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■/- WYOMIKG COOTTY TIMES, WipSAW, K. Yi, THUHSPAY, PER 27,1923 PAGE SEVEM EVENTS OF 1923 PASWEVIEW Happenings at Home and Abroad During the Twelve Months That Have Just Closed. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS German reparations and complica tions resulting from the failure to pay them occupied much of the attention of European diplomats. Early in Jan uary the allied premiers held a futile conference in Paris, and France pre pared for separate' action to collect from Germany. About the same time Secretary Hughes announced the Unit ed States would not consider Berlin’s proposal for a four-power European peace pact and also informally ad vised France not to occupy the Ruhr. Prance, however, was determined, and the reparations commission gave her the opening by declaring Germany in willful default in coal deliveries. Ger many formally protesting and Great Britain not approving, the P'rench on January 11 began the occupation of the Ruhr, seizing its most important cities one after another. I’resident Harding expressed his disapproval by recalling the American troops from Germany. Chancellor Cuno, with the support of the’ reichstag, declared a “moral war” of passive resistance and- ordered all state employees not to obey the French. The mine owners and later the industrial magnates fell in with this program and for months the French were balked in their efforts to get any considerable revenue from the region. They seized custom s, bank funds and railways, and arrested many industrial leaders and officials, but the . passive resistance was not broken un til late in September. The occupa tion was assisted actively by Belgium and passively by Italy. Great Brit ain, though she did not actually ham per the French, gave them no help. On May 2 Germany. made a new' reparations offer of S7,500,00ft with many conditions, and it was rm- mediately rejected by France. Eng land also declared the offer insufflcient. Berlin then asked a new reparations conference on the total sum and of fered annuities of l,500,000,00u gold marks. Great Britain invited France and Italy to join her in a reply to this, and submitted a draft of her proposed answer, but this also fell through. The' British guvernmont thereupon sent a note to France and P^Jgiuni declaring the Itnbr occupa tion illegal and a failure, insisting on an impartial reparations inquiry after the plan suggested by Secretary of State Hughes, and saying France must pay enough of the money lent her to enable Great Britain to pay America. Again no results, ITemier Poincare dechu’ing Germany mu.st set tle the reparations question before an economic accord could be reached. (Chancellor Stresemann, who had suc ceeded Dr. Cuno, announced the aban donment of passive resistance and said no more reparations would be paid and the treaty of Tersailles would be repudiated. He also put an end to the aid which the government had been giving the inhabitants of the oc cupied regions. Soon after this the industrial magnates of the Ruhr and Rhineland signed a pact with the French for the resumption of work and of payments of material. In December the reparations com mission decided to appoint two com mittees of experts, one to examine German money in foreign lands and the other to try to devise means by which Germany might balance her budget and stabilize her finances. Poincare now seemed in a yielding mood and President Coolidge an nounced he approved of unofficial American participation through the selection of Americans as members of those committees. Turkey’s diplomatic victory at Lau sanne was not easily won. While the conference there was deadlocked in January Mustapha Kemal mobilized armies to move against Constanti nople, Mosul and other points and called three classes to the colors to combat the Greeks in Thrace. The quarreling in the peace conference was inces.^ant. On .January 31 the allies submitted a treaty to the Turks, demanding its acceptance within four days. The Turks agreed to sign it if the economic clauses were r< s.-rved for futtire .settlement. Lord (’nrzon departed in a rage, and on February 0 the coi'ifert iice broke up. Diplomatic con\t-r.-:aIi.'ns continued, hov, lo er; the Britisli i-ulicated tlif'.v woild luake conci*-.i<;ns, and the conP-i.m-p re.siimed on^April 23, Ilus-;u Pi lug ux- clude<l. On July ^24 a tr, .ity was slgui d which g.ave* to T.u-ivcy nearly all she had demandi d, ilm (pi. sunn of oil , con 'essious Ijeing left mr later consid( rath^n. A few da.vs later the United States^ an.! Turkey -igned treaties' of amity and commor. and on extradithm. P,y (-ntnij.-r 2 t!i<^ al lied military forces laid evacuated Constantinople and thi* Turks soon after took formal po.sse;->ion of their ' old caiutal. Warfare between Italy and Greece in the autumn was narrowly averted. An Italian military coiumissioner and his \aids were murdered in Albania and on August 28 Italy demanded that Greece apologize abjectly and pay reparations. - The Greek reply b^ing unsatisfactor.y, the Italians promptly bombarded and occupied tbe island of Corfu. Greece appealed- ro the League of Nations, which was .disposed to take up the affair'; but Premier Mus solini declared Italy would withdraw from the league and ignore its deci sion if it insisted on arbitrating the dispute. The situation was.most em barrassing for the league, but 'the allied council of ambas.sadors rescued It by assuming jurisdiction and order ing Greece to comply with Italy’s de mands almost in their entirety, Greece gave in, apologized and paid 50,000,000 lire indemnity, and on September 27 Italy evacuated Corfu. Musi?olini aohieved another triumph by jin agreement with Jugo-Slayhi whereby Italy obtained possession of Itume. ^ In January American and British commissions met in Washington to ne gotiate the^refunding of the British war debt to America, and their task was soon completed to the apparent satisfaction of both nations. The' Washington treaties on reduction, of armament and concerning the Pacific ■were ratified by Italy in February and fey France in July. Through- ‘the ef- ^ forts of an American commission sent to Mexico, the government of our neighbor was finally brought to ami cable terms and the long-withheld rec ognition was accorded by Washington on August 31. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Overshadowing all other events In the United States was the death of President Warren G. Harding. He had long planned a trip through the Middle and Far West and to Alaska in order to talk with the people and get their reactions. Tlmugh tired out and far from well, he started on June 20, accompanied by Mrs. Harding and several members of his cabinet. After delivering several important addresses. for the fJace. Immediately after its summer vaca tion the Supreme cuip’t rendered an impo,rtant decision upholding the laws of the Pacific cgfast states which pro hibit aliens from owning land. These laws, of course; are directed against the Japanese especially. - FOREIGN AFFAIRS Germany’s internal troubles, politi cal, economic and financial, were in- •extricably tangled up with • her inter national \voes and, 'brought her to so low a state that her regeneration seemed at times almost hopeless., Roy alists, separatists and communists con spired, revolted and rioted. Unem ployment increased and in the cities all but the industrial magnates and the profiteers were reduced to n'^ear starvation, although the crops were large and the rural districts were over running with food stuffs. The goveri^- ment tried to meet tbe situation by keeping up the .flood of paper marks and of course the mark declined until billions .could'he had for one dollar and those who had anything to sell notably one advocating American mem- j refused to accept the practically bership in the World court, he sailed to Alaska.« Returning thence to San Francisco, he fell ill there on July 28. ' Four days later, on August 2, he passed away. The taking of his body back to Washington, the services there, the trip to Marion, Ohio, and the interment there of the little town’s distinguished citizen on August 10 gave the people of the country ample opportunity to show in what high esteem and affection they held Mr. Harding. Literally the entire natiofl mourned sincerely, and all the other nations gave expression to tlieir grief. Vice President Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office as President at his father’s home in Plymouth, Vt., and assumed his new duties at once, re taining the entire Harding cabinet and’ announcing that he would carry out the Harding policies where possible. It had been taken for grantexl that the Republican party would nominate Mr. Harding in 1924, and Mr. Cool idge immediately became a probable nominee. However, before rhe year elosed other candidates came forward, notably Senator Hiram Johnson of California, Governor Pinchot of Penn sylvania and Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. For Ihe Democratic domi nation there Avere several probabili ties, including Senator Underwood and William G. McAdoo, avowed candi dates, and Senator Ralston of Indiana, Gov, A1 Smith of New York an^ Gov- temor Siizer of New Jersey. There was much talk of the possible nomi nation of Henry Ford by one of the old parties or by a third party, and his admirers w'ere exceedingly^ active. The Republican national committee, acceding to the wishes of the Presi- wortliless currency. In August Chan cellor Cuno presented a “rescue plan” to the reichstag. It was rejected and Cuno resigned, Gustave Stresemann succeeding himi and forming the first coalition majorit.Y government in Ger many’s history. He undertook to re form .the finances by the issue of a new currency, the renten mark, backed by the country’s resources. This was far from successful. 'Throughout the year the royalists »r nationalists of Germany were ex ceedingly active, those of Bavaria usu ally taking the lead. In September the Bavarians actually revolted against the Berlin government and made Gus tave von Kahr dictator of the state. The reichstag thereupon gave Strese mann dictatorial powers. A.......... little later^ on“'Aprn“27TEanibri•'ae'TaTera ofdefed his followers to cease- hostilities afid negotiate peace. The Dublin govern ment refused to -treat with him and on August 15 he was placed under ar rest. , Chinese factions fought bitterly throughout the entire year, and in Oc tober President Li Yuan-hung was suc ceeded ' by Marshal Tsao-kun. Con siderable ' excitement was caused in May by the capture of a number of foreigners by Chinese bandits, who de manded large ransom and immunity. The prisoners included several Americans and English, and for a time armed intervention by their govern ments seemed likely. Howe\'er, the Pekin government bought off the out laws after long negotiations. In Russia, as the soviet rulers grad ually modified their Communistic poll- clesr there seemed to be steady prog ress toward stability. Most other na tions still withheld recognition of the Moscow government, but a number of them made commercial arrangements with the soviet regime. The Russian supreme court condemned Arobbijihop ZepUak and Vicar General Butchka- vlch of the Roman Catholic church to death for revolutionary activities. The latter was executed, but Zepliak’s sen tence Avas commuted to ten years’ im prisonment. Early in December another revolu tion, was attempted in Mexico, the leader being Adolfo de la Huerta who' was offended because President Obre- gon would not support his candidacy for the presidency. The revolt spread rapidly, but before the month closed Obregon seemed to have the situu' tion well in hand. dent, selected Cleveland as the place | tinuous fighting with the national INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR Only one really big strike marred the record of the year in the United States, and that did not last long. The ............ ............ . .......... .. ......... miners in the anthracite fields and the socialist governments of Sjaxony i their .employers tried in vain to fix a and Thuringia refused to obey the new wage scale and working condi chancellor, and he subdued them by ■ tions, and on August 21 they broke off a show of military force. He yielded i negotiations. With the approval of to Bavaria’s.' demand for greater au- I President Coolidge, Governor Pinchot tonomy, but this was not enough. On j of Pennsylvania undertook to handle November 8 Hitler, leader of the Ba- the problem, and proposed a compro- tarian Fascisti, and General von Lu- dendorff attempted a royalist coup d’etat in Munich and other cities and threatened to march on Berlin. This revolt was rather easily put down by the national police and the workers and Hitler and Ludendorff were ar rested. On November 10 Frederick William, the former croA^n prince, sud denly returned to Germany from Hol- In 'October the separatists of the Rhineland got into action and set up a republic Avhich was looked upon with favor by France. However, it was not able to maintain itself very suc cessfully, and there avus almost con- mise on August 29. The strike began officially tAVO days later, but the nego tiations were continued. Pinchot’s plan was accepted September 8 and the miners resumed work on Septem- At various times during the year the railAvay labor board adjusted the wages of certain classes of rail work ers, usually raising them. Some of the roads made separate agreements with their employees, giving them in creased pay. April 9 the steel indus try raised the Avages of common labor 11 per cent and adjusted the pay of other cla.sses, and on April 13 tlie Chi cago packing house employees and building trade Avorkers AV’ere given an for tlie national conventiou of 1924, j forces. Another separati.st movement Jncrease. Tlie steel makers had been and set June 10 as the date for its opening. Previous action by which the representation of the southern states w a s reduced Avas rescinded by the committee. ■ Secretary of tlie Interior Falj retired i from President Harding’s cabinet on j March 4 and Avas succeeded by Hubert j Work, the latter’s place as i.ustmaster j general being filled by the ai>point- ment of Harry S. New. Attorney Gen- J eral Daugherty, against whom im peachment charges had been made the previous year, was fully exonerated by the house judiciary committee, the report being adopted by the house on January 25. Among the appointments made by President Harding were Rob ert Woods Bliss as minister to Swe den; Miles Poindexter as ambassador to Peru; R. M. Tobin as minister to the Netherlands; E. T. Sanborn as as sociate justice of the Supreme court of the United States, and Gen. Prank T. Hines as director of the veterans’ bureau. The latter appointment was followed by charges of mismanage ment, Avaste, etc., against the former director. Colonel Forbes, which were investigated by a senate committee. Ha\fing passed the agricultural cred its bill and many acts of lesser im portance, and. killing the ship-subsidy bill, the Sixty-seventh congress came to an end on March 4. The Sixty- eighth congress met on December 3 and the Republican majority Avas so Slender that a bloc of so-called pro-' gressives held the balance of poAver. Speaker Gillett AVas re-elected and President Coolidge then delivered his first message, in which he declared himself in favor oi American member ship in tile World court, advocated re- ducti.-u of taxes and opposed the sol diers’ bonus. Two governors got into serious troulih'. ■ft’alton of Oklahoma, who said l.e was fighting tin? Kn Klux Klan, c.uae into conflict Avitli the state legislature and assumed A-irtunily dic- I taluiiai iiowei’s. Despite his .,-fforts to j previ at it, t].<- legislature met in sjie- eial ; .‘.''ion, the house impeadnni him on numi r.ius eharges ami the* s imle, sitting as a trial court, found lilm guilty and removed him from his r»f- fice, tv'alton avus thf?n indicied by a grand jury. The other .slgte ex<-< utive in troiiidy was Gov. W. T. M.?Cray of Indiana., who got into deep fintmcial en- I tanglcments and also was indictcl. \ The Supreme court on April 3U de cided that foreign vessels coulu not bring liquor into American i/orts, though sealed, and later the liqi store.s of several liners were seized, at New York. Foreign nations prote.sted but could not Avell take any-^action. However, late in the year the govern ment negotiated an agreement with Great Britain*whereby the right ot search was extended to about twelve miles from shore, ’and in returiji it 'was expected the ship liquor regulation would be modified. The extension of the search limit was nmde necessary- by the activities of the smugglin« fleets which kept the countr/Avell sup plied with wretched liquor. On May 4 the New York legislature' repealed the state prohibition'^law.- In Octobejp a conference of governors on law en forcement was held in Washington, and President ‘Coolidge pledged the full aid of the government machinery, but insisted each s ,te must assume Its Dwi^ share of the burden, * President Coolidge had the appoint ment oii one ambassador last year. Col, George Harvey resided his post at* the court of St. James On October 4 and-Frank B. Kellogg was selected Avas started in the Bavarian palatinate, attacked bitterly for maintaining the but it failed for the time btuiig. tAvelve-hour day, and on August 2 El- Late in November Chancellor «trese- bert H. Gary of the U. S. Steel corpo- oTir.>c ... ration announced its elimination. The American Federation or Labor mann’s coalition went to pi.'ces and, being denied a vote of confidence in the reiclnstag, he resigned. Dr. Hein rich Albert, unpleasantly i-euiembered in ximerica, and Adam «tegerwald both failed to foriiu acceptable m inistries, and so Dr. Wilhelm Marx, leader of the Catliolic party, was made chancel lor on November 29 and got together a cabinet that included Stresemann as foreign minister and that was expect ed to carry on his policies. The revolution in Spain, Avhich was connected Avith the unsatisfactory Avar AA-ith the Moors, took place in Septem ber. The revolt, led by General Primo Rivera, Marquis de Estella, was against the cabinet and corrupt poli ticians and also was an expression of reaction against the growth of so cialism and ■ syndicalism among the workers. The king supported it and the cabinet resigned on September 14, A miliiiu-y directorate was established .and Rivera Avas m,%de sole chief of the administration. The new govern ment made itself popular at once by a campaign on profiteering and gam bling, by cutting expenses to the bone and by other drastic measures of re form. Trial by jury was suspended because of the corruption of the courts. Altogether, it Avas a happy reAmlution for Spain. Bulgaria also had a revolution, al most bloodless, AA’hen Stamboulisky’s peasant government Avas overthrown on .Ttine 9 and the premier himself was captured andl killed. Profe.ssor Zank- off was made, head of the neAV govern ment. In- September the Communists and peasants resorted to arms in an attempt to regain poAver, but they Avoi’e soon suppressed. Andrew lUniar Law. jn’iiue minister of Great Britain, re'-ign.ed on May 20 because of the illnes.^ ifiat caused his death in (h.'tolu'r. He wa.: succeeded by Stanley Lai.l-.?!in, av L h bad been chancellor of the < r ’l r. On Oc- t'ib'*r 1 an In peilnl c. Tif. ace and an e.'’ono!uic c.in;»'rci\\.‘ of :hc ’^Ivilish em pire open. ii in Lou'iim. :'n-l various important measures avci *- .iebated and adopted designed to hind the compo nent p.-irts of .the euqiirc by closer commercial ties, at the .-am-* time leav ing tlFem their full itiea are of self- gnv-er»im:-ut. The.-’e que.sti.ms brought to the fora the old (pustlon of free trade or protection, and since the gov ernment had promisf (1 there slutuld be no change in the tariff lailicy during the life of the exisiiag parliament, 'Prime Minister BaldAvin dissolved par liament on November IG and an elec tion was called for December ft. For mer I’remier Lloyd George, who had been on a .speaking tour of the United States, arrived home just in time to make up his old quarrel Avith the other wing of the liberal party, and went into the campaign with vigor. When the votes were counted it was found that while the Liberals and Laborites both had W’on many seats from -the Consei-vatives, no one of the tliree parties had a majority. The Laborite% how'ever, announced that their leader, Ramsay MacDonald, would undertake to form a govfernment as soon a$ called upon, whereupon Prime Minister Bald win declared he^and his cabinet would retain office at' least until the new parliament la d met in January. 4 . During the early months of the yuur. the Irluh reimbllcans continued their guerrilla warfare on the Free State, hut -on April 10, their chief of atalf, Elam kine'i. Jn a fi-riit and met in annual con\\entlon m Portland, Ore., and, among other acts, \-oted ?ainst the formation of a political party and also against the rec ognition of the Russian Soviet govern ment. The advocates of these meas ures and indeed all the more radical factions in the federation were routed by President Gompers, Avho was re elected. ^ DISASTERS UneqUal^d in modern times was the disaster that befell Japan on Septem ber 1 Avhen Aiolent earthquake shocks and resultant fires destroyed Yoko hama entirely and about two-thirds of Tokyo and rtined many smaller tOAvns. The number of killed was estimate^ at 225,000, and the injured at more\ than half that number. Though many of the houses Avere flimsy, the prop erty loss Avas enormous. The hun dreds of thousands of refugees suf fered seA'erely, but the American gov ernment and the American Red Cross were SAvift Avith relief measures, and other ^ nations joined in the. Avork. Shiploads of food and millions of dol lars Avere rushed to_the stricken land, and the Japanese government was ma terially aided in its task of rebuilding the ruined cities. Among other serious disasters of the year were: January 3, tAventy per sons killed by collapse of a bridge at Kelso, Wa.sh.; February S, mine ex plosion at Dawson killed 120, and one at Cumberland,.,B. C., killed 30; Feb ruary ly, twenty-tAvo ptitlents and three attendants were killed in insane asylum fii’e\ on Ward’s island. New York; March 10, Greek transport sank Avith 1.10 soldiers; x\pril 0, tidal wmA’es in Corea and .Tapan killed COO; May 14, Hot S’ r’ngs. Ark., partly de- siroyfd by ib.oil tind 15: e; May 17, Scwerty-tlT.-e killed in burnhig of a schoolli.ius'^ :it Cleveland, s. O. ;-June JIO, disastrous floods in .Kansas, Okla homa and C.ilore.ilo; Jum* 15, thou sands of Pe.' : I ns killed by .earth- quake.s; June IS, several toAA'ns de stroyed by n-upib.n of Mt. Etna; .ixi- gust 14, coal mbv' explosion at Kem- merer, Wyo., killed 9S; August IS, Hongkong badly dama.ged by typhoon; Au.gu.st 22, m”li(>n-doIIar flood in Ar kansas valley, Colorado; September 8, nine U. S. de.sti oytrs Avreched on Cali fornia coast,'23 lives,being lost; Sep tember 15, typhoon and floods killed 5,00O in Japan; September 17, large part of Berkeley, Cal., destroyed by flames; Septemb-*r 27, forty killed in -Burlington train wreck at Lockett, Wyo.; November 13, earthquake in Shansi province, China, killed 1,500; December 1, nearly DOO killed by burst ing of dam near Bergamo, Italy; De cember 9. nine killed and many In jured in Avreck of the Twentieth Ce.n- tury train at Forsythe, N. Y .D e cem ber 15, destructive earthquake In .Colombia aud Ecuador. NECROLOGY peath reaped his usual harvest &t firomlnent men and women in 1923. The more notable of his victims* were, la January i W. T, Whiting, Wisconsin paper mill magnate; Edwin Stevens, aqtor; M m . Corn L. V. Richmond, splrw itualiit leufter; Dr. Emil G. ,Hlr«Ch, ■ernlflum\ r a t S * ^ * H i c ^ ^ G ^ g e Hamlin, singer; Constantine, former king of Greece; W. Moore, finan cier; Alexandre Ribot, French states- *man; Frederic Harrison, English his torian; Wallace Reid, motion . picture star; Max N/>rdau, German philoso pher; Dr. Paul Reinscb, former min ister to China; Dr. W. S. Haines, toxi cologist of Chicago; Henry CleAvs, New .York banker In Februar.v: Bishop C. J. O’Reilly of Lincoln, Neb.; Cardinal Prinsco, archbishop of Naples. E. E. Barnard, istronomer; ex-Senator J. A. Hemen- »?ay of Indiana; Prof. W. C. Roentgen, discoverer of the l^-ray; Judge Martin Kiiapp of the federal court of appeals; Bishop C. D. Williams of Michigan; Prince Miguel de Braganza; Theophile Delcasse, French statesman; Mrs. John A. Logan; George R. Peck, lawyer and 'orator; Charlemagne Tower, American statesman; ex-Senator Q. O. Perkins of California; Frederic D« Belleville, actor; ex-Senator J. R. Bur ton of Kansas. In March: Congressman W. Bourfcf Cockran of New York; William G. Beale, Chicago lawyer; Orson Smith, Chicago banker; Charles D. Norton, New York banker; Cbancellor^ J, R. Day, educator; Dr. G. Frank. Lydston, noted surgeon; DK John McBryde, douthern educator; M. D. Campbell, piember oi federal reserve board; Sen- jltor S. D. Nicholson of Colorado; Mme. fearah BeVnhai-dt, actress; Congress man John R. Tyson of Alabama; Gen eral Manoury, French war hero; B. D. Hulbert, Chicago banker. In April; Earl of Carnarvon; Hor ace Boies, former gOA^ernor of Iowa; Rear Admiral H. S. Knapp; Mother Superior General Carmela of the Fran ciscan nuns; Stuyvesant Fish, finan cier and railway m a n ; George A. Yule, Wisconsin financier; W. T. Hazen, tor- 'Iner chief of'United States secret serv ice; Taylor, Granville, actor and play wright; Jess Dandy, • comedian; Bish op Daniel Tuttle; ex-Governor Fred M. Warner of Michigan\f Rev. Dr. G. C. Houghton, pastor of the “Little Church Around the Corner” in New York; Maj, Gen. Frank D. Baldwin; A. B. Seelenfreud, international secretary of B’nai B’rith ; Senator Knute Nel- sdh of Minnesota; Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, D. A. R. leader; Emerson Hough, author; Bishop Alfred Harding of Washington. In M ay: Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles; Howard Saxby, lecturer; Congressman John W. Rainey of Chicago; Sadie Martinot, one-time musical comedy star; Brig. Gen. H. M. Robert; N. C. Wright, publisher of Toledo Blade; Dr. J. A. Macdonold, former editor of the Toronto Globe; A. G. Webster, physi cist; Dr. T. N. Ivey, editor of South ern Christian AdA-ocate; George Jay Gould; 'Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld, jeteran musical, educator; O. B. Halvorsen, NorAvegian . statesman; Capt. H. W. Baker, ship oAvner of Detroit; ex-Gov ernor J. W. Folk of Missouri; Congress man Claude Kitolvin of North Carolina. In June: Judge Thomas G. Windes, Chicago juri.st i Pierre Loti, French writer; Maurice HoAvIett, English nov elist; John Mci’arland, president of International Typographical union; Paul Cornojer, American artist; Mil- ward Adams, theatrical producer of Chicago; Edward R. Potter, sculptor. In .July: A. W. Marchmont, English novelist; Dr. J. G. Kiernan. alienist of Chicago; Bishop James Ryai)* of Al ton, 111.; Mrs. Cyrus McCormick, phil anthropist and widoAv, of harvester manufacturer; Vice Admiral de Bon of Prance; former Supi-eme court Jus tice William R. Day; Helen Ring Rob inson, Colorado’s first woman senator Congressman Luther W. Mott of Os wego, N. Y.; Albert Chevalier, Eng lish actor; Dr. L. Wilbur Messer, Y M. G. ' A. leader; Louis Couperus Dutch novelist; John M. Siddall, edl tor of American Magazine; Judge W H. Gabbert, Colorado jurist; Rear Ad miral C. D. Sigsbee; William Holabird 'Chicago architect; Gen. Francisco Vil la, ex-leader of Mexican rebels; Sir Charles HaAvtrey, English act^. In Augnst: Warren G. Harding, President of the United States; Col. John I. Martin, veteran sergeant at arras of Democratic national conven tions; Mrs. Candace T. Wheeler, au thor; Prince Fabrizio. Colonna, Italian statesman; Randall Parish, author; Juaquin Sorolla, Spanish painter; Prank D. Weir, noted horseman; Charles Archer, English actor; Marie Wainwright, actress; Ralph L. Polk, publisher of city directories; Baron Kato, premier of J a p a n ; Kate Douglas Wiggiip author; Alonzo Kimball, ar tist; Princess Anastasia of Greece, formerly Mrs. W .. B. Leeds; Thomas Mosher, publisher. In September: Edward Payson Dut ton, publisher; W. R. Thayer, author and journalist; Dr. G. F. Millspaugh, botanist of Chicago university; Paul J. Rainey, explorer; Max Bohm, ar tist ; Dr. EdAvard Ryan, noted Red Cross Avorker in Persia; Viscount Mor- ley, English statesman and author; Chauncey I. Fllley, former Republican leader in Jli.s.souri; Chief Justice O. L. BroAA'n of IMinnesota supreme court; EdAA'in G. Cooley, Chicago educator; Sir Ilalliday Groom, Briti.'^h^ surgeon. ' In October: J. W. Bengough, Ca nadian poet and artist; Oscar Brown ing, English histoi’ian; Prof. Malcolm McNeil of Lake Forest unh^ersity; ex- Goyernor H. H. Markbam of Cali fornia; Ralph Peters, president Long Island railAvay; Dr. Boris Sidis, psy chopathologist; Dr. C. P. Steinmetz, faihous electrician;' Andrew Bon*tr Law, former British prime minister, ; In' November: G. R. Huntington, president Soo raihvay; .S. R. McCall, Massachusetts statesman; Frederick L. RaAvson, En.glish metaphysician; Clif ford Thorne, noted lawyer of Iowa; Anthony Caminetti, former tommis- sioner of immigration; G. C. Taylor, president American Railway Express company; Frederick Dixon, former edi tor Christian Science Monitor. In December; Bari of Loreburn, for mer British lord chancellor; A, O. Bunnell, veteran newspaper edito? of Dansville, N. Y.; Sir William Maq- Kenzie and Baron Shaughnessy, Cana dian railway magnates; ^ohn B. Rathofli, editor of Providence Journal; William A. Pinkerton, famous detec tive; Lawrence Speriy, Axnerican aviator, drowned in English channel; ; ex-Congressman Ben T. Cable of lUi- , nol*; Dr* .HarfeId N. Moyeri »otr allenlati of Chicago, w ta. I fw « « t*ra Snliacribe for tlw Ttmea |iui;<i HERMITAGE Mrs. Sara Streeter of Gainesville visited Miss Viola Warren one- day recently. Mr. A. W. Morgan of 'Warsaw was shaking hands -with old neighbors and aquaintances Wednesday. Mr. Frank Smith was at his honie here Thursday and we are pleased to see^him looking much improved in health. Mrs. Dora Richards was a t h er home a few days recently. There was a Xmas tree and exer cises at the church Saturday even ing much enjoyed hy all. Mr. Wm. Seth is in Rochester for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson were in Buffalo Saturday returning home Sun day. , Mr. Merlin Hatfield of Buffalo came home Sunday for Xmas. - Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Neely and Roy took dinner with Mr, and Mrs. John Wilson Tuesday, December 18 it being Mrs. Neely’s and Mr. Wilson’s birthday afiniversary. Miv and Mrs. Harold 'Gleason of Ro Chester spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reitzel. Master Richard Zeches visited Buf falo Thursday accompaning his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. Mrs. Olive Gleason left for Rushford Saturday and vrill go from there to Michigan to spend the holidays visit ing relatives.'' Mr. and Mrs. James Shaw had as Xmas guests Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wol cott, Mr. and Mrs, R, V. Wolcott and family Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wolcott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wol cott, Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spink and family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chandler and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Morgan and children. , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Potter, accom panied’ by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith were in Rochester Tuesday p. m. till Thursday p. m. visiting their cousins, Mr. and ^Mrs. Crandall and Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson. Mrs. Stella Wood returned from Buffalo Tuesday where she had been for a week. Mrs. J. B. Hatfield is very low at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Moi'gan enter tained Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis- Morgan .and children, Mr.- and Mrs. Norman Cook and children, Mr. and^ Mrs. Dell Cook and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Hawley. KEMP'S BALSAM c a u g h ! y d c n n c / l L ! d a u g h Another reason why there were so ' many horn leaders in the old days^ was because there were so many bornT followers, LIKE MANY OTHERS • ■H HALL’S CORNERS Too late for last week.. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peck spent last Friday and Saturday Avith her daugh ter, Mrs. BTunk Werner. Mrs. Fred Hackett and daughter returned to their home at Caledonia last Wednesday. Mrs. Sarah Sergle is spending a few days with Mrs. Dora Smith. Mr. Jacob Streamer called at Wm. Fullington’s last Monday. Mrs. Charles Nevinger and sons spe;it a part of last Aveek in Roches- Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Peck were, calers in this vicinity last Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Griffen spent Monday at Warsaw. “She says her husband attends church regularly.” “Yes. he . goes with her to the Christmas service every year.” SAFETY FIRST The Christmas shoppers hesitated at the crowded street crossing. To try to get OATr seemed like an attempt to dodge fate. Automohiles dashed by in a contlBUous procession. The i~all policeman, however, convoyed a group across like a battleship leading a flock of schooners. But one old lady lingered, afraid to launch away, until courage came Avith the policeman’s assurance: “Coma right along, ma’m, you’re just as safe with me as if you was in God’s pocket!”—C. G. Hazard. (© , 1923, W aatern N e w s p a p e r U n ion .) DR BEN H. SMITH DENTIST . Off ce: Cor. Main and Buffalo Strejsta Over Beardsley’s Clothing Store Bell Phone 259 R D r a y i n g a n d T r u c k i n g Piano Moving and Genera! Carting GEORGE MORGAN Phone 135-R (Successor to Levtis Spring) I The Greater Movie Season The History of the Past is Your Guarantee of the Future o f the Pictures *T X O W do you know the movies will I I continue to get better? By the evi- dence o f the past ten years or s o ! ^ Do' you remember the old nickelodeons, the nickel show where you sat on a hard bench and caught cold and eye-strain trying ' to enjoy yourself I Recollect kind of jilms you saw there! Ten years from that to the Rivoli program is fast! Ten years ago there were very few artists i worthy of the name in pictures. How much attention were great dramatists and great authors paying to the movies in 1913? Nearly ah o f them are interested now. The first International Motion Picture Congress was held this year! Advance Jn technique has been iricredihle. A n encyclopaedia woufi he needed to tell it. And look at the thousands o f magnificent ^ theatres built within a fewyears by theshadows that come and go on the screen D o n ’t get out o f touch with the movies or out o f touch widi life! 7 ^ Greats Reason is here: pr&ye it hy^ng! #HMNi putatt-uiiKv m s m * iw i f e