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THE su%, FT. Chronology \of the Year-19271 By E. W. PICKARD INTERNATIONAL Jan. 2—President Diaz of Ntcaragi asked United States intervention •top Mexican aid to rebels. Jan. 5—American marines and sailo landed at Corintp and entrained ft Managua, capital of Nicaragua. Cantonese forces occupied British concession in Hankow: warships sen to ihe place. Jan. 7—United States warned Mlxieo not to interfere with its policy ' Nicaragua. Radio telephone service between I»ondon and New York opened. Jan. 13—Peru rejected Secretary Kellog^'s plan for settlement of Tacna- Ariea dispute. Jan. 20—Mexican government ac- cepted \in principle\ proposition to oil land dispute with Unit- »d Sta Jan. lending in Ohir cretar of State KelloerK s intention of de- ves and property tritish troops landed Shanghai. Jan. 31—Interallied commissi< turned over control of German dis- armament to League of Nations. Feb. 9 —Cnited States notified by three powers that iis reservations on adherence to world court were rot accepted. F t b. \0— President Coolidge asked thf powers to consider extending aval armament to 'cla ase s of Feb. 19- tioni nfei pla epted Coolidere with resei Feb. 20—Sweden and Belgium signed part never to make war on each other. Feb. 21—Italy rejected Coolidjse naval conference plan. Feb. 23—British3B government warned R i Si t tht F Ru Sov t go b nnt ment that re- h l latlons would be severed if the latter continued its anti-British propaganda. Feb. 24—United States transport Chaumont with 1.200 marines arrived ai Shanghai. Feb. 28—Great Britain accepted Caolidge proposal for naval limitation conference, with certain reservations March 1—Complete American avia- tion expedition landed in Nicaragua. March 24—United States government ordered all Americans out of interior of China. March 28—American consulates • long upper. Yangtse closed. April 4—Prance rejected United States invitation to naval limitation ApriJ 5—Italy and Hungary signed a treaty of amity and arbitration; Sweden and Austria ratified a treaty making war illegal under all cir- cumstances. April 6—Marshal Chans raided Soviet embassy in Peking, seizing Red con- spirators and documents. April 7—President Coolidge ap- pointed Henry L. Stimson 10 investi- gate conditions in Nicaragua. April 8—United States ordered 1.500 more marines to China. April 11—United States. Great Brit- ain, France, Italy and Japan presented identical demand to Canton govern- ment for apology and reparation for Nanking- outrage. League of Nations preparatory dis- armament commission decided agree- ment between French and British viewpoints was impossible- May 3—Third Pan-American com- m#J=cial conference opened in Wash- ington. May 10—All Nicaraguans ordered to surrender arms to United States ma- rines. May 12—English police raided Soviet trade headquarters in London and seized quantities of documents. May 2\—Japan ordered 2.000 troops lo China. May 28—United States warship on the Yangtse battled Chinese troops. May 29—Great Britain warned Egypt the British must control Egyptian army. June 3—Ousted Russian representa- tives departed from London. June 5—Yugo-Slavia broke off re- lations with Albania. June 6—Albania appealed to League of Nations to avert war with Yugo- slavia. June 13—League of Nations council session opened at Geneva: Germany notified ambassadors\ council that it had destroyed forts on eastern border. June 14—Poland alarmed by Rus- sia's concentration of its reser%'es on the frontier. Dispute over control of Egyptian army settled to \satisfaction of Great Britain. June 20—United States, Great Britain and Japan representatives began the Coolidge conference on naval arma- ment limitation in Geneva, each nation submitting a plan. June 25—United States delegates at Geneva firm against British proposi- tion for reducing size of battleships and cruisers. June 28—Japanese at Geneva sup- ported British plan for reduction of capital ships. July 6—Japan sided wiih United States in opposing British demands as to cruisers, in the Geneva naval July 8—Japanese troops occupied Tsinanfu and Tsingtao, Shantung prov- ince. China. July 17—Sandmo's band of Nlcara- suan rebels attacked United States ma- rines at Oeotal and were routed by bombing plane?. 300 being killed. July 19—British delegates to Geneva conference went home for consulta- July 27—American Minister Sterling presented his credentials to Irish Free State. British delegates sent back to Geneva with instru&tion to stand pat on their demands. Aug. 4—Naval disarmament confer- ence at Geneva ended in complete fail- Aug. 9—France agreed to reduce Rhineland occupational forces. Aug. 17—France and Germany signed commercial treaty. Sepi. 1—Council of League of Na- tions opened session in Geneva. Germany made final payment on rep- arations for third year under Dawe« plan. Sept. 3—France accused Rakovsky* | Russian minister, of urging French soldiers to revolt, and he denied the ! charges. Sept. 5—Eighth assembly of League of Nations opened; Dr. A. N. Guani, Uruguay, elected president. Sept. 10—Sir Austen Chamberlain told League of Nations Great Britain would sign no more security pacts, r Sept. 15—Canada, Cuba and Finland elected to nonpermanent seats in League of Nations council. Oct. 5—America assessed counter- vailing duties on certain French and German products as result of tariff increases by those countries. France formally demanded recall of Soviet Ambassador Rakovsky. Oft 13—Russia recalled Ambassador Rakovsky from France. Oct. 18—Lithuania asked League of Nations to intervene in its quarrel with Poland Oct ?.\ — Dr. Friedrich von Pritt- wirz und Gaffron selected as German atvliassador to the United States. 11—Armistice day ohserved all Frai »r)d ncj Yu -Slaa eS enraged Ttnt v 24 — r*nl y ;)n d .^fbania r friendship pn< t a military -Pfjiv t the PraV signed a ament within * year, which was re- jected on ground that it must be pre- ceded by international alliances guar- anteeing: security. Dee. 5—Council of League of Na- tions met in Geneva. Dec, 7—League of Nations council referred Poland-Lithuania gnarrel to Van Blockland of Holland for a re- ^Tficr TO—Prenri err misadsfci of - Po- land and Waldemaras of Lithuania made temporary peace agreement. FOREIGN Jan. S—Serious communist revolt In Sumatra reported- Jan. 10—Bishop Diaz and other prel ates arrested by Mexican governmen for sedition. Jan. 11—Thousand natives massacred at Wanghfhpao, China, by bandits. Jan. 16—Serious anti-Christian in Foochow, China. Jan. 27—British government abol- ished slavery in Burma. Jan. 28—Dr. Marx formed new Ger- man cabinet, Including three promi- nent Nationalists, and with no Social- ists, Jan. SO—First Hungarian parliament since 1918 met with great pomp. \Texlco ordered all priests to report to government by February 10. or b« i flawed. Feb. 3—Military revolution started in Oporto, Portugal. ~>b. 7—Portuguese revolutionary movement spread to Lisbon. \ ere fighting; Oporto recovered bv. government troops. 1 Feb. 9—Revolution in Portugal re ported suppressed. Feb. 16—Cantonese captured Hang March 1—Marshal Sun and his forces quit the defense of Shanghai and Rhangtungese troops gathered there to combat the Cantonese. March 4—French deputies voted to conscript capital in future wars. March 9—Mexican troops executed many rebels captured in battle. Mussolini wiped out all local auton ny in Cyrenaica and Tripoli. March 20—Shanghai's foreign city taken by Cantonese. March 23—South China Nationalists captured Nanking and Chinkiangj>- April 7—President Figueroa of Chile took two months' \vacation.\ turning government over to Premier Ibanez. rtual dictator. April 8—GustavSemgai elected Presl dent <if Latvia. April 11—Chancellor of Exchequer Churchill presented new Briiish budg- :t to meet deficit of $110,000,000. April 12—Lithuanian diet dissolved .nd military dictatorship established. April 17—-Japanese cabinet resigned. April 18—Baron Tanaka appointed premier of Japan. Egyptian cabinet resigned. Moderate Nationalists in China set up new government in Nanking. April 20—Mexican bandits tn Jalisco eked and burned a train, massa- cring about 100 persons. April 22—Japan granted three weeks' moratorium to banks in financial crisis. Archbishop Mora y del Rio and seven ther leading Catholic prelates ex- telled from Mexico for fomenting re- bellion. April 24—Mexican troops killed 60 f bandits who committed the train nassaere in Jalisco. May 2—Premier Poincare announced plans for wall of super-forts on France's northern frontier. May 4—President Figueroa of Chile ^Nicaragua peace parley adjourned, after both sides agreed to disarm, re- n to their farms and await a reg- _r election. President Diaz proclaimed a general amnesty. May 17—Vatican denounced Mus- solini's charter of labor. May 22—Ibanez elected President of Chile. June 1—Toronto government began sale of bottled liquor. Premier Avarescu of Rumania re- j une \ 2—Baron Cartier de Marchienne resigned as Belgian minister to United j une 5—Prince Babu Stirbey made remier of Rumania. June 21—Premier Siirbey of Rumania •esigned and loan Bratiano succeeded June 23—'William Cosgrave re- jected President of Irish Free State executive council; De Valera and his followers barred from dail eireann for •fusal to take the oath. July 1—Canada began celebration of ixtieth anniversary of the confedera- July 10—Kevin O'Higgins. vice presi- jnt and minister of justice of Irish Free State, assassinated. \ y 20—King Ferdinand of Rumania and Prince Michael, six years Id, was proclaimed king under a A Erupton f euvus caused of surrounding villages to 3 —Canada' did memorial at ittawa dedicated by Prince of Wales. Aug. 11—Eamonn de - Valera and 'orty-four other Fianna Fail party nembers took oath of allegiance to Sing George. Greek coalition cabinet resigned. Aug. 12—Mexico excluded agitators id bolsheviks. Revolt in Portugal suppressed by :overnment. Aug. 14 —Gen. Chang Kai-shek, leader of Nanking Nationalists of China, resigned. Sept. 13—Directorate of Spain modi- ied into a semi-military ministry op- irating without a parliament Sept. 15—Irish Free State elections ?ave government plurality of six votes in dail eireann. Sept. 18—President Hindenburg, at nveiiir - - ••- - - • - memor; guilt. Sept. 23—Baron Ago von Maltzan. lerman ambassador to United States. ;illed in plane crash in Germany. Sept. 25—Attempts made to bomb rain of touring American Legionnaires iear Nice, France. Sept. 30—Leon Trotzky expelled from he Communist Internationale at Mos- )W. Oct. 3—Gomez and Serrano. Presiden- k\ candidates in Mexico, revolted and llitary units in Mexico City, Tor- ion and Vera Cruz mutinied. Oct. 4—Serrano, thirteen of his chief llowers and other revolters captured y loyal Mexican troops and executed. Oct. 9—Mexican rebels led by Gomez inihilated by federal forces. Oct. 10—New Spanish national aS* iembiy opened by King Alfonso. Oct. 11—President Cosgrave of Irish >ee State re-elected by the dail. Oct. 24—Moscow court condemned to leath three former millionaires as pies for Great Britain. Marshal Chang, in conjunction with r u Pei-fu and Tang Shen-chi of Han- >w, announced general warfare .gainst the Nanking government. Rumanian government frustrated lot to put Prince Carol on the throne. Oct. B0—President Konduriotis of ;eece woifnded by an assassin. Nov. 1—Mustapha Kemal Pasha re- jected President of Turkey. Canton Nationalists announced new vilian regional' government for /wantung and Kwangsi provinces of Nov. 4—Brazil arranged to get $36,- 00,000 gold from U. S. treasury. Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, Mexican rebel eader, captured and executed. Nov. 7—Soviet Russia celebrated mth anniversary of the revolution. Nov. 11—Fascist grand council bolished the ballot and old parlia- mentary system in Italy. Nov. 18—Plot against President ralles of Mexico foiled by seizure of rms and men at New Orleans. Mohammed Ben Mulai, third son of e late Mulai Yusef. elected sultan f Morocco. Dec. 5—Portuguese government es- tablished six gambling zones in the country. Dec. 11—Communists seized control f Canton, China, after bloody riots. Dec. 13—Nationalists regained pos- 'ssion of Canton: 4,000 killed in bat- e. Nationalists severed relations with jviet Russia, DOMESTIC Jan. 1—Gov. AI Smith of New York, t his fourth inauguration, declared limself a candidate for Democratic residential nomination. Jan. 7—House passed naval approprl- :ion bill without \big navy\ amend- Jan. 18—Senate rejected Lausanne treaty with Turkey. J 20S tor-designat* from Illinois, tak» the oath of office pending Investigation of his qualifications. Houate passed army supply, bill, *\ld> Ing- $8,000,000 to budget bureau* (sti mate. ' Jan. 29—President Coolidge, *d dressing budget meeting, opposed m II tarism and pacifism but declared tor adequate defense. House passed compromise radio bill Feb. 1—Senate passed navy appropri- ation bill after adding money for con- struction of three light cruisers op- posed by President, and Increasing ap- propriation for navy aircraft program. Feb. 9—President signed bill appro- priating $10,000,000 for fighting: corn borer. Feb. 11—Senate passed McNary Haugen farm relief bill, 47-39. Feb. 15—Hugh R. Wilson appointed minister to Switzerland, J. Butler Wright minister to Hungary and Le- land Harrison minister to Sweden. Feb. 16—Senate passed McFadden bank bill, Feb. 17 —House passed McNary - Haug.cn farm relief bill. Ezra Brainerd. Jr.,.of Oklahoma con- firmed as member of Interstate com- merce commission. Feb. 18—Radio bill passed by „ _. Vincent Massey, first minister from Canada, received by President Coolidg*. Feb. 24—House accepted senate amendment to navy bill appropriating --ne y to start building of th -•••• • uisi ag light Feb. 25—President Coolidge vetoed the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. Feb. 28—U. S. Supreme court can- celed oij land leases given E. L. Do- heny by A. B. Fall when secretary of the interior on ground of fraud. March 1—President Coolidge appoint- ed radio commission consisting of O H. Caldwell, Rear Admiral W. H. G. Bullard, E. O. Sykes, H. A. Bellows and J. F. Dillon. louse passed medical whisky bill. enate passed bills for elevation of battleship guns and other navy appro- priations totaling $104,104,000. March 2—Senate passed prohibition •eorganization bill. March 3—Senate ended 37-hour fili- buster by recessing until March 4. March 4—President Coolidge refused call extra, session as congress ad- journed. Jury failed to agree- in case of Daugherty In Daugherty-Miller bribery trial, but convicted Miller. March 8—Thomas W. Miller, former len property custodian, sentenced to i months in Atlanta prison and fined $5,000 for conspiracy to defraud gov- March 16—Harry F. Sinclair, charged ..1th contempt of the senate during the Teapot Dome oil scandal investigation, found guilty by a District of Columbia Supreme court jury. March 24—Roy A. Haynes appointed acting commissioner of prohibition. April 2—President Coolidge revoked -.arding's naval oil reserves order and turned the reserves-back to the navy- April 5—William Hale Thompson elected mayor of Chicago, defeating Mayor W. E. Dever. Sacco and Vanzetti, convicted mur- derers, denied new trial by Massa- chusetts Supreme court. President Coolidge vetoed the Philip- pine act for plebiscite on independ- ence. April 22—President CoollJge called i country for $5,000,000 relief fund ir flood sufferers. , April 25—President Coolidge spoke . anniversary dinner of United Press .. New York, outlining government's foreign policies. Secretary Hoover took personal charge of flood relief activities in Middle West. April 30—U. S. agents broke up plot smuggle Chinese from Mexico into California by airplanes and killed one aviator. May 2—U. S. Supreme court upheld he Virginia law for sterilization of nental defectives. President Coolidge called for $5,000.- >00 more for flood relief. May 17—U. S. Supreme court upheld California anti-syndicalism law. May 18—Demented farmer dynamited schoolhouse at Bath, Mich., killing 37 children and 6 adults, including him- self. American Medical association voted hat restrictions on medicinal whisky should be taken from Volstead act. May 19—Mrs. Catherine Cassler con- demned to death in Chicago for murder. Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, sen- inced to three raonths in jail and fined iOO for contempt of the senate. L. C. Andrews resigned as assistant secretary of the treasury In charge of irohibition enforcement and Seymour jowraan picked for place; Dr. J. M. Doran appointed commissioner of pro- TiTbition, replacing 1 Roy\A\.\Hayries~. May 25—Dr. O. D. Davis of Chicago ected national moderator of Congre- gational church. Dr. Robert E. Speer of New Jersey ected moderator of the Presbyterian lurch in the United States at general assembly in San Francisco. June 2—Flood control conference jened in Chicago. June 4—Gen. E. H. Crowder resigned 5 ambassador to Cuba. June 6—President CooUdge named delegates to naval disarmament con- ference, with Ambassador Hugh L. Gib- ion as chairman. June 13—President Coolidge and his mtourage left Washington for the summer White House in the Black Hills, South Dakota. June 25—Fifty-five Indicted at Los Angeles in connection with oil stock windle. June 29—Sacco and Vanzetti re- lieved for 30 days by Governor Fuller f Massachusetts. July 6—Fall-Doheny bribery indict- ments upheld by District of Columbia Supreme court. July 7—Henry Ford apologized for :tacks on Jews in his Dearborn Inde- pendent July 8—James R. Sheffield resigned s ambassador to Mexico. July 9—Federal trade commission rdeTed Lasky, Zukor and Famous layers-Lasky corporation to dlscon- inue \unfair methods\ in moving pic- ure business, July 12—Northwest farm conference i St. Paul voted to support the Mc- ^ary-Haugen farm relief measure until t becomes law. July 15—Gov. Len Small paid state if Illinois $650,000 interest refund in atisfaction of judgment. July 18—Sapiro's $1,000,000 libel suit gainst Henry Ford dismissed after >ayment of a substantial sum. July 24—Charles Birger, southern Il- linois gang leader, sentenced to death for murder; two accomplices given life imprisonment. Congressman M. E. Crumpacker of •ortland, Ore., committed suicide by rowning at San Francisco. July 28—Secretary of the Navy Wil- >ur awarded contracts for building of \our new cruisers. Aug. 2—President Coolidge an- lounced that he did not \choose to run :or President in 1928.\ Aug. 3—Governor Fuller of Massa- husetts refused clemency to Saeco and 'anzetti, finding they had a fair trial nd were guilty. Aug. 5—Edward S. Shumaker, super- jitendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, and Jess E. Martin, attorney for the league, found guilty of contempt >y the Indiana Supreme court. Shu- naker sentenced to 60 days on penal larm and fined $250. Aug. 22—Chief Justice Taft and Jus- ice Stone of U. S. Supreme court re- used to intervene in Sacco-Vanzetti :ase. President Coolidge began a week's isit in Yellowstone National park. Aug. 23—Sacco and Vanzetti execut- >d in Massachusetts state prison. Rtot- >us demonstrations in many cities. Sept. 9—President Coolidge and party left Black Hills for Washington. Gov. Ed Jackson of Indiana Indicted „.! charge of conspiracy to bribe For- mer Governor McCray, and Mayor Du- vall of Indianapolis indicted for viola- ions of corrupt practices statutes. \Miss Illinois,\ Lois Delander of Jo- liet, won Atlantic City beauty contest and title of \Miss America.\ Sept. 11—President Coolidge arrived > Washington. Seat. 13—National encampment of G. A. R. openedJa Grand Ranidii. Mtch. •\ ->. R. Crhwtfnirer resign < 15—IX --,.._- _ . -., „ .med as governor of federal reserve •board. E. I* Hawk of Sacramento. Calif., elected commander-in-chief of G. A. R., and Denver chosen for 1928 encamp ment. Sept. 19—American Legion opened Its convention In Paris. ~\ ' Sept. 20—Dwight Morrcw of New Jersey appointed ambassador to Mexico. Sept. 21—Roy A. Young of Minne- apolis appointed to federal reserve board to succeed D. R. Crisslnger. Sept. 22—Mayor John L. Duvall o1 Indianapolis found guilty of political corruption. Edward E. Spafford of New York elected national commander of Ameri- can Legion; San Antonio selected for 1928 convention. Sept. 24—Baltimore & Ohio railroad celebrated its one hundredth anniver- sary. Oct. 3—President Coolidge, opening annual meeting of American Red Cross, promised flood control and develop- ment of inland waterways. Oct. 4—International radio congress opened in Washington with 70 nations represented. Oct. 10—rU. S. Supreme court canceled Teapot Dome lease to Harry Sinclair. Oct. 12—Mayor Duvall of Indianapo- lis sentenced to 30 days in jail and barred from public office. Oct. 15—One hundred and two klaha- men indicted in Crenshaw county. Ala- bama, for floggings. J H. A. Bellows resigned from federal radio board and Samuel Pickard was appointed to succeed him. Oct. 17—U. S. Supreme court refused to review padlock cases against Chica- go cabarets. Oct. 25—Admiral Magruder, who criticized navy in magazine article, re- lieved of his command in Philadelphia navy yard. Oct. 26—Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas announced his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomina- tion. Oct. 31—Secretary of Treasury Mel- lon submitted to house committee plan for tax reduction of about $225,000,000. Nov. 1—FallrSinclair trial in Wash- ington halted by a jury scandal. Nov. 2—Mistrial declared in Fall- inclair case because of charges of tampering with the jury. Corn belt and southern agricultural jonference in St. Louis adopted reso- lutions Indorsing McNary-Haugen bill and condemning attitude of Borah Reed of Missouri and Bruce of Mary- land. * Nov. 4—Harry Sinclair and H. M. Day charged with conspiracy to fix the Sin- clair-Fall, jury. Nov. 8—F. D. Sampson, Republican and friend of horse racing, elected gov- ernor of Kentucky. Nov. 10—Judge Fead at St. Joseph Mich., placed House of David under a receiver and ousted Benjamin Purnell Nov. 17—-President Coolidge received Philadelphia Union League club's medal of honor. Nov. 21—House ways and means com- ..littee agreed on tax cut not to exceed $250,000,000. United States Supreme court declared ...valid provision of Alaska dry law prohibiting possession of liquor fn private home for owners' use. Nov. 22—Harry Sinclair, W. J. Burns and four others cited for contempt of court In Teapot Dome case. Nov. 23—Charles E. Hughes, as spe- cial master for United States Supreme court, recommended that the suit of Wisconsin and other states against Chi- cago Sanitary District for diversion of Lake Michigan water be dismissed. Col. Noble B. Judah of Chicago made ambassador to Cuba. Nov. 24—Hundreds of convict* in Folsom, Calif., prison revolted; two guards and seven prisoners killed. Dec. 5—Seventieth congress met; house re-elected Speaker Longworth. Dec. 6—President Coolidge sent his message to congress. Mr. Coolidge told Republican na- tional committee he had \eliminated\ himself as a nomination possibility. Dec. 7—National budget of $3,556,- 957,031 submitted to congress by the President. Senate refused to let Frank L. Smith take the oath of office as senator from fllinols. Republican, national committee se- lected Kansas City for the 1928 con- vention and issued call for June 12. Dec. 9—Senate denied the oath to W. S. Vare of Pennsylvania; both his case and Smith's referred to Reed com- mittee on campaign expenditures. Dec. 13—Henry L. Sttmson appointed governor general of the Philippines. Oklahoma legislators, defying stat* courts, voted impeachment of Gov. H. S. Johnston. Dec. 14—Oklahoma senate voted to ry the governor on impeachment charges. Dec. 15—House passed revenue bill providing for tax reductions aggregat- ing $290,000,000. Dec. 26—Dearborn Independent, _&nry JFoxd'a jnagazine^ suspended pub- lication. AVIATION _ fcb. 22—De Pinedo, Italian aviator, flew from Cape Verde islands to Fer- nando Noronha, Brazil. Feb. 28—Two army \good will\ planes collided at Buenos Aires: Capt. C. F. Woolsey and Lieut. J. W. Benton killed. May 2—Pan-American flyerp ended ip at Washington and were given medals by President. ay 8—Capt. Charles Nungesser and Capt. Francois Coli of France started on nonstop flight from Paris to New York and were lost in the Atlantic. May 20—Capt. Charles Lindbergh itarted nonstop flight from New York o Paris. May 21—Lindbergh landed In Paris, having made the flight in 33 hours. 21 minutes. First nonstop flight eastward cross the Atlantic. May 30—Fifteen balloons left Akron, Ohio, in annual endurance race. June 2—W. T. Van Orman with the Goodyear balloon declared winner of balloon race with a distance of 727 miles. June 4—C. D. Chamberlln and C. A. evine in Bellanca monoplane started :rom New York for Europe. June 6—Chamberlln and Levlne landed at Eisleben. Germany, and then flew to Kottbus, 70 miles from Berlin. Established new nonstop record of S.905 miles. June 11—Lindbergh landed at Wash- ington and was decorated by Presi- dent Coolidge with distinguished fly- June 16—De Pinedo ended his four- mtinerit flight at Rome. June 28—Lieuts. L. J. Maitland and Albert Hegenberger began flight In army Fokker plane from San Francis- co to Hawaii. June 29—Commander Byrd and crew In plane America hopped off at New York for nonstop flight to Europe. Maitland and Hegenberger complet- ed 2,000-mile flight to Honolulu' in 25 hours, 55 minutes. July .1—Byrd's plane, lost In fog fer France, landed In sea near Havre; •ew all swam ashore. July 14—E. L. Smith and E. B. Bronte started flight from San Fran- CIBCO to Hawaii. July 15—Smith and Bronte, out of fuel, landed on Molokai island, Ha- waii, unhurt. July 20—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh itarted from New York on flying tour >f the nation. f Aug. 8—Lieuts, George Covell and R. S. Waggener, U. S. entrants in race to Hawaii, killed in crash of their plane at Point Loma, Calif. Aug. 12—A. V. Rogers, entrant in air ice to Honolulu, killed in crash of his plane. Au* 16—Four planes started in race from Oakland, Calif., to Honolulu*, four ochers failed to get' away. Aug 17—Art Goebel and Lieut. Wil- liam Davis in plane Woolaroc landed first at Honolulu, winning the Dole prize. Martin Jensen and Paul Schlut- er in plane Aloha, second. Other two planes lost, with four men and one Aug.' 19—Capt. W. P. Erwln and A. H. Elchwaldt in plane Dallas Spirit, flew from Oakland, Calif,, in search of lost planes and were themselves lost. Aug. 25—Paul R. Redfern started on nonstop flight from Brunswick. Ga., to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Aug. 26—Redfern apparently lost; search begun. Aug, 27—Schlee and Brock in plane Pride of Detroit started from Harbor 41race. N. F.. on round-the-world flight, landing In London next day. S-Sf*^—ff. .:i —=_.!j—rr.^z—- -r-.^i-- — — - • ;r \ ^ ling In London next day. An*. 31—Capt. Lenlla Hamilton and Col. F. F. Minchin, with Princess. Low- enstein Werthelm as passenger, start- ed flight from Upavon, England to Ottawa, Ont.. in naonopla»n« St. Ra- phael. * ^ Sept. I—Monoplane S t Raphael lost in Atlantic. . Sept. t— ^Fride of Detroit reached Calcutta. Monoplane Old Glory, piloted by Ber- taud and Hill, with P. Payne as pas- senger, started 'Trom Old Orchard. Maine, for Rome: Sept. 7—Olu Glory plane lost in At- lantic after sending SO S call. Plane Sir John Carlinjc left Harbor Orace, N. F.. for London, piloted by Tully and Medcalf. Sept. 8—Plane Sir John Carl Ing con- sidered lost. Sept. 10—Schlee and Brock reached Shanghai. Balloon race for the Bennett cup started from Detroit. Sept. 12—Wreckage of Old Glory round in North Atlantic. R. G. Hill fn balloon Detroit won Gordon Bennett race, traveling 725 Sept. 14—Schlee and Brock re*che\d aviation field near Tokyo. Sept. IS—Schlee and Brock decided to cross the Pacific in steamship. Sept. 19—National air derby races. New York to Spokane, started. Sept. 21—C. W. Hoi man won Class A air derby race; J. S. Charles won in Class B. Sept. 22—Stinson and Schiller, only n in Montana. Sept. 26—Lieut. S. N. Webster of England won the Schneider cup at Venice in his Napier supermarine plane. Oct. 10—Two French aviators. Costes and Le Brix, started flighx. from Paris to Buenos Aires, to establish mail route. Oct. 11—Ruth Elder and George Haldeman in plane American Girl started nonstop flight from New York to Paris. French aviators reached St. Louis. Senegal, 2,700 miles from Paris. Oct. 13—Miss Elder and Haldeman forced down by broken oil line 350 miles northeast of the Azores and picked up by Dutch oil tanker. Oct. 14—Costes and Le Brix flew from Senegal to Port Natal, Brazil Oct. 23—Colonel Lindbergh complet- ed his 22.350-mile air tour of the coun- try. Oct. SI—Colonel Lindbergh accepted position with Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics. Nov. 4—Capt. Hawthorne Gray, U. _. A., died in balloon over southern Illinois after reaching record height. Dec. 12—Colonel Lindbergh awarded Congressional Medal of- Honor. Dec. 13—Lindbergh completed non- stop flight from Washington to Mexico City. DISASTERS -an. 9 — Seventy-seven children killed in movie theater fire in Montreal. Canada. Feb. 17—Thirty-six killed by tornado n Louisiana. Mississippi and.Alabama. Feb. 20—Thirty killed in great storm along Atlantic seaboard. March 1—Sixty-nine men killed In two mine disasters in England and Wales. March 7—Japanese earthquake an i tidal wave; dead 2.485: injured. 3.441. Mardi 18—Tornado took 33 lives in Green Forest and Denver, Ark. April 12-—Tornado destroyed Rock- iprings. Tex., killing 59. April 16—Explosion in Chicago killed eight persons and wrecked block of stores. Floods in lower Mississippi valley causing immense losses. April 22—Flood situation in lower Mississippi valley grew steadily worse: scores dead and 75.000 homeless. April 29—Mississippi valley floods worst in the country's history. April 30—Mine explosion at Falr- ont. W. Va.. entombed and killed 94 men. May 9—Tornadoes in middle west- ern states killed about 200. May 23—^Gigantic earthquake in Kansu province. China, ruined Liang- chow and other cities, killing about 100.000. May 30—One hundrfed killed by tornadoes in Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky. July 6—Thousand Chinese drowned in flood in Anhwei province. July 9—Two hundred persons rowned In floods In Saxony. July 11—Earthquake in Palestine nd Transjordania killed about 268. Sept. 7—West coa^t of Mexico swept y tidal wave: hundreds killed. Sept. 10—Five thousand liv - lost n typhoon in Kwantung province. China. Sept. 13—Typhoon and tidal wave n Japan wrecked towns near Naga- sa_kL_MHed many and did vast dam- Sept. 29—Eighty-nine killed, 1,200 In- lured and $75,000,000 damage done by :ornado in St. Louis. Mo. Oct. 25—Italian steamship Principes- sa Mafalda sank off Brazil coast when boilers exploded; 314 lives lost. Nov. 4—Floods in New England killed many persons and did vast prop- erty damage. Nov. 14—Explosion of gas storage tank In Pittsburgh killed about forty, injured hundreds and destroyed prop- erty worth several million dollars. Nov. 26^—<Jreat floods In Algeria, tundreds of persons being drowned. Dec. 14—About sixty children and one nun burned to death in orphanage fire in Quebec. Dec. 17—Submarine S-4 with 40 men aboard rammed and sunk by coast guard destroyer Paulding off Province- •wn, Mass. SPORTS Jan. 1—Alabama and Stanford tied n football. 7 to 7. at Pasadena. Feb. 25—Commander Byrd and Chief _echanic Bennett given Congressional medal for North pole flight. March 6—Harvard won eastern In- >or track title. March 1 —Michigan won Big Ten basket-ball title. March 12—Wisconsin university won western conference indoor track meet. May 3—Capt. C. H. Gray In army bal- loon set new world record by ascend- lg 41,000 feet from Belleville, 111. May 14—Kentucky Derby won by Whiskery, owned by H. P. Whitney. May 29—Illinois university won western conference track champion- ship. Stanford university won eastern rack meet at Philadelphia. June 1—Wright brothers and Lund- berg given engineering societies' award for aerial travel development. June 16—Tommy Armour and Harry looper tied for national open golf hamplonship at Oakmont. Pa. June 17—Armour beat Cooper In play-off for championship. June 18—Hydromel won American Derby at Chicago. June 27—Fourteen planes started from Detroit on Ford reliability tour. June 29—Columbia won the Pough- keepsie regatta. July 15—Bobby Jones again won British open golf title with record score of 285. Aug. 20—Mrs. Harry Pressler, Los Angeles, won women's western golf Aug. 27—Bobby Jones won na- tional amateur golf championship at Minneapolis. Sept. 10—Walter Hagen won west- ern open golf title at Chicago. French tennis team won the Davis CUP from Americans. Sept. 13—New York Yankees won American league oennant. Sept. 17—Lacoste of France again won U. S. tennis championship, de- attnK Tilden. Sept. 22—Heavyweight Champion Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in ten-round fight in Chicago. Sept. 24—Mrs. Miriam Burns Horn won women's national Kolf champion- ship Oct. 1—Pittsburgh Pirates won Na- onal league pennant. Oct. 8—New York Yankees won the world's series. Oct. 17—Ban B. Johnson retired from presidency of American baseball league. Nov. 2—E. S. Barnard of Cleveland elected president of American base- ball league. \>v. 1»—University of Illinois won i conference football champtoft* Yale defeated Harvard M football. Nov., 26—Notre fHTme defeated uni- versity of Southern California at foot- ball In Chicago. Army eleven defeated the Navy New York. NECROLOGY Jan. «—Capt. M. E. Trench. U. M. N.. govecnor of ihe Virgin Islands. Jan. 7—Frank L. Stan ton, poet, fn Atlanta, Ga. J. P. Underwood of Chi- cago, large timber land owner. Jan. 18—-Arnold Daly, actor Ip *. ... York. 1 R. F. Wolfe, publisher of Co- lumbus Dispatch and Ohio State Jour- nal. In Columbus. Ohio. Jan. 15—David R. Francis, statesman. In St. Louis Jan. 17—Miss Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scouts of America. In Savannah. Ga. Jah. If—Carlotta, ex-empress of Mexico, in Belgium. J*|. 21—Dr. Edward WyNys Andrews, eminent surgeon, in Chicago. Jan. 26—Lyman J. Gage, former sec- retary of the treasury, at Point Loma. Calif. Feb. 6.—Charles D.eering, capitalist. In Miami. Fla. Feb. 9—Dr. C. D. WalcoVt, secretary of Smithsonian Institution. Feb. 12—-Congressman A. B. Stephens of North Bend, Ind. Feb. 13—Rev. Dr. Percy S. Grant, noted New York divine. Col. C. D. Hlne, railroad and industrial expert. In New York. Billy Bowman, veteran minstrel. In Houston. Texas. Feb. 14—Oliver Dennett Grover, artist. In Chicago. William: Coffin. U. S. Consul general to Berlin. Feb. 18—Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry of New York. Feb. 19—Dr. Georg Brandes, Danish critic. Feb. 22—Benjamin Carpenter, promi- nent Chicago merchant. Judson Har- mon, former governor of Ohio. March 4—Dr. Ira Remsen, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins university, at Carmel, Calif. Harry Pratt Judson, president emeritus of University of Chicago. March 18—Gov. Henry L» Whitfield of Mississippi. March 28—Will H. Dilg, founder of Izaak Walton League, in Washington. March 30—Perry S. Heath, \father\ of rural free delivery system. April 10—Eliot F. Sheppard. mil- lionaire sportsman, in Miami Beach, Fla. Dr. G. O. Sars, noted Norwegian zoologist. Young Corbett, former featherweight champion, in Denver. April 27—Albert J. Beveridge, ex- senator from Indiana, orator and au- thor. Otto Borchert. president Mil- waukee baseball club. C. T. Trejfo. oldest member Chicago Boarff it Trade. May 2—Dr. Benjamin Id* Wheeler, president emeritus of University of California. In Vienna. May 3—Col. E. E. Ayer, Chicago ,pitalist, philanthropist and art col- lector, in Pasadena. Calif. May 6—Hudson Maxim, explosives expert and inventor, at Lake Hopat- cong, N. Y. May 25—Payne Whitney, capitalist 1 , at Manhasset. L. I. May 29—James J. Van Alen. New York financier, in Paris. June 4—Martin Roche, noted archi- tect, in Chicago. Robert McKIm. stage and screen star, in Hollywood, Calif. Marquess of Lansdowne. June 5—Dr. Joseph Schneider, world-famed oculist. In Milwaukee. W. R. Stansbury. clerk of U. S. Su- preme court. June 7—Robert. C. Hilliard. actor, in ew York. Thomas W. Balch. author and editor, of Philadelphia. June 13—Coles Phillips, American artist. In New York. June 14—Jerome K. Jerome. English author and playwright. Mrs, B. F. Hight. last survivor of old Boston Mu- seum company, in Lynn. Mass. r,pn. G. E. Trlpp. chairman of We.«ting- house company board. In New York. J. C. Gillmore. last commodore of U. S. navy, in Washington. June 20—Clara Louise Burnham. American author. June 27—Henry Clay Pierce, finan- cier and oil magnate, in New York. July 9—John Drew, leading Amer- ican actor, in San Francisco. J. B. Odell, vice president Western Electric company, in New York. July 15—Henry White, American diplomat, in Lenox. Mass. July 20—King Ferdinand of Ru- mania. A. A. Hamerschlag. former president of Carnegie Institute of Technology. July 29—B. F. Bush, chairman of board of Missouri Pacific railroad. Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. In Paris. Louise Abbema. noted French nalnter. Aug. 7—Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines. In Boston. Aug. 13—Rhinelander Waldo of New York. James Oliver Curwood, American author, at Owosso. Mich. Aug. 15—Judge E. H. Garv. chair- man of board of United States Steel corporation, in New York. Bertram B. Boltwood, professor of radio chem- istry at Yale, suicide. Aug. 16—Ogden Armour of Chicago. In London. Aug. 20—Mrs. Fannie Bloomfleid _sisler. noted pianist, in Chicago. Wilbur Nesbit. Chicago poet and ad- vertising man. Dr. J. M. Tanner, Mor- mon church dignitary, at Lethbridge. Alta. Aug. 23—Zaghlul Pasha. Egyptian nationalist leader. Aug. 25—Cardinal Rleg y Casanova if Toledo, primate of Spain. Sept. 1—Amelia Bingham. American actress. Sept. 5—Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of Anti-Saloon League. Mar- cus Loew. motion picture ma mate, in Glen Cove. L. I. Sept. 11—J. U- Sammis. former grand exalted ruler of Elks, in Chi- cago. Col. Charles J. Glldden. tele- phone and aeronautical pioneer.^ in °Sept!\ 23—Maj. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, retired. Baron Ago von Maltzan. Ger- man ambassador to Washington. Oct 2.—Prof; A. S. Arrhenlus. Swed- sh scientist. Austen Peay, governor >f Tennessee. \Corporal James Tan- ter of Washington. Oct. 3—John Dalzell, former con- gressman from Pennsylvania. Oct 8—Bishop P. J- Muldoon of Catholic diocese of Rockford. 111. Oct 9—Col. J. F. Dillon, member of federal radio commission. Oct. 11—F. D. Stout, president of Missouri Southern railroad and Chi- pago capitalist. Oct. 22—Cardinal OTDonsell. primate of Ireland. Oct. 23—Maj. Gen. J. T. Dlckman. retired. Oct. 29—John J. Mitchell. Chicago financier. Archbishop J. G. Harty of Omaha. Rear Admiral J. M. Helm. U. S. N.. retired. Oct. 31—John Luther Long, Ameri- can author and playwright. Miss Elisabeth Harrison, pioneer in kinder- garten work, in San Antonio. Texas. Nov. 5—David G. Hogarth. English archeologist. Nov. 7—F. S. Latour, Guatemalan minister to United States. Nov. 10—James C. Brady, New York fin Nov! e il—W. K. James, president of American Farm Congress, in St. Joseph. Mo Nov. 12—J. N. Huston, \former treas- urer of United States, in Washington. Nov. 17—Mulai Yusef, sultan of Mo- Charles Mellen, noted railway man, ln Dr O2 JL°J. Muir, chaplain United States No^.' 24—lonel Bratiano, premier and virtual dictator of Rumania. Rear Admiral W. H. Bullard, chalr- an of federal radio commission. Nov. 26—John Cardinal Bonzano In N^v. 29—Henry W* Savage, theatrical producer, in Boston. Dec. 1—Herbert S. Hadley, chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis, and former governor of Missouri. Dec. 12—M. D. Ratchford, former president of United Mine Workers, at Massillon, Ohio. Dec. 13—Ellen M, Stone, American missionary who was kidnaped by Macedonian bandits in 1901. D ec , 14—James M. Allison, journal- ist, In New York. Dec. 13—Willis Moore, former chl# f of United States ••Esther bureau. MORE POPULAR COURSES I'rofessor—I've about rleeHed to become a cook, my dear—thert 's more mouey in it Wife—You can't be serious, John, fcrof.—Yes, I think my courses will' be vastly more popular if I do. Provoking \I would like some travelers' checks, please.\ \What denomination?\ \Is it necessary to state my re- ligious preference?\ Prolonged Ending \Mary.\ called her husband rip- stairs, \Why don't you come down? Haven't you finished your letter yet?\ \1 finished the letter long ago. I'm writing the postscript.\ \Gracious trie! Have I got to mind this baby two hours longer'/' S'All Right Father—My boy, I hear that you've been smoking. How about it? Son—Kr—ah—yes, dad. Father—Well, would you mind smoking El Fumog and giving me the coupons? I'm saving up for a smok- ing stand and I need help. NO SCORE £S <0?t f Smith —What did Jones go, around the course in? Brown—Well, the only thing worth mentioning he went around in wag his new golf suit ' Too Rich a Diet \Har! Har! Har! Old Bill Shark in awfully sick.\ \Yeah—he took a big bite off one of those swimmers covered with axle grease!\ Restful Doctor—You are near a breakdown. What's your business? Patient—I'm a Jazz music instruc- tor. I>octor—You need a rest and a change of occupation. Get yourself a nice, quiet job in a boiler factory. Splendid! Landlord—You'll like this apart- ment. It's even fitted with rubber plaster. Jones — Plastered with rubber? What's the idea? Landlord—So nobody will get hurt when it falls down. PRUNING IS VERY NECESSARY WORK Instead of being satisfied with a shabby neglected orchard producing mostly scabby wormy fruit which can- not be relished by the family oor sold to advantage, the farmer can manage bis orchard so that his home will be abundantly supplied with clean, sound, wholesome fruit from September until late spring and-to addition the surplus wilt find a market at fair prices. To accomplish these results it be- comes necessary that the farmer adopt the orchard practices in use by suc- cessful orchardlsts. Pruning Is necessary as a means of reducing the number of cull fruits in the crop. This is accomplished partly by removing many of the badly shade.! and crowded branches making very little growth. This kind of wood can- not bear large apples. Most of the large apples grow on strong growing branches which have abundant access to light and air. Ordinarily, bearing trees are apt to become dense in the upper parts of the tree, thus shading all branches below it. This must be regulated by opening the top of the tree. Remove upright parts of branches at a place where another part of the branch grows to the out- side of the tree. Attend your local pruning demonstrations and learn how /to prune for better size and color or fruit. Trees must be fertilized regularly if best results are to be obtained. Oa the average farm, stable manure is available and should be used for orchard fertilization. If it is not ap- plied in the fall of the year chances are that the work is delayed until win- ter oc. spring and no application made. «*• Mulch for Strawberries Gives Good Protection A mulch for strawberries is desir- able in nearly all sections. Strawber- ries are very shallow-rooted and much damage from alternate freezing anil thawing is likely to result unless there is a protective covering. Mulching is also desirable because it saves soil moisture, prevents the soil from bak- ing and aids in weed control. In the spriug it tends to keep berries clean and to inake picking easier, says Suc- cessful Farming. Straw and hay are the most common mulching materials, though cornstalks, pine needles and strawy manure are Mttmes used. The material should be cheap, not easily shifted by winds and free from weed seeds. The time of apP |ica tionjjj|g vary with the climate. In c^jp^ections it is desirable to wait untiltTie ground well frozen. In sections where win- ters are mild and many fall freezes occur it Is best not to wait until severe weather occurs. Uniform mulching is desirable but when mate- rial is scarce the area over the plants should receive first attention. A rather light mulching will be ample sinve the mulch need only prevent abrupt changes. - Woolly Aphis Injurious to Young Apple Trees Woolly aphis attacks young apple trees both on the roots underground and on the branches and twigs above ground. Above ground it i& easy to control the insect by spraying with nicotine sulphate 1 part to 800 parts of water. High pressure should b« used ia order to drive the material into the woolly masses. The material must be brought into contact with the insects' bodies if it is to kill them. it is not an easy matter to tlestroy the insects beneath the ground. Some persons report they have controlled the insect by digging away the earth for several inches, then distributing tobacco dust over the roots and cover- ing with soil. Others have reported success from injecting carbon bisul- phide in holes punched in the ground about the trees and then tiliing the holes. The bisulphide is quire volatile, and the fumes in spreading, througn the soil kill the insects as lliey are reached. Since the material is quite inflammable, one should not smoke when applying it. Planting Windbreak Do not plant windbreaks too close to the buildings. The ideal way is to have space for the garden and small fruit plantation between It and the house. Where sj)ace is limited, of course, conditions 'will determine oth- erwise sometimes, but abom^KJ feet from the buildings i.« about rl^bJ^ A temporary windbreak of soft maple or golden willow would live long enough so that in the meantime the ever- greens would grow and get a ti\Mt start. Trimming Trees In trimming trees, it ehouid be re- membered there are two kinds of cells, fruit and wood cells. One kind of cell will predominate »t the ex- pense of the. other. If you are plan- ning to grow fruit, eliminate the W««MI cells, or if you are developing the tree, eliminate the fruit ceils, {tranchea larger than a fiO-ceni piece thnt an* cut should be covered with paint to fill up the wound. Where ttves hav«* a weakness on one side, careful prun- ing will mnke it shape up. Preparing Sprays Much trouble In spraying can be avoided If sprays are carefully pre- pared. One of the main pretnutl«»n>« to observe Is to mix all ii*vn.Hilt*iit»% thoroughly. It I? D«MM to *«., m,*, materials Into solution in smnll qunn- tltiei* of water before putt inn Info ib»» sprnyer: Powdered material* KIHHIM be mixed with iwrticninr vnrv Tlietv is» nothing better than an old ifoslwr •hurn for this purjmse. \\'\ wu tmiie * iivtilhilile a hoe HiMi H hiK-ket make i very satisfactory substitute. I