*ional elimination race from Pitts-
burgh were driven down by furious
storm: two men killed.
Mav 31—Monoplane Southern Cross.
with crew of four, started from OQOak-
land, Calif. for Sydney, Australia. vis
Hasvaii. Fiji and Brisbane,
June 1—Southern Cross
Wheeler field, Hawaii,
June 3—Southern Cross left Hawaii
for Fiil
landed at
|’
|’
June 5—Southern Cross reached
Suva, Fiji.
June 9—Southern Cross arrived safe-
ly at Brisbane, Australia.
Colonel Lindbergh given first master
of aeronautics degree by*® New York
university.
June 10—Southern Cross landed at
Sydney, Australia.
. June 12--Captain Carranza completed
nonstop flight from Mexico City to
‘Washington.
June 17—Amelia Earhart and com-
panions, in airplane Friendship. hopped
off from Trepassey, N. F.
June 18—Captain Amundsen and five
.companioans lost in attempt to reach
Nobile party in plane.
Airplane Friendship landed in Burry
inlet, Wales
June 19—Ma Jor Maddalena reached
Nobile and five companions by airplane.
24—Swedish airman rescued
: y 3—PFerrarin and Del Prete.
Qialians, hopped off at Rome for Brazil
landed near
. having made new
distance record of 4,449 miles.
July 11-—Russian aviator discovered
Doctor Malmgren and two companions,
‘members of Nobile party who had wan-
dered over ice 42 days. but he could
not land
July 12—Russian icebreaker Krassin
rescued Malmgren's campanions but
‘found Malmgren had been dead a
month: "it then rescued the five men
left near Foyn island by Nobile.
July 13—Aviators rescued Sora and
‘Von Dongen, who were lost while
hunting for the Italia survivors.
Capt. Emilio Carranza, Mexican good
will A killed by lightning in New
‘Jersey.
July 15—Icebreaker Krassin picked
‘up Russian Aviator Chukhnovsky and
four companions, who had crashed
while hunting the Nobile party.
July 31—Nobile and survivors of his
Aug. 2—Capt. C. T. Courtney and
three companions, flying from the
Azores to Newfoundland, were forced
down in midocean and picked up by a
.steamer.
Idzikukowski and Kubala, Polish
aviators, started flight from Paris to
New York
Aug. 4—Polish flyers fell in ocean
.and were picked up by steamer.
Aug. l16—Hassel and Cramer flew
from Rockford. Ill, to Cochrane, Ont.
‘on way to Stockholm,
Aug. 18—Rockford flyers left Coch-
‘rane for ‘fount Evans. Greenland. and
disappeared.
. 20—Art Gobel flew from Los
Angeles to New York in 18 hours 68
minutes, without stop.
> Sept. 2—Hassell and Cramer founs
safe in Greenland: plane disable
Maurice Bokanowski. French nis:
ter of air and commerce, and four aids
killed in airplane accident.
' Sept. 5—Thirty-seven airplanes start-
ed from New York in transcontinental
air derby.
Sept. 10—Earl Rowland, Kansas. won
1 inventor flew
across English anne in new gyro-
plane,
Oct. 11—The Graft Zeppelin, great
German dirigible, started from Fried-
richschafen. Germany.
States.
for the United
Oct, 15—The Graf Zeppelin landed
safely a Lakehurst, N. J.
Oct. 17—Commander H. C. McDonald,
Enrlish aviator, started solo flight
from Newfoundiand England in
‘small piane and was lost.
Oct. 25—Tucker and Collyer flew
from New York is Los Angeles in 24
hours 51 minute
Oct. 29—Graf SS eDpelin began its trip
“back o° Germany
v. 1—Graf ‘Zeppelin
Prioacichsahoton. Germany.
Nov 4—Tucker and Collyer, cross-
dona gent record holders. killed in Ari-
zona in crash »f plane.
Dec. 12—International civil aviation
coer opened in Washington.
D i7—Delegates to tion con-
ference celebrated at Kitty Hawk, N.
C., the twerty-fifth anniversary of the
rst flight by the Wright brothers.
: DISASTERS
Jan. 2—Russian steamer foundered in
Black sea: 200 drowned.
Jan 9—Twenty-one men killed by
mine explosion at West Frankfort, [11
Feb. 10—Twelve men killed and 50
hurt in ofl refinery explosion at V-
erett, Mas:
Thirty- A ne EHled io fire in Hollinger
gold mine at Tim Oo
arrived at
n
Feb. 120 Thirteen es by mine ex-
plagien at Whitehaven, England.
Fe 24—Mine explosion at
Lge ‘Ark. killed 13 men.
March 10—Two hundred killed by
Mount Serrat landslide in Santos, Bra-
Jenny
March 13—San Francisquito dam,
water supply for Lus Angeles, broke:
436 drowned.
March 27—Earthquake in Udine
Province, Italy. killed ten and injured
ny.
March 381 — Earthquake shattered
Smyrna. killing many persons.
April 13—Explosion destroyed dance
hall in West Plains, Mo., killing 4
April 14—Forty- three killed by
earthquake in the Balka
April 16—Disastrous DS ethauike in
Peru, many
April 22—Earthquake in central
Greece ruined Corinth and killed many
Delsons,
Ma 13 PxDlosien in mine at Ma-
ther, Ly kill 198.
May 22—Mine explosions at Yukon,
Ww. ey. and Kenvir, Ky., killed 32 men.
June 16—Tornado in Oklahoma killed
! y l1—Volcanic eruption wiped out
town of Libog in Philippines,
July 7—Chilean army transport sank.
200, drowned.
ug. 6—Eight killed. 52 injured in
nines Central train wreck near
Mounds, ill
Italian submarine sunk in collision.
with 27 men aboard. all of whom per-
ished.
Aug. 24—Thirteen killed, 100 injured
in New York subway wreck.
Sept. 13—Fourteen killed by torna-
does in Nebraska and South Dakota.
Destructive hurricane swept Porto
and Lesser Antilles: hundreds
Sept. 14—About 20 persons killed by
tornado in and near Rockford. Ill
Sept. 15—Tropical hurricane reached
central doing great damage
Florida,
and killing 2,200.
Sept. 23—About 120 perished:in the-
ater fire in Madrid, Spain.
Oct. 3—French submarine sunk by
follision with Greek steamer: 43 men
ost.
Oct. ee Enity one killed
wreck in Ruma
Nov. a Sicilian towns ‘de-
stroyed by eruption of Mt. Etna.
Nov. 12—Liner Vestris sank 240 miles
off the Virginia capes: 111 lost. 215
rescued.
Nov. 24—Terrific storms in the Philip-
pines and on the coasts of Europe.
Dez. 1—Earthquake in southern
Chile wrecked several towns and killed
about 200 persons.
NECROLOGY
Jan. 2—Loie Fuller, dancer, in Paris.
C. M. Kittle, president of Sears. Roe-
buck & Co. in Chicago.
gaily Stevens, American actress.
n
in train
a 3—Dorothy Donnelly, actress
and (play wright.
Ja 6—Marvin Hughitt. railroad
buinIeT. in Chicago.
Jan. 11—Thomas Hardy. English
novelist
Jan. 14—Andrew Macleish. pioneer
merchant of Chicago.
Jan. 19—Edward E> Ryerson. Chicago
steel magnate
an.
J 20—William Du Pont, former
head of the Du Pont interests.
Ja Maj. Gen. George W. Goe-
22—Rear Admiral Victor Blue.
retired.
Jan. 24—Talcott Willlams. journalist.
in New York.
Jan. 28—Count
Swedish statesman.
Vincente Blasco [banez. Spanish nov-
elios
Hugo Hamilton.
Ja 29—lSarl Haig, commander In
chief ‘of British armies in World war.
Keb. 15—Herbert H. Asquith, earl of
Oxford British
premier.
Feb. 16—Eddie Foy. veteran comedi-
an, in Kansas Cit
Feb 20—Edward B Butler, Chicago.
millionaire merchant and art patron.
Feb. 26—William O’Brien, Irish Na
tional¥st leajsr.
«nd Asquith. former
James L. Ford, author and dramatie
critic. in New York.
Feb. 29—Marshal Armando Diaz,
Italian commander in chief in World
war.
March T—William H. Crane, dean of
American stage, at Hollywood. Calif.
March 9—Rodman Wanamaker. pres-
ident Sonn Wanamaker stores.
March 18—John F. Smulski, Chicago
banker.
March 19—Nora Bayes, actress.
March 20—James
pioneer, at Cleveland.
March 21 —William C. Sproul. former
governor of Pennsylvania
March 23—Senator Woodbridge N.
Ferris of Michigan.
March 30—Frank B. Willis. United
States senator from Ohio. .
April 1—Dr. Sanger Brown. alienist,
in Chicago.
R. C. Carton, English dramatist.
April 3—Congressman J. A. Gallivan
of Boston,
April De ncey M. Depew in New |
York.
W. E. Griffis, author,
thority on Japan.
. April 9—John A. Dix.
of New York.
* April 10—Stanley J
lish ovelis
April 16—E. M. Statler. hotel owner. |
in New York.
Charles Sims, English artist.
April 22—Baron Okura. Japanese
millionaire merchant.
Archbishop Mora y del Rio of Mex-
ico, in San Antonio, Texas.
April 25—Floyd Bennett, famous avi-
‘ator, in Quebec
lecturer and au-
ex-governor
Weyman. Eng-
Baron Peter Wrangel. leader of
“White” Russians.
April 27—Congressman Martina B.
‘Madden of Chicago.
May 1-—Congressman Thaddeus C.
Sweet of New York.
Dr. Edgar Faha Smith. chem-
y 3—
tot, id Philadelphia.
B. Piper. editor Portland Ore-
ELE
A. W. Krech, New York financier.
May 4—George A. Thorne. Chicago
capitalist
May 8—Rev. Dr. J. S. Stone. Epis-
copalian Syne of Chicago.
—Judge W. H. Sanborn, UO.
S. Cirealt Court of Appeals. in St. Paul.
: May 16—Sir Edmund Gosse, English
autho
JE 18—William 1. Haywood. for-
-mer I. W, . chief, in Moscow
May 19—Bessie Van Vorst American
.author.
May 21—Prof. Hideyo Noguchi, bac-
nn of Rockefeller Institute.
llan Dale, dramatic critic.
y 24—Herschel Jones, publisher of |
Ma
Prins fatens Journal.
May W. A. Young, director of
:medical research for Rockefeller insti-
tute.
June 2—Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. Swed-
ish explorer.
June 6—John D. Works. former U. 8.
.s=nator from California.
. June 13—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst,
suffragist, in London
June 17—E. T. Meredith, former sec-
retary of agriculture. in Des Moines, |
‘Towa.
June 19—Donn Byrne,
Irish novelist, in Ireland.
June 21—Marshal Chang Tso-lin,
Manchurian war lord.
. June 24—Senator Frank R. Gooding
of Idaho.
Holbrook Blinn, actor.
June 27—Robert Bruce Mantell,
‘Shakespearean actor.
June 29—Leo Ditrichstein, actor.
June 30—Avery Hopwood. American
playwright.
July 8—Howard Elliott, former pres-
ident of Northern Pacific railway.
~ July 9—George E. Chamberlain. for-
‘mer senator from Oregon
July 15—H. Nathocns.
man-at-large from Illinois.
July 16—Giovanni Giolittl.
statesman.
Dr. C, L. Summers,
American-
congress-
Italian
: pediatrician, in
Baltimore.
July 20—Ellen Terry.
ress.
July 22—Dr. George Colvin, president
of University of Louisville.
July 23—Rear Admiral W. M. Folger.
retired. in Boston.
July 28—T. B. Walker, multimillion-
ant S Gnherinen and art patron,
yMinheapolie
Ju y 30—Federal J udgs D. C. Wester-
ayer at Cleveland,
Aug. 7—Prof. E. C.
sity ot Illinois.
Aug. 8 eorge E. Bren nan, Demo-
cratic national committeeman from Illi-
nois, in Chicago.
English ac-
Hives of Univer-
Aug. 11—James B. Laughlin, steel
company president. in Hyannisport,
ass.
Aug. 19—Viscount Haldane. British
statesman.
Aug. 20—Col. George B. Harvey, pub-
licist and former ambassador to Great
Britain.
Aug. 27—Marshal Emile Fayolle, fa-
TRONS French sHIategint.
Au
Sorlie,
North ‘Dakota.
Aug. 29—Mary Garrett Hay, suffrage
Ateader, in New Rochelle, N. Y.
Sept. 83—Rear Admiral G. F. Wins-
low, retired.
Sept. 20—William Whitman,
manufacturer, in Brookline, Mass
Sept. 21—Roy K. Moulton, Dnewspa-
per humorist, 2 St. Joseph,
Sept. 23—Sir Horace Daiwin,
ust an and son of Charles Darw
ept.
governor of
cotton
scien-
25—R. F. Outcault, I spuier
comic artist.
Sept. 26—A. BE. Stilwell, - railroad
man, in New York.
Sept. 29—Brig. Gen. W. H. Bixby, for-
mer chief of army engineers,
Oct. 5—George Beban, ib actor.
Oct. 8—Larry Semon. motion picture
comedian.
Oct. 12—Mrs. Augusta BE. Stetson, fa-
mous disciple of Mary Baker Eddy. in
Rochester, N.
Oct. 13—-Dowager Empress Marie of
Russia.
Oct. 14—William J. Flynn,
chief of U. S. secret service,
Oct. 16—Benjamin Strong, governor
of New York Federal Reserve bank.
Sir Frank Dicksee, English painter
and president of Royal Academy.
Oct. 22—Adolf Kraus, Jewish leader,
in Chicago.
Charles A. Towne, former U0. 8. sen-
ator from Minnesota.
Dr. . Putney, international law
authority, in Washington.
Miss Frances Newman,
novelist.
Oct. 23—George Barr McCutcheon,
American novelist, in New York.
Oct. 24—Cardinal de Lai, in Rome.
Oct. 26—Rev. R. A. Torrey. evanges-
list, at Ashville, N. C.
Brig. Gen. J. R. McQuigg, former na-
tonal commander of American Legion,
30—Robert Lansing. former sec-
rors ‘of state.
. Richard Hudnut, American perfum-
ery manufacturer, in France.
Nov 3—Eliza Scidmore. writer on Far
East.
Nov. 6—Dr. Frank Crane,
writer, in Nice, France.
Nov. 10—Prince Trepoff. premier of
Russia in 1916.
Nov. !4—Dr. Sabin von Sohocky, in-
Ionjor of radium paint. at East Orange.
Rev. J. H. Nicely.
Aaa ‘presbytery.
former
American
American
moderator in In-
Nov. 16—Prof. T. C. Chamberlin, ge-
ologist. in Chicago.
18—Dr. John Harding, father of
ov.
the tate President Harding
No 19—William A. Sidafeld.
RTS eal, from Arkansas.
Nov. 21—Hermann Sudermann, Ger-
con-
Nov. 22—George H. Jones, chairman
of Standard Qil of New Jersey.
Nov. 23—Thomas F. Ryan. financier,
in New York.
B. Y. Mullins, president Southern
Baptist Theological seminary in Louis- |
ville, Ky.
Nov. 24—Gen. Baron Jacques. Bel-
gian war commander.
Nov. 26—Admiral Scheer, commander
oi German fleet in battle of Jutland.
Nov. 28—Admiral F. F. Fletcher. re-
tired.
Dec. 1—Henry A. Haugen. Chicago
banker.
Dec. 2—Lord Tennyson. son of the
famous poet.
Dec. 3—Ezra Meeker, last of the
Oregon Trail pioneers, in Seattle.
De 7—Miss Alice Longfellow,
Cc.
daughter of She p oet.
Dec. hes Gy Patten,
ny Chicago |
financier.
| poet
Dec. 18—J. M Dickinson, former sec-
| retary of war, in Chicago,
Dec. 16—Eleanor
and novelist.
(® by Western Newspaper Union.)
Wylie. American
in.
Page Seven
Announce Basket
Ball Schedule
Basketball
| Interscholastic Cireuit
| Will Be Opened on January 4.
W. Packard. auto |
The Somerich County Interscholas-
| tic Basketball League will be started
jon January 4, when four games will
[ be played. The high school circuit
| this vear includes nine teams—Salis-
| bury, Boswell, Meyersdale, Somerset,
{ Berlin, Friedens, Yockwood, Stoyes=
| town and Windber. The winning
lteam will represent the district in the
annual State championship tourna-
{ ment of the P. I. A&& A. next March:
{ Referees appointed to officiate in
{league games are Tom Hanson,
| Charlton Williams, Dick Ashcom and
Phil Gettys, all of Johnstown, and
‘Harry Law, of Cumberland.
The schedule for the rea
lows:
son fol-
First Half,
Jan. 4—Salisbury at Boswell, Ash-
com; Meyersdale at Somerset, Wil-
liams; Berlin at Friedens, Gettys;
Rockwood at Stoyestown, Hanson;
Windber drew a bye.
Jan. 8—Boswell at Meyersdale,
Ashcom; Somerset at Berlin, Gettys;
Friedens at Rockwood, Williams;
Windber at Salisbury, Law; Stoyes-
town drew a bye.
Jan. 11—Meyersdale at Friedens,
i Hanson; Rockwood at Somerset, Ash-
| com; Berlin at Windber, Law; Stoyes-
| town at Boswell, Gettys; Salisbury
drew a bye.
Jan. 15—Somerset at Stoyestown,
[ Williams; Windber at Meyersdale,
| Getty; Salisbury at Berlin, Hanson;
| Boswell at Rockwood, Law; Friedens
|drew a bye.
| Jan. 18 Berlin at Boswell, Wil-
liams; Friedens at Somerset, Hanson;
Rockwood at Salisbury, Gettys; Stoy-
estown at Windber, Ashcom; Meyers-
[dale drew a bye.
Jan. 22—Boswell at Friedens, Wil-
(Hams; Windber at Rockwood, Han-
son; Salisbury at Stoyestown, Ash-
com; Meyersdale at Berlin, Law;
Somerset drew a bye.
Jan. 26—Rockwood at Berlin; Ash-
com; Stoyestown at Meyersdale, Wil-
liams; Friedens at Salisbury, Hanson;
Somerset at Windber, Gettys; Bos-
well drew a bye.
Jan. 29—Berlin at Stoyestown,
Hanson; Salisbury at Meyersdale,
Law; Windber at Friedens, Ashcom;
Boswell at Somerset, Gettys; Rock-
wood drew a bye.
Feb. 1—Somerset at Salisbury,
Law; Friedens at Stoyestown, Gettys;
Windber at Boswell, Berlin
drew a bye.
Hanson;
Second Half.
Feb. 5—Boswell at Salisbury, Ash-
com; Somerset at Meyersdale, Han-
son; Friedens at Berlin, Williams;
Stoyestown at Rockwoed, Law; Wind=
ber drew a bye.
Feb. 8—Meyersdale at Boswell,
Gettys; Berlin at Somerset, Hanson;
Rockwood at Friedens, Law; Salis-
bury at Windber, Williams; Stoyes-
town drew a bye.
Feb. 12—Friedens at Meyersdale,.
Ashcom; Somerset at Rockwood, Han-
son; Windber at Berlin, Williams;
Boswell at Stoyestown, Law; Salis-:
bury drew a bye.
Gettys; Meyersdale at Windber, Law;:
Berlin at Salisbury, Williams; Rock-:
drew a bye.
Feb. 19—Boswell at Berlin, Han-
son; Somerset at Friedens, Williams;
Salisbury at Rockwood, Gettys; Wind-
ber at Stoyestown, Ashcom; Meyers-
dale drew a bye.
Feb. 22—Friedens at Boswell, Ash-
com; Rockwood at Windber,
son; Berlin at Meyersdale,
Somerset drew a bye.
com; Meyersdale at Stoyestown, Wil-
liams; Salisbury at Friedens, Gettys;
drew a bye.
liams; Friedens at Windber, Ashcom;
drew a bye.
March 5—
Williams;
Ashcom; Rockwood at Meyersdale,
Berlin drew a bye.
~
“ONE-EYE” CONNOLLY
“One-Eye”
become a by-word.
crasher par excellence.
Connolly’s
theatrical
heavyweight battle.
out.
ods.
him. He got in—nobody knew how.
ket for anything.
The other
fie.
ation of his professional career.
We don’t see why this happening
True enough, he was conducted to
| should spoil his career.
| his cell in a formal manner. He
didn’t have to “crash” the prison
| gates.
But then—he didn’t have to pay to
; get in! And he got out free, too.
Meyersdale at Rockwood, Ashcom;
bo
Feb. 15—Stoyestown at Somerset,.
wood at Boswell, Hanson; Friedens:
Wil-
liams; Stoyestown at Salisbury, Han-
Gettys;
Feb. 26—Berlin at Rockwood, Ash-
Windber at Somerset, Law; Boswell
March 1—Stoyestown at Berlin,
Gettys; Meyersdale at Salisbury, Wil-
Somerset at Boswell, Law; Rockwood
Salisbury at Somerset,
Stoyestown at Friedens,
Gettys; Boswell at Windber, Hanson;
name has
He is the gate
He has always got into everything
free—everything from a first-night
performance to a fistic
No guards could ever keep him
He had a thousand clever meth-
He was expected at all’ public
functions, though nobody ever invited
He never accepted or bought a tic-
day he attracted a
crowd in Brooklyn, New York, and
| was found guilty of obstructing traf-
He was put into a cell for a
| brief time, and tearfully complained
thas his imprisonment was the ruin-