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Hho 4 W | of Arkansas nominated by Democrate March 27—-Mexican government is- Sept. 11—Four evolution 4 Wt | fc convention for Vice President sued petroleum regulations recogniz- aries arrested |i plotting el 4 July 4—Indenend ce day accidents | Ing rights of foreigners in oil proper- et the doth r plotting Ye! f th Y ro | in United St oon To d and of 225 ties prior to 1917. Seph 17—Mex be! o e rear | a1) te ales caused der April 11—United States government 3 Ting: 5) sy | persons ni reat powers | dered reopening 1 * bol | July 6—Secretary of the Interior vegan sounding out the grea Po TS Sept, 19—Isc KS {| Work named board of engineers to] OP multilateral ireaty renouncing war tablished as sup: I ol study Boulder canyon dam project. a pe made public ite Sept. mi ex| named 5 5 [ nf ii2 I satretary of Comments Hoov: | gt flribrance made mile Porter CG * | Coolid Is resiznation .to April 28—John Bassett Moore re- | dent for 14 (C00 December 1. KR ol i Res P La signed as American member of the Sept sir od t headed by % ; | bor nations; Ohibitlon and Farmer-La- | pormanent court of international jus- Finan resin ge o Compiled by ed her national conventions opene P| tice. ost, 4 en hek elected X K July 11 John J. Raskob of Delaware May 30=Ytaly and Yio ned HE Nationalist : Theri ot ; g of onciliation and arbitration. . o E. W. PICKARD (| electéd chairman of Democratic na- treaty of Sopciliat Nationalist govern. Oct, 23—Hun vernment ., 'e! | tional committee, ment asked United States for revision | elosed four uni because of OT TTT eT Tava eave". Farmer-Labor party nominated Sen- +i anti-Semitic riots AALILLISISLILSI IIIT | tor Norris for President and Will Ver- | Of treaties, Nov. 1—Machad 1 Preside een of Georgia for Vice President. both | , July 13—Chile and Peru resumed | Nov. 1—1 © President DOMESTIC of whom declined, . gipignalio relations, ®f Nov. §—vintila | teed July 12—Prohibition party. nom! July 2l—Japanese troops in Jean premier of Ruman res'gned as Jan, 2—President Coolidge held big | nated William Varney of New York tung killed mony Chins ine Nov, 4—Gen. ria Moncada New Year's reception in White House. | for President and James A. Kdgerton y APE iati f - | elected President gua. Jan, 4—Three bodies taken from | of Virginia for Vice President. Chinsse Nationalists’ repudiation of ut od i rome: BO nae sunken submarine S-4. July 20—~Roy O. West of Chicago ape aa 26—United States offered Na-.| and his. cabinet Assistant Secretary of War Hanford pointed secretary of the interior. tions Fst overnment of China. 8 new South African nt of Pre: MacNideg. resigned and President ap- July 22—Capt. Charles Collyer and | 2. 0fa [St ROFSTmENt Of China a new, or Hertzog res i he formed pointed Col. Charles B. Robbins of | John Mears completed tour of globe in hoy y a new one, Iowa to succeed him, record time of 23 days an ours. y a- British parliam 1. the king Jan. 8—Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lasker July 24—John J. Raskob, Democratic July 26—France invited 14 other na praising the Kell } gave $1,000,000 to University of Chi- cago for medical research Seventeen bodies taken from wreck of the S-4 identified. . ..Jan, 1l1—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. Cuba. Jan. bodies taken from 19—Senate adopted resolution declaring vacant the seat of Senator- Elect Frank L..Smith of Illinois. President Coolidge returned to Wash- ington from Cuba, Jan. 20—President Cosgrave of Irish 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 inguiry. Feb. 10—Senate adopted resolution opposing third term for President, Feb. 12—Herbert Hoover announced his Presidential candidacy by entering the Ohio primaries. . Feb. 15—Senate called for investi- gation of public utilities by trade com- mission. Feb. 16—Gov. Ed Jackson of Indiana freed of bribery charges because of statute of limitations. Senate ordered investigation of coal mining conditions in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. Feb. 20—Fresident appointed Repre sentative W. R. Green of Iowa as judge of court af claims. Feb. 21—H. F. Sinclair, H M. Day, W. J. Burns and W. S. Burns found guilty of criminal contempt of court in oil scandal case by Justice Siddons of District of Columbia Supreme court. Naval court inquiry placed blame for S-1 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 R. 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 Democratic race for Presidential nom- ination. March 16—Rodman Wanamaker's will provided 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 —House passed bill appro- priating $360.000,000 for naval con- struction March 28—Senate passed Jones bill appropriating $325,000,000 for flood ecntrol, 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, March 31—Arthur H. Vandenberg of Grand Rapids appointed senator from Michigan to fill out term of Ferris, Government completed Cape Cod canal. April 5 > 1s Locher of Cleveland aprointed or from Ohio to fill out term of late Senator Willis. April 9—United States Supreme court upheld validity of flexible tariff law purchase ot April 12—Senate p d McNary farm relief bill. April 16—Socialist national conven- tion nominated Norman Thomas for President and James H. Maurer for Vice President. April 21—Harry PF, Sinclair acquit- ted by fury in Teapot Dome conspiracy case, April 24—House passed flood control April 25—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 P idential campaign ex- penditures, May 3—House passed the Haugen farm relief bill, May 4—Senator T. J. drew as candidate for Democratic Presidential nomination. May b6-—House passed White bill to sncourage the merchant marine, Max Mason resigned as president of University of Chicago. May 7—House passed bill raising pay of 135.000 government employees. May 9—Senate passed flood control bill, modified, to avoid a veto. May (0—Senate passed bill to reor- ganize diplomatic service piomotion system. May 15—President flood relief bill. May 18--Senate voted full publicity for tax returns. May 21—Sen: cutting taxes 5,875,000. May 22—House overrode President's veto of postal 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 Jam 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 2)—Congress adjourned, leav ing Boulder Dam bill unfinished busi- ness 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 House, June 7—Predident Coolidge let Muscle Shoals bill die without veto or approval, June 13—President and Mrs. Coolidge left for Wisconsin camp. June 14—Herbert Hoover nominated for President by Republican conven- tion ‘n Kansas City. June 15—Republican convention nom- inated Senator Charles Curtis for Vice President. June .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 Walsh with- Coolidge signed e passed finance bill Interior ' parties in national chairman, severed his connec- tion with General Motors. July 28—President Coolidge spoke at dedication of monument to Col. Wil- liam Colvill, Civil war hero, at Cannon Falls, Minn. Aug. 13—Ship-to-shore airplane mal} service established at New York. Aug 15—President Coolidge approved report of board of engineers on Mis- sissippi tlood 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 year 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 heavy majorities. . Sept. 11—John Coolidge. son of President. began work as clerk for New Haven railroad. . .Sept. 12—President and Mrs. Cool- f{dge 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. Lindbergh, ‘Charles Evans Hughes, and Dr. F. M. *Chapman, ornithologist, awarded Roose- velt medals for distinguished service. Oct. 3—Chicago Sanitary District opened new $32,000,000 sewage dis- posal plant, best in world. Oct. 6 —Navy department let con- tracts .or two huge dirigibles, Oct. 8—American Legion convention opened in San Antonio. United Spanish War Veterans met In Havana, Cuba, United 3ta‘cs Supreme court upheld right of Canadians to cross the border dailv to work in states. Oct. 10—Triénnial convention ot Episcopal church opened in Washing- t on Oct. 11—Paul V, McNutt of Indiana elected national commander of Amer- ican Legion. Oct. 16—Attorney General Sargent ruled Sinclair's Salt Creek oil field con- tracts invalid. Oct. 19—Battleflelds National park in Virginia dedicated. President Coolidge speaking. Oct. 20—Congressional medal pre- sented to Thomas A. Edison by Presi- dent Coolidge. Nov. 6—Hoover and Curtis, 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, Il. won national corn husking® champion- ship at Fowlery Ind. Nov. 19—Urited States Supreme court, upholding a New York law, de- clared the Ku Klux klan 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. Nov 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. 28-—Mr. Hoover Jose, Costa Rica. Engagement of Florence Trumbull to John Coolidge announced. Nov, 29—Secretary of Commerce 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, Dec, 3—Short session of congress opened. Dec. 4—President Coolidge’s message was read to congress, Dec. 5—Hoover welcomed by great crowds at Callao and Lima, Peru, Dec. T—House passed billion-dollar treasury and post office supply bill, . Dec. 10—Hoover received in Val- naraiso and Santiago, Chile, Dec, 13—Hoover welcomed to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dee. 17—Hoover spent Montevideo, Uruguay. Dec. 18—Hoover sailed for Ric de Janeiro on U. S. 8. Utah. INTERNATIONAL Jan, 2--United States marines de- feated Nicaraguan rebels in two-days’ battle at Quilali. Jan, 10—Pope Pius X1 issued en- cyclical rejecting the movement for unity 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 at El Chipote, Jan. 29—Germany and Lithuania signed arbitration treaty. Jan. 3) —-Pan-American congress re- fected Mexico's plan for reorganiza- tion of Pan-American union. Feb. 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-American 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 rgainst tariff walls be- tween American republics, Feb. 15—United States refused to let Repub- greeted Mr. visited San a day In Pan-American conference dictate {ts immigration policy. Fan. 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 down. 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 ftalv on eve of Inquiry by League of Nations council. Feb 27—Fiye American marines 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- tional policy. March 7—Nicaragua congress warned by United States minister to adopt law guaranteeing election fair to both that republic. March 21—President Diaz decreed an tions to signing of Kellogg antiwar treaty in Paris on August 27. July 27—United States signed treaty giving China tariff autonomy. July 30—England and France made iSesniseoret agreement on naval reduc- on. Aug. 13—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. Aug, 27—Kellogg antiwar treaty signed in Paris by 15 nations. Aug, 31—League of Nations council refused Costa Rica's request to inter- pret the Monroe Doctrine, Sept. 8—Charles Evans Hughes 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. bH—Italy rejected the Anglo- French naval limitation agreement. Oct. 13—Radiophone service between United States and $pain opened by President Coolidge and King Alfonso Nov. 1l1—Armistice day celebrated throughout United States and 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 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. 20—Conservative cabinet of Nor- vray resigned. Foreign business concerns agreed to pay Chinese Nationalist government's new taxes, 5 Feb. 1—James McNeill governor general of the State. Peb, ed. en 12—Cleto Viquez elected Presi- dent of Costa Rica. increased its re- installed as Irish Free 9—Norway’s labor cabinet re- tion of the Tripoli littorial, defeating rebels in two big battles, : March 14—Priest and five prominent citizens executed by Mexican firing squad. s : March 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 51 Chi- nese officers and soldiers responsible for Nanking massacre. anniversary of Fascist party. magne at Tours, France, built in Twelfth century, collapsed March 27—Dictator Pilsudski defeat- ed by Communists in organization of new Polish parliament. April 10—Turkish assembly passed bill separating church and state. April 12—Attempt to ssinate King Victor Emmanuel of aly in Milan by dynamite bomb resulted in 14 deaths, April 15—Gen. Oscar Carmona inaug- urated President of Portugal, April 16—Chinese Nationalists big victory over northerners in tung province. April 30—Nationalists of China rounced occupation of almost Shantung province, and cut railway despite warning of the Japanese. won Shan an- with Japanese at Tsinan, May 6—Two hundred thousand Ru- manian peasants met at Albajulia and demanded the resignation of the Bra- tiano government. May 11—Hipolito Irigoyen President-Elect of Argentina. May 20—Nationalist party routed in declared German elections, Socialists making big gains. May C22—Greek cabinet resigned. May 29—Chinese Nationalists cap turcd Paotiogfu key to Peking de- fenses, June 3—Marshal Chang left Peking for Mukden and was fatally when his train was bombed. injured June o—Chinese Nationalists began occupation of Peking. June 9—Chiang Kai-shek, south Chinese generalissimo, resigned 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, July 1—General Obregon elected President of Mexico. July 4—Yugo-Slavian 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, Ontar’o government geized great stores of liquor ready for smuggling into United States. July 17—Gen. Alvaro Obregon, Pres tdent-Elect of Mexico. assassinated. July 19—Body of Capt. Alfred Loew- enstein. Belgian millionaire. found in English channel. July 21—Revolutionary attempt in Portugal crushed by loyal troops. Luis Morones, labor leader, resigned from Mexican cabinet and fled. July 25—Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of England. resigned effective November 12. July 29-—=Dr. Cosmo Lang, archbishop of York, appointed arch®ishop of Can- terbury and primate of all England. uly d0—Manchuria agreed to unite with Nationalist China. ignoring Ja- pan’s warning. Aug. 1—Russian government named 8 dictator for distribution of the vear's crops, Aug. 6—Florencio Arosemena elect- ed President of Panama, Aug. 16—Nationalist government o: China launched its first destroyer. Aug. 17—Chinese government decid- ed to tdrminate Writish-Danish cable monopoly in 1930. Mongolian army led by Russians in- vaded western Manchuria, defeating Chinese troops, Aug. 19—Venizelos party won Greek elections, Sept, 1—President (Jalles of Mexico refused re-election, allied } Feb. 20—Government of Japan won | at first universal suffrage election. eb. 25—Italians completed subjuga- May 4—Chinese Nationalists battled March 25—All Italy celebrated ninth | March 26—Famous Tower of Charle- | all of | Nov. 8—Toral, ¢ Elect Obregon 01 to death .nd Mot tellectual author tenced to 20 year Nov. 9—juliu MN Presiden pcion, rime, t- condemned “in- sen- sant party leader, made pren mania. Nov, 10=—Hiro ma'ly en- throned as emperc n Nov. 11—Poinea 1 new cab- inet for France. Nov, 25—Mexic defeated rebels in bloody 1 yattle, Nov. 30—Emilic Gil inaug- urated President ¢ Dec. 4—King Ge neland ap- pointed a royal c« to act for him during his se es Dec. 6—Wilhe'm cted Pres- ident of Austrio, Dec, 11—Poli na discov- ered anarchist nl v up Her- bert Hoover's trai Dec. 12—Peas:n 'n the Ru- manian electio Dec. 16—Revoit tar and queen took r¢ 1; king INDUSTRIAL Jan, 2—Twenty ers of Sweden locl n. 10—Insters mission approved Chicago, Milwauke 1 Feb. 13—New n agreement with or 1 | March 20—( + companies and Inte and Telegraph con March 28—Illinc cease negotiations Indiana strip mine g pay Jacksonville another year. April 1-—133,000 rs of Mid- dle West quit wor April 12—Twent) is mines agreed to resume o \ wage scale. April 22—Thousa Ulinofs coal miners agreec pt reduced wages. May 18—Interste rce com- | mission cut the pro Swearin- gen rail merger to lv the C. & O. and the Pere June 19—Locom« neers of western roads gre per cent wage increase July 18—United Vorkers of America abandone ksonville scale as a basis fo ettlements Aug. 31—1llinois ers’ strike settled on basis of wages Sept. T—Contine tional and | 11linois Merchar inks of Chi- { azo merged. ept. 18—Federa tors aban- doned afforts to t tened strike of western railroad en. Sept 29—Preside lidge named board to investiga tern railroad wage 4dispute. Oct. 1—Fifty tho 1 German ship builders struck for e pay. Oct. 6—Textile workers of New Bed- ford, Mass accepeas. Wage cut and ended strike Oct. 18—Indiana coal miners and op erators ag 1 ( a wage scale. Oct. 30—Eme ne board consider- ing western oad wage di p recommended crease of 61 T ent” wi ut ge in rules or % with certain 2s in operation. Nov. 19— a Federation of Labor, in se a sw Orleans, de- | clared war lacement of work- men by acl Nov. n railroad dispute ttled etting 6% per cent raise ERONAUTICS Jan, 1 1 flew from Belize British H 0 San Salvador. Jan. 3— 1 landed in Tegueci- 1c ) flew to San Jose his Caribbe Vv from Panama h flew to Bogota 1 made landi toga at sea. h flew 1,050 mi : Virgin islands h hopped h flew to San I indbergh ended it Havana. x, French who flew aca nded at Panama an to ng lew from Bogota les to San Jo- his aviators south Atlantic, ar- rived at 1 "eb. I gh made nonstop flight fre to St. Louis. Keb. <ler completed solo 2 to Australia in al and SCO. 1d Elsie hopped off fr lon for transatl: 15 Los Angeles began nama Canal Zone, 1geles arrived at ‘one w Wilson peace warded to Colonel and Lebrix ended American Walter Hinchcliffe, Mackay in- tic flight to [ 1d were lost. March 19- Ceith Miller ended 13,000-mile f from England to Austra Marc >nt Coolidge pre- sented Col ibergh with Con- gressional ] Honor, March le Bernardi of Italy set new speed 366.6 miles an Stinson and | durance record d for airplanes 3 hours 36 minu Von off from Dub > plane Bremen, st to make ea itarted from at man made new en- tes Huenefeld and lin men aviators land- id, Strait of Belle St- \cross the Atlantic Italy for the North pole April 21— eorge H. Wilkins and Carl B completed flight across Arctic r¢ from Point Bar- row, Alask to tzbergen and re- ported -eeir d May 6 un dirigible Italia reached Spitz May 15—Nok 1 dirigible Italia started on flight r polar regions May 18—Dirig Italia returned tc Spitzbergen. May 22—Col rles A Lindbergh became head of t vical committee of I'ranscontinental Transport May 238-—Nobile the Italia passed over the North ol May 26—Dirigible ftalia wrecked on ice floe May 30— Eleven of 14 balloons in na *ional alimination race: from Pitts burgh were driven dowm by furious storm: two men killed. Mav 31-—Monoplane Southern Cross with crew of four, started from Oak land, Calif., for Sydney, Australia via Hawaii. Fiii and Brisbane, June 1—Southern Cross landed a1 Wheeler field Haw: June 3-—Southern Cross left Hawa't for Fiji i June 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 companions lost in attempt to reach Nobile party in plane, Airplane FriendshipAanded in Burry inlet, Wales. June «19—Major Maddalena reached Nobile and five companions by airplane. 6—Southern Cross reached "ii June 24—Swedish airman rescued Nobile July 8—Ferrarin and Del Prete, Italians, hopped off at Rome for Brazil, July bH—Italian flyers landed near Port Natal, Brazil, having made mew distance record of 4.449 miles. July 11--Russian aviator discovered Doctor Malmgren and two companions, niembers 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 flyer, 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 party reached Rome. 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. ldzikukowski 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. 16—Hassel and Cramer from Rockford, Ill, to Cochrane. on way to Stockholm Aug. 18—Rockford rane for Zdount disappeared, Aug. 20—Art Gobel Angeles to New York minutes, without stop. Sept. 2—Hassell and Cramer found safe in Greenland; plane disabled. Maurice Bokanowski. French minis- ter of air and commerce, and four aids killed in airplane accident, Sept. 5-—Thirty-seven airplane ed from New York air derby. Sept. 10—Earl Rowland, Kansas. won in Class A of aerial derby. Sept. 18—Spanish inventor across English channel in new plane, Oct. 11—The Graf Zeppelin, great German dirigible, started from Fried- Germany, for the United flew Ont, flyers left Coch- Evans. Greenland. and from Los hours 58 flew in 18 start- in transcontinental flew gy10- richschafen, States. Oct, 15—Tha Graf Zeppelin safely ut Lakehurst, N. J. Oct. 17—Commander H. C. McDonald, English aviator, started solo flight from Newfoundland to England in landed small piane and was lost. Oct. 25—Tucker and Collyer flew from New York to Los Angeles in 24 hours 51 minutes. Oct. 29—Graf Zeppelin began its trip back to Ger 1y. Nov. 1— f Zeppelin Friedrichschafen, Germany. Nov. 4—Tucker and’ Collyer. cross- continent record holders, killed in Ari- zona in crash of plane, arrived at Dec. 12—International civil aviation conference opened in Washington. Dec. 17—Delegates to aviation con- ference celebrated at Kitty Hawk, N. C., the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first flight by the Wright brothers. DISASTERS Jan. 2—Russian steamer foundered in Black sea; 200 drowned lan. 9—Twenty-one men mine explosion at West Frankfort, Feb. 10—Twelve men killed killed by [n and 50 hurt in oil refinery explosion at Ev- erett, Mass. Thirty-nine killed in fire in Hollinger rold mine at nmins, Ont, Feb. 12—Thirteen killed by mine ex- it Whitehaven, England explosion at 13 men. Jenny Two Mar hundred killed by Mount Serrat landslide in Santos, Bra- zil, March 13—San Francisquito dam, water ipply for 5 3 broke; 436 drowned March ¢ province, Italy many. March 31 — Smyrna 1 April hall in April earthquake i in Udine and injured shattered ly persons sion destroyed dance Ss 5 11 4 Ww by 'thquake In fn central Greece ruined Corinth and killed many \ ine at Ma- May ne ¢ at Yukon, W, Va., d Kenv led 32 men June 16—Torr homa killed wiped out killed, 52 train injured in wreck near ibmarine ibmarine aboard. a 1k In collision I of whom per- men Thirteen killed, 100 injured ay wreck. 1 killed by torna- d South Dakota > tne swept Porto Rico and Les Antilles: hundreds killed : Sept. 14—About 20 persons killed by tornado ‘ near Rockford, Ill, Sept £ hurricane reached central doing great damage and kil Sept, 23—/ 120 perished in the- ater fire in Madr Sr 1. Oct. 3—Fren submarine sunk by collision with Greek steamer: 43 men lost, Oct. 26—Thirty-one killed in train wreck in Rum icllian tc f Mt. E tris sank capes: 111 wns de- 1 240 miles lost, 215 off tha Virginia Nov —l'errific storms in the Philip- pines 1 on the asts of urope. Daz, 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. Emily Stevens, American actress. Jan. 3—Dorothy Donnelly, actress and playw ht. Jan, 6—Marvin 1itt, railroad builder. in Chicago Jan. 11—Thomas Hardy English novelist. Jan. 14- rew MacLeish., pioneer merchant o ago. Jan. 1 dward L. Ryerson, Chicago steel ma . Jan. 20—William Du Pont, former head of ¢ Du Pont interests Jan, 2 1j. Gen. George Goe thals, t of Panama canal Jan. 22—Rear Admiral Victor Blue retired Jan. 24—Talcott Williams, journalist In New York. Jan 28—Cour Hugo Hamilton Swedish states 1 Vincente Bl: Ibanez Spanish nov elist. Jan Haig, commander 1p chief of ish armies in World war Feb. 15—Herbert H Asquith. earl ot Oxford «nd Asquith former British premier, Feb. 16—ddie Koy veteran an, in Ka City Feb 20—E B Butley millionaire merc nd art patron, Feb, 26 rien. Irish Na tionalis | James L. Ford, author and dramatie critic, in New York. Feb, 20—Marshal Armando Dias, Italian commander in chief in World war. Mfirch 7—William H. Crane, dean of Am#rican stage, at Hollywood, Calif. March 9—Rodman Wanamaker, pres- ident John Wanamaker stores, . March 18—John F. Smulski. Chicago banker. March 19-—Nora Bayes, actress, March 20—James W, Packard, auto 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, allenist, in Chicago. R. C. Carton, English dramatist. April 3—Congressman J. A. Gallivan of Boston, Mass, v Abril 6—Chauncey M. Depew in New ork. W. E. Griffis, author, lecturer and au- thority on Japan, April 9—John A. Dix, .ex-governor of New York. April 10—Stanley J. Weyman, Eng- lish novelist, 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- feo, in San Antonio, Texas. April 25—Floyd Bennett, famous avi ator, in Quebec. Baron Peter Wrangel, leader of “White” Russians, April 27—Congressman Martia B. Madden of Chicago. May 1-—Congressman Thaddeus C. Sweet of New York. May 3—Dr, Edgar Faha Smith, chem ist, in Philadelphia. EB. Piper, editor Portland Ore- gonian A. W. Krech, New York financier, May 4-—George A. Thorne, Chicago capitalist. May 8—Rev. Dr. J. S. Stone, Epis- copalian divine of Chicago. May 10—Judge W. H. Sanborn, O. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in St. Paul, Tinn, May 16—Sir Edmund Gosse, English author, May 18—William D. Haywood, for- mer I. W, W, chief, in Moscow. May 19—Bessie Van Vorst, American author. May 21—Prof. Hideyo Noguchi, bac- teriologist of Rockefeller Institute. Allan Dale, dramatic critic. May 24—Herschel Jones, publisher of Minneapolis Journal. May 29—Dr. 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. sanator from California, June 13—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragist, in London. June 17—E, T. Meredith, former sec- retary of agriculture, in Des Moines, Iowa. June 19—Donn Byrne, Irish novelist, in Ireland. June 2l1-—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. Amerlcan playwright. i July 8—Howard Elliott, former pres- ident of Northern Pacific railway. July 9—George E. Chamberlain, for- mer senator from Oregon. July 15—H. R. Rathbone, congress- man-at-large from Illinois American- July 16—Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman. Dr. C, L. Summers, pediatrician, in Baltimore. July 20—Ellen Terry, English ac- tress. July 22—Dr, George Colvin, president of University of Louisville. July 23—Rear Admin:l W. M. Folger. retired. in Boston. : July 28—T, B. Walker, multimilliion- aire lumberman and ' art patron, in Minneapolis. July 30—Federal Judge D. C. Wester- haver at Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 7—Prof, E. C, Hayes of Univer- sity of Illinois. Aug. 8—George E. Brennan, Demo- cratic national committeeman from Illi. nois, in Chicago. Aug, 11—James B. Laughlin, steel company president, in Hyannisport, Mass. 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- mous French strategist. Aug. 28—A. R. Sorlie, North Dakota. Aug. 29—Mary Garrett Hay, suffrage leader, in New Rochelle, N. Y. F. Wins. Sept. 3—Rear Admiral G. low, retired. Sept. 20—Willilam Whitman, cotton manufacturer, in Brookline, Mass, Sept, 21—Roy K. Moulton, newspa- per humor in_St, Joseph, Mo. Sept. 23—Sir Horace Darwin, sclen- tist and son of Charles Darwin, Sept. 25—R. F. Outcault, newspaper comic artist, Sept. 26—A. BE. Stilwell, man, in New York. Sept. 29—Brig. Gen. W, H. Bixby, for- mer chief of army engineers, Oct. 5—George Beban, film actor. Oct. 8—Larry Semon, motion picture comedian, Oct. 12—Mrs, Augusta EH. Stetson, fa- mous disciple of Mary Baker Eddy, in Rochester, N, Y. Oct. 13—Dowager Empress Marie of Russia. Oct, 14—Willlam 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 U. 8. sen- ator from Minnesota. Dr. A. H. Putney, international law authority, in Washington. Miss Frances Newman, novelist. Oct. 23—George Barr McCutcheon. American novelist, in New York. Oct. 24—Cardinal de Lal, in Rome. Oct. 26—Rev. R. A. Torrey, evange- list, at Ashville, N. C. Brig. Gen. J. R. McQuigg, former na- tional commander of American Legion. Oct. 30—Robert Lansing, former. sec- retary of state, Richard Hudnut, governor of railroad former American American perfum- in France. ery manufacturer, Nov 3—Eliza Scidmore, writer on Far East, Nov. 6—Dr., Frank Crane, American writer, in Nice, France. Nov. 10—Prince Trepoff, premier of Russia in 19186. Nov. !'4—Dr, Sabin von Sohocky, in- ventor of radium paint, at East Orange. J. tev. J. H. Nicely, moderator in In- diana presbytery. Nov. 16—Prof. T, C. Chamberlin, ge- ologist, in Chicago. Nov. 18—Dr. John Harding, father of the late President Harding. Nov. 19—William A, Oldfield, gressman from Arkansas. Nov. 21—Hermann Sudermann, Ger- man dramatist. Nov, 22—George H. Jones, chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey. Nov. 23—~Thomas F. Ryan, financier, in New York. Dr. 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 ol German fleet in battle of Jutland. Nov. 28—Admiral F. PF. Fletcher, re- tired. con- 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, Dec. 7—Miss Alice Longfellow. dat ter of the po Dec. 8—James A. Patten, Chicago Anancier Dec 12—J. M Dickinson, former sec- retary. of war, ir Chicago, Dec, 16—Eleatror Wylle, Amersan | poet and novelist. (© by Western Newspaper Union.) rm no pm THRIFT WEEK WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO SHOP IN ALTOONA BOOSTER SORES! Next week is the time in each year that special emphasis is placed on the importance of being thrifty. Much ad- vice will be given as to what one should do during Thrift Week. 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