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Chronology of the • Ye Q r Compiled 1934 E.W. Pickard DOMESTIC Jan. 1—President Roosevelt ac cepted the resignation of Secretary «f the Treasury W. H. Woodin, and Appointed Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to succeed him. Jan. S—Congress opened regular cession and heard President Roose velt’s message declaring the New Deal must be made permanent. Jan. 4—Congress revived President Roosevelt's budget message calling for 16 V4 billion dollars. Jan. 5—House passed $470,000,000 national liquor tax bill. Jan. 8—Supreme court upheld moratorium on mortgages. Jan. 10 — President Roosevelt asked the senate to ratify the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. Senate passed national liquor tax bill. Jan. 12—Gen. Blanton Winship was appointed governor of Porto Rico vice R. H. Gore, resigned. Willis G. Gregg was appointed chief of the weather bureau. Jan. 15—President Roosevelt asked congress for additional authority to seize federal bank gold reserve and fix dollar between 60 and 60 cents. Jan. 18—President Roosevelt mod fled his economy regulation to in crease annual payments to disabled veterans by 21 million dollars. Jan. 20—House of representatives passed the President’s money bill, 360 to 40. Jan. 24—Naval supply bill of 284 millions passed by house. Jan. 27—Senate passed President's money bill. Jan. 30—Nation celebrated Presi dent Roosevelt's fifty-second birth day. House passed the V.nson navy bill. Jan. 31—President established a 68.06 cent dollar. Feb. 5—United States Supreme oourt quashed all pending federal dry cases. Feb. 9—President and postmaster general cancelled all air mail con tracts and the army was called on to carry the air mail. Feb. 14—William P. MacCracken and L. H. Brlttin sentenced by sen ate to ten days in jail for contempt In connection with air mail Investi gation. Feb. 19—Army air corps began flying the air mall. Feb. 21—House passed tax revision bill. Feb. 22—Roger Touhy and two members of his gang convicted in Chicago of kidnaping John Factor and given 99 years in prison. Feb. 26—President asked congress to create federal commission on wire and radio communications. Feb. 27—Senate voted to restore 360 millions in veterans’ benefits and federal salaries. Feb. 28—House voted against fed eral furniture factory. , March 2—President asked con gress for power to negotiate tariffs. March 3—John Dillinger, bank robber and desperado, escaped from Jail at Crown Point, Ind. March 5—Supreme court upheld government price fixing. President Roosevelt asked indus try to raise wages and shorten hours. March ’ 6—Senate passed full strength navy construction bill. President appointed Judge Flor ence Allen of Ohio as federal circuit court of appeals Judge. March 10—President ordered army air mail service halted. Attorney General Cummings or dered criminal action against An drew Mellon, James J. Walker and •others for alleged Income tax eva sion. March 12—House passed bill for immediate payment of veterans' bonus in greenbacks. March 13—Arthur Cutts Willard elected president of University of Illinois. March 14—St. Lawrence waterway treaty rejected by the senate. Miarch 19—Army resumed flying air mail. March 23—President urged pas sage of job insurance bill. March 24—President signed Philip pine Independence bill. March 25—President settled threat ened strike In automobile Industry. March 26—President vetoed econ omy bill. March 27—President left for Flor ida cruise. House overrode veto of economy hill. March 28—Senate overrode econ omy bill veto. March 31—Johnson Imposes 5-day, 36-hour week on soft coal Industry April 9—Florence E. Allen took •oath In Cleveland as first woman federal Judge. Trial of Bishop Cannon and Miss Ada Burroughs for violation of cor rupt practices act began in Wash ington. April 10—House committee began Investigation of charges made by Dr. William A. Wirt that members •of ‘‘brain trust” were plotting to overthrow the government. April 11—Senate voted for 10 per •cent increase in income tax. April 13—Senate passed Its $480, 000,000 tax bill with income tax pub licity provision. President Roosevelt returned to Washington from fishing trip. April 16—Gov. Danger of North Dakota and eight others indicted by United States for forced collec tions from relief workers. April 18—Wirt Investigation end ed by Democrats after his story was denied. Aprill 22—General Johnson pro claimed new wage structure for soft coal industry. April 23—Milk control plan dropped by the AAA. April 24—American fleet of 111 warships made record transit of Pan ama canal. April 27—Bishop Cannon and Miss Burroughs acquitted of violation of corrupt practices act. April 28—Senate passed air mall bill. May 3—Postmaster General Far ley awarded 15 air mail contracts. New revenue bill enacted by con gress. May 4--House passed stock ex change control bill. May 7—Samuel Instill was landed In United States and taken to Chi cago for trial. May 8—Federal grand Jury in Pittsburgh refused to indict A. W. Mellon for tax evasion. May 12—Senate passed Fletcher Rayburn stock exchange bill. May 15—Senator David A. Reed defeated Gov. Gifford Pinchot in Pennsylvania Republican primaries; Democrats nominated Joseph F. Guf fey for senate Senate passed bill for federal con trol of radio and wire communica tions. May 18—President Roosevelt. In message to congress, called for do mestic and international control over arms and munitions. Seven bills to aid federal war on crime were signed by the President. Dr. George F. Zook resigned as commissioner of education, effective July 1. and John W. Studebaker of Des Moines was selected to succeed blm. _ , . May 22—President Roosevelt asked congress to pass bill partly remon etising silver. May *6—Chicago’s Csnturjr of Progress exposition reopened. May 27—President ordered modi fication of service Industries codes. May 20—President Roosevelt de livered Memorial Day address at Gettysburg. Cotton textile workers called gen eral strike. May 21—President Roosevelt re viewed the United States fleet off New York. House passed administration's silver bill. June 1—Congress completed en actment of stock exchange control bill. June 2—Cotton textile strike called cff by compromise. House passed communications con trol bill. June ♦—Senate passed the tariff bill. June 6—Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania elected chairman of Republican national committee. June 8—President Roosevelt in special message set forth his future plans for betterment of living. June H—Silver bill passed by the senate. June H-1—Senate confirmed R. G. Tugwell as undersecretary of agri culture. June 15—Steel workers decided to postpone strike indefinitely. June 16—Governor banger of North Dakota and four others con victed of defrauding United States government. June 18—Seventy-third congress adjourned. June 20—President Roosevelt giv en degree of doctor of law at Yale. Cleaners scrapped their NRA code. June 24—President Roosevelt or dered spending of 2150,000,000 in middle west drouth areas. June 26—United States milk code held illegal by Federal Judge Barnes in Chicago. June 28—Board of three named by President to mediate steel in dustry troubles. July 1—President Roosevelt sailed on cruiser Houston for vacation cruise to Hawaii. July 4—Rev. John F. O'Hara elected president of Notre Dame uni versity. July 6—Eightieth birthday of Re publican party celebrated at Jaek son. Mich. July 9—Senates Jail sentence of W. P. McCracken for contempt up set by D. C. court of appeals, July 10—Mississippi voted to re main dry. July 14—Unions in San Francisco area voted for general strike. July 10—General strike in effect in San Francisco. James J. Looting elected head of Tammany. July 17—Gov. William Ganger of North Dakota ousted by state su preme court decision. July 19—General strike at San Francisco called off. July 20—Serious strike riots in Minneapolis and Seattle. Blue Eagle restored to Harrtman hosiery mills In Tennessee. July 21—President Roosevelt or dered the beginning of vast refor estation project in midwest plains region. July 22—John Dillinger, notorious desperado, shot to death by federal agents In Chicago. July 24—President reached Ha waiian waters. July 25—Pacific coast longshore men voted to accept mediation. July 26—Minneapolis put under martial law by Governor Olson be cause of teamsters’ strike. July 29—Longshoremen’s strike on Pacific coast ended in compromise. Aug. 3—President Roosevelt land ed at Portland, Ore. Aug. 9—Nationalization of silver ordered by the President. Aug. 10—Secretary Wallace an nounced virtual abandonment of crop reduction program for 1935. Strike of 15,000 employees of Aluminum Company of America started. Aug. 16—Eugene R. Black re signed as governor of federal re serve board. Aug. 16—United Textile Workers voted for general strike in cotton textile Industry. Aug. 17—Wool, silk and rayon un ions voted to join in textile strike. Aug. 18—Louisiana legislature passed laws making Senator Long and Governor Allen dictators of the state. Aug. 21—Twelve bandits took $427,000 from armored money truck In Brooklyn, N. Y. Truck drivers’ strike In Minne apolis ended in compromise. Aug. 24—Reciprocal trade treety with Cuba proclaimed by President Roosevelt. Sept. 1—Director of the Budget Lewis Douglas resigned. Sept. 3—Retail coal code author ity resigned in protest against NRA methods. Sept. 4—Strike of textile workers began; declared 60 per cent effec tive. Sept. 6—Aluminum workers’ strike ended by compromise. Sept. 10—Maine re-elected Gover nor Brann, Democratic, and Senator Hale, Republican; and voted repeal of state prohibition law. Sept. 11—Senator Huey Long’s faction won in Louisiana election. Sept. 15—Government renewed Its tax evasion charges against Andrew Mellon. Sept. 20—Solution of Lindbergh baby kidnaping begun with arrest in New York of Bruno R. Hauptmann with part of the ransom money. President’s special board offered plan for ending of textile strike. Sept. 22—Textile union officials or dered end of the strike. Sept. 24—Packers raised pay of 100,000 employees 8 per cent. Sept. 25—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson resigned as NRA administrator, ef fective October 15. Sept. 27—President announced ap pointment of boards to conduct the NRA. Sept. 30—President Roosevelt de clared in radio address that he would seek a labor-industrial truce to end strikes. Oct. 2—Trial of Samuel Insull and former associates begun in Chicago. Oct. 8—American Federation of Labor convention In San Francisco voted for 5 day, 30 hour work week. Oct. 12—President ordered 36 hour week for cotton garment industry. Oct. 22—American Legion conven tion opened in Miami, Fla. ’’Pretty Boy" Floyd, notorious Oklahoma outlaw, killed by federal officers near East Liverpool, Ohio. Oct. 25—American Legion de manded immediate bonus payment and elected Frank Belgrano, Jr., of San Francisco, national commander. Rayon and silk dyers went on strike. Oct. 31—Chicago's World’s Fair closed. Nov. 6—Elections resulted gener ally in decided Democratic victories, with senate gain of 10 seats and loss of 10 seats in house. Nov. 9—Marrlner S. Eccles of Utah m,.'e governor of federal re serve board. Nov. 10—President Roosevelt ap pointed advisory council for social reforms, headed by Frank P. Gra ham. Martial law declared in Arizona In state's fight against California project. Nov. 14—Unemployment insurance program outlined by President Roosevelt before conference on eco nomic security. Nov. 15—President Roosevelt left Washington for Warm Springs via the Tennessee valley projects. Nov. 20—Gen. Smedley D. Butler told congressional committee of al leged Fascist plot to seize the gov ernment. Nov. 24—Samuel Insull and 16 co defendants acquitted of fraud in Chicago. Nov. 27—"Baby Face” Nelson, public enemy No. 1, killed two gov ernment agents near Barrington, 111,, and was himself shot to death. Dec. 1—Katherine Lenroot ap pointed chief of the children's bu reau, Department of Labor. Dec. 3—United States Supreme court upheld right of land grant colleges to make military training compulsory. Dec. $—President Roosevelt re turned '.o Washington, Dec, 10—National conference on crime prevention opened In Wash ington. Dec. 12—-President named commit tee to draft legislation to end war profits. Dec. 15—President's advisory council reported unemployment In surance system. Dec. 16—National resources board outlines 105 billion dollar public works program for 20 to 30 years. INTERNATIONAL Jan, 7—Paraguay and Bolivia re sumed war In the Chaco Boreal, the truce having expired. Jan. 8—France quadrupled United States Import quotas. France and Russia signed new commercial treaty. Jan. 23—Government of President Mendleta of Cuba recognixed by United States. Jan. 26—Germany and Poland signed a ten year peace treaty. Feb. 5—Austrian cabinet decided to appeal to league of Nations against German Nazi aggression. Feb. 17—Great Britain, France and Italy agreed to maintain Austria's independence and integrity. March 2—China refused to recog nise Manehukuo. March 23— France charged Ger many had violated Versailles treaty. April 17—Japan protested against the giving of aid to China by other na tions. June 23—Bolivians and Paraguay ans fought great battle In the Chaco. July 13-—Great Britntn and Italy announced approval of eastern Eu ropean security pact fostered by France. August 15—Evacuation of Haiti by American marines completed. Aug. 18—Manehukuo severed all relations with Russia. Aug. 21—World Jewish conference at Geneva declared redoubled boy cott of Nazi Germany. Sept. 3 Evangeline Booth elected general of the Salvation Army. Sept. 10— Richard Sandler, Swe den. elected president of League of Nations. Sept. 15—Russia accepted invita tion to join League of Nations. Sept. 18—Russia became a mem ber of the League of Nations. Sept. 2.3—Russia agreed to sell half interest in Chinese Eastern railway to Manchukuo for $50,000. 000. Sept 27—Great Gritain, France and Italy signed agreement to guard Independence of Austria, Oct. 9—King Alexander of Jugo slavia and Foreign Minister Barthou of France assassinated In Marseilles by Macedonian terrorist. Oct. 23—Japan demanded naval equality with United States and Great Britain. Oct. 25—Nobel prize in medicine awarded to Drs. George Minot, G. H. Whipple and W. P. Murphy of United States. Nov. 8—Luigi Pirandelli, Italian novelist and playwright, awarded Nobel prize for literature. Nov. 15—Dr. Harold C. Urey of Columbia university. New York, awarded the Nobel prize In chemis try for his discovery of "heavy wa ter.” Nov. 22—Jugoslavia accused Hun gary of complicity In assassination of King Alexander. Nov. 26—Italy refused French re quest for extradition of Dr. Ante Pavelich, alleged leader of band that killed King Alexander of Jugo 919. V 1ft. Dec. 1—France refused to Join Japan in denouncing Washington naval treaty. Dec. 3—Germany promised France to pay for the Saar coal mines and grant political equality to citizens of the region. Dec. 5—I^eague of Nations decided to send international police force into the Saar, French being exclud ed, and Germany agreed to plan. Dec. 6—Jugoslavia deported 27.000 Hungarian residents of that country. Dec. 7—United States notified League of Nations it would help in negotiating peace between Para guay and Bolivia. Dec. 10—Jugoslavia and Hungary accepted League of Nations peace proposal, averting danger of war in Balkans. FOREIGN Jan. 3—George Tatarescu, anti Nazi, became premier of Rumania. Jan. 10—Marinus Van der Lubbe, who burned the reiehstag building, beheaded in Lelpsig. Jan. 14—Pope Pius XI proclaimed as a saint Sister Joan Antlda Thouret of France who founded the order of the Sisters of Charity. Jan. 15—Ramon Grau San Martin resigned as president of Cuba and Carlos Hevia was selected to suc ceed him. Jan. 16—Chancellor Hitler made himself dictator over all German in dustry. Jan. 17—Hevia resigned presidency of Cuba and Carlos Mendieta was named to succeed him by Col. Ful gencio Batista, head of the army. Jan. 23—British Imperial naval conference opened in Singapore. Estonia became a Fascist state with Constantin Paets as dictator. Cuoan students declared them selves against President Mendieta. Jan. 27—Chautenips’ French cab inet resigned. Jan. 30—Daladier formed new French government. German reiehstag made Chancel lor Hitler sovereign of all the states. Feh. 5—Serious riots In Paris against the Daladier government. Feb. 6—Paris mobs fought troops and police, many being killed or wounded. Feb. 7—Premier Daladier of France resigned and Gaston Dou mergue undertook formation of new government. Feb. 9—Doumergue announced his cabinet for France; Communists rioted In Paris. Feb. 12—Civil war broke out In Austria between the government and the Socialists and hundreds were killed. Feb. 14—Socialists' revolt in Aus tria suppressed; dead estimated at 1,000 to 2,000. Feb. 17—Albert I king of the Bel gians. killed by fall while climbing small peak near Namur. Feb. 22—Gen. Augusto Sandlno, Nicaraguan patriot and rebel lead er, murdered by national guards men at Managua. Feb. 23—Leopold III crowned king of the Belgians. March 1—Henry Pu-yl enthroned as Emperor Kang Teh of Manchu kuo. Lerroux cabinet in Spain resigned. March 2—I^erroux again made pre mier ot Spain. March 11—Luisa de Marlllac saint ed by the Pope. March 15—Samuel Insull vanished from Athens on eve of his deporta tion. March 20—Hitler launched pro gram to give jobs to idle. March 28—Gen. Johan Lakloner becomes dictator of Estonia. April 5—Spain restored priests to payroll. April 9—High army officers of Ru mania arrested for plot to kill the king. April 14—Italian government or dered reduction of cost of living and of wages in effort to balance the budget. April 22—Serious revolutionary riots in Spain. April 25—Spanish cabinet re signed. April 28—Ricardo Ibanez formed new Spanish cabinet. April 30—Austrian parliament adopted new constitution. I May 3—King Ibn Saud of Arabia began "war on the kingdom of Ye men. May 9—Premier Mussolini set up rule of country by guilds. May 13—Armistice declared in war in Arabia. May 19—Bulgarian army estab lished a dictatorship by bloodless coup. Pope Pius c&aonim Conrad of P&rzham, May 14—Thoma* Masaryk re elected president of Czechoslovakia. Mav 25—Irish dall abolished the senate. June 4—Italian scientist announced discovery of new element, artificial ly created from uranium. June 15—President Mendleta of Cuba wounded and two navy officers killed by a terrorist's bomb. June 17—Cuban terrorists at tacked ABC paraders; fifteen killed and many wounded. June 30—Revolt of radicals In the Nazi party smashed by Chancellor Hitler; Gen. Kurt von Schleicher and many other leaders shot to death and scores arrested. July 1—Gen. Eazaro Cardenas elected president of Mexico. July 2—Japanese cabinet resigned. July 4—Admiral Kelsuke Oknda made premier of Japan. July 12—Chancellor Dollfuss re organized Austrian cabinet and de clared war on Nazis and bomb throwers. July 17—Vargas elected constitu tional president of Brazil. July 25—Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria assnssinated by group of Nazis. July 29—Kurt Schuschnlgg ap pointed chancellor of Austria. July 31—Two slayers of Chancel lor Dollfuss of Austria condemned and executed. Aug. 2—President von Hlndenburg of Germany died and Chancellor Hitler assumed the presidential powers. Auk 19—-Germany by 10 to 1 vote accepted Hitler's assumption of su preme power. Sept. 2—Strikes and riots through out Cuba; martial law proclaimed; cabinet resigned. Sept. 2fi—Quron Mary of England launched the Cunarder Queen Mary, world's largest ship. Oct. 5.—Radical revolt broke out In Catalonia and other parts of Spain. Hundreds killed In fights with troops. Oct. 7—Spanish revolution sup pressed by government troops. Oct. 9—King Alexander I of Jugo slavia assassinated. Oct. 10—Crown Prince Peter, 11 years old, proclaimed king of Jugo slavia under a regency. International Eucharistic Congress opened In Buenos Aires. Oct. 17—Chancellor Hitler of Ger many proclaimed fuehrer for life. Oct. 23—Mahatma Gandhi retired as Indian Nationalist leader. Nov. 8—Poumergue resigned as premier of France and Pierre Flan din formed new government. Nov. 10—Premier Mussolini for mally installed his system of Indus trial self-government in Italy. Nov. 28—President Salamanca of Bolivia forced to resign by military coup. Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece married in London. Nov. 30—Gen. Lp.aarn Cardenas In augurated president of Mexico. Deo i—Sergei Kirov, Soviet tend er assassinated In Leningrad. Dec. 2—Plot to kill all Soviet lead ers In Russia uncovered; ten army t Ulcers executed and many others arrested. Dec. 3—Russia restored death pen alty to crush "White Russian" ter rorist plot. pec. 5—Sixty-six terrorists ex ecuted In Russia. Dec. 6—Two hundred more Rus sians Including GPU officials, sum marily shot. Dec. 17—Western Australia’s peti tion for secesston from the common wealth presented In parliament. AERONAUTICS Jan. 4—French seaplane Southern Cross completed flight from Senegal, Africa, to Natal, Brazil. Jan. 11—Six American navy planes make nonstop (light from San Fran cisco to Honolulu. Jan. 30—Three Russian balloon ists ascended to record height of 13.67 miles and then were killed by fall of their gondsla. April 11—Renato Donatl. Italy, set new airplane altitude record of 47,560 feet. May 9—French air liner fell In English channel, six perishing. May 14—George R. Pond and Cea sare Sabelli started from New York on nonstop flight to Rome. May 15—Pond and Sabelli landed In Ireland because of engine trou ble. May 27—Rossi and Codos began flight from Paris to California. May 28—Wing trouble forced Ros si and Codos to land at New York. June 28—B. and J. Adamowlc* started flight from New York to Warsaw, via Harbor Grace, N. F. June 30—Gas shortage forced Ad amowlci brothers to land In Nor mandy. July 24—Ten United States army bombing planes completed flight from Washington to Fairbanks, ^ 1 ft s Vc ji July 28—Stratosphere balloon started from near Rapid City, N. D., but fabric ripped at 60,000 feet; three occupants of gondola came down safely with parachutes. Aug. 8—James Ayllng and Leon ard Reed began nonstop flight from Wasaga Beach, Ont., to Bagdad. Aug. 9—Ayling and Reed forced to land near London by lack of fuel. Aug. 19—Pond and Sabelll, flying back from Rome, crashed in Wales. Sept. 3—Col. Roscoe Turner won Thompson trophy at national air races In Cleveland; Douglas Davis, noted pilot, killed during the race. Sept. 26—Poland won internation al balloon race. Oct. 19—Twenty airplanes left England on race to Melbourne, Aus tralia. _ Oct. 23—C. W. A. Scott and Camp bell Black of England won air race to Melbourne In 2 days. 22 hours and 25 minutes. Lieut. Francesco Agello of Italy set new seaplane speed mark of 440.29 miles an hour. Prof. Jean Piccard and his wife made stratosphere balloon ascent of ten miles. Nov. 4—sir Charles Klngsford Smith and Capt. P. G. Taylor com pleted three-stop (light from Bris bane, Australia, to Oakland, Calif. Nov. 8—Transport plane com manded by Eddie lUckenbacker flew from Burbank, Calif., to Newark, N. J., in 12 hours 3 minutes 50 sec onds. Dec. 3—Flight Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm of Australia and two companions started from Oakland, Calif., on flight to Honolulu, were forced down at sea and lost. DISASTERS Jan. 1—Floods in Los Angeles area resulted in about 75 deaths. Jan. 4 —Explosion and tire In mine at Dux, Czechoslo' akla, killed 140 men. Jan 8—Eighty perished In a pan ic at Kyoto, Japan. Jan 10—Earthquake shook all In dia, killing 500. French tri-motor plane crashed, killing ten Including prominent ofll cials. Eeb. 20—Ton aged widows and daughters of Civil war veterans burned to death at home In Brook vtlle, Pa. Feb. 23—Eight persons killed by crash of air liner near Salt Lake City Feb. 25—Tornado In Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi killed 23. March 12—-New Japanese torpedo boat capsized, about 100 men drown ing. March 14—La Liberated. Salvador, almost destroyed by dynamite ex plosion and fire, 150 lives lost. March 21—One thousand dead. 3, 000 injured In fire at Hakodate. Ja pan. April 4—25 lives lost In Oklahoma floods. » April 7—Fifty Norwegians killed when huge cliff fell Into a fjord. April 21—Mine explosion in Jugo slavia killed 150. May 7—Eighty-seven men killed In mine disaster at Buggtngen. Ger many. May 15—Liner Olympic rammed and sank Nantucket lightship-, seven drowned. Mine blast In Belgium killed 41. I-*k« steamer In Finland sank; 21 drowned. May 19—Chicago Union Stock yard* partly destroyed by $8,000, 000 fire. May 26—Landslide In Kwantung province, China, killed 250. June 1—Forty children killed by hurricane near Nanehlng, China. June 7—Two thousand killed by hurricane In Salvador. June 9—Air liner crashed and burned In the Catskills; seven per sons killed. June 11—Floods destroyed Hon duras town; 1,000 lives lost. July 17—Disastrous earthquake at David, Panama. July 18—Floods In southern Po land took scores of lives. Aug 4—Three hundred die In floods In Persia. Sept. 8—Ward liner Morro Castle burned off New Jersey coast; 134 persons perished. Sept. 17—Nome. Alaska, destroyed by fire; loss $2,000,000. Sept. 21—Japan swept by destruc tive typhoon; more than 2,000 killed. Mine explosion at Wrexham, Wales, killed 261 men. Oct, 21—Disastrous storm along northwest coast of United States. Nov. 15-—Scores killed by typhoon In Philippines. Dec. 5—Rarthquakes In Honduras destroyed three towns. Dec. 11—-Hotel In Lansing, Mich., burned; about 40 lives lost. NECROLOGY Jan. 1—•#ucob Wassermann, Ger man novelist. Jan. 4—Prof. H. C. Warren, Princeton university psychologist. Jan. 7—Robert Simpson, American novelist and editor, Jan. 9—Miss Alice French (Octave Thanet), American novelist. Jail. 10 Frank P. Glass of Ala bama, editor and publisher. Jan. 12—Almaro Sato, Japanese diplomat. Jan. 14—Walker D. Hines, former director general of American rail roads. Gen, Jean Marchand of France, center figure of Fashoda tort Incid ent. Jan. 16—John i^herwln. Cleveland banker. Jan. 18—Joseph Devlin, Irish na tlouallst leader. Jan. 19—Harrison Fisher, Amer ican artist. Jan. 20—Edward .1, Brundage, Re publican leader, In Lake Forest, 111. Dr. Lincoln Itulley, president Stetson university, Deland, Fla. Jan. 21—Johr H. MoCooey, Tam many leader ot Brooklyn, N. Y. Amelia Summerville, former stage star. Jan. 22—Dr. Mary L. H, Black, southern educator. Jan. 30— Frank N, Doubleday, New York publisher. Jan. 31—Walter Wellman, pioneer aeronaut and veteran Journalist. Feb. 2—Gilbert M. Hitchcock, for mer senator from Nebraska. Feb. 3—Montague Glass, American writer. Eleanora de Cisneros, operatic star, in New York. Feb. 13—August AnheuHer Busch of St. Louts, brewery magnate. William Travers Jerome of New York. Charles R. Flint, shipowner and financier. Feb. 14—Melvin A. Traylor, Chi cago banker. Feb. 17—Albert, king of the Bel gians. Feb. 18—John R. Rogers, co-ln ventor of the Mergenthaler linotype machine, in New York. Feb. 22—Representative Joseph L. H-'oper of Michigan. Feb. 23—Sir Edward Elgar, Brit ish composer. Corse Peyton, veteran American actor. Feb. 25—Dr. Daniel W. Protheroe of Chicago, composer and director. John McGraw, veteran baseball manager. Feb. 27—Dr. Henry O. King, edu cator, in Oberlln, Ohio. March 4—John Alden, poet and editor, in Brooklyn, N. Y. William Astor Chanler, explorer and soldier, In Mentone. Frunce. March 11—Margaret Illington Bowes, former stage star. March 14—Mrs. Fannie Osborn Porteous, tlrst "Topsy" of stage, at Watertown, S. D. March 15—John A. Simpson. Okla homa City, president of the Nation al Farmers' union. March 21—Lilyan Tashman. movie actress, in New York. March 23—John M. Harlan, lawyer. In New York. March 25—MaJ. Gen. George O. Squler in Washington. March 29—Otto Kahn, banker. In New York. April 1—Edward W. Pou, con gressman, In Washington. April 9-—William Wallace Mc Dowell, American minister to Irish Free State. Mother Hyacinth, founder of Pas sionate order In United States. April 10—Theodore Douglas Rob inson at Little Falls, N. Y. April 11—Alfredo Zayas. ex-pres ident of Cuba. Sir Gerald Du Maurler, British actor. April 14—Justice W. C. Owen of Wisconsin supreme court. April 16—John J. lllulne, former governor of Wisconsin and United States senator. Edwin V. Morgan, former diplo mat. . „ , April 18—Alfred Juergens of Chi cago, artist. April 2U—C. H. Allon. former gov ernor of Puerto Hico. April 21—Federal Judge W. B. Sheppard at Jacksonville, Fin. April 22—Mrs. Cornelius Vander bilt, sr., in New York. William Thaw, veteran of Lafay ette Escadrllfe. April 24—l>r. Paul ghorey. Greek scholar, in Chicago. Fay Hempstead poet laureute of Free Masonry, In Little Hock, Ark. April 29—Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, noted Indian tighter. Lr. W. H. Welch, pathologist, at Baltimore. May 2—William C. Proctor of Cin cinnati, manufacturer. May 3—William H. Woodin, ex secretary of the treasury. May 7—William Gardner, naval architect. In Bayhead, N. J. May 9—Joy Morton of Chicago, salt company head May 11—William E. Corey, for mer head of United States Steel cor poration. May 14—Charles De Garmo, ex presiilent of Swarthmore college. May 17—Cass Gilbert. American arch i tcct. * May 19—Willis J. Abbott, veteran editor, in Brookline, Mass. Dr. William Hoskins, famous chemist, In Chicago. May 22—Joseph M. Dixon, ex-gov ernor of Montana. May 24—Brand Whitlock, former ambassador to Belgium. May 25—William B. Wilson, first secretary of labor, Frank Lascelles. English sculptor and painter. Archbishop Nell McNeil of Toronto. May 28—J. F. J. Archibald, war correspondent, in Hollywood, Calif, Samuel T. Clover, journalist. In Los Angeles. Prof. F. J. Pyre of University of Wisconsin. May 29—Jackson Barnett, wealth iest Indian, tn Los Angeles. Admiral Togo, Japanese war hero. May 31—Lew Cody, screen actor. Juno 2--James Holph, Jr., gover nor of California. Maj Gen. James Parker, retired. June 4—Hev. C. L. O’Donnell, president of Notre Dame university. June 6—Dr. C. A. Ilcdblom of Chi cago, surgeon. June 7—James Keeley, vice pres ident of Pullman company and for mer editor. June 16—Hal Skelly, American ac tor. June 18—Tom Masson, author and editor. Fourth Duke of Wellington. June 20—Thorne Smith, American author. June 24—Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, former governor and sen ator. June 17—Eugene M. Rhodes, his torian of the west. Milton C. Work, bridge expert. June 28—Zaro Agha. 180 years old. In Istanbul. Clifford O. Roe of Chicago, noted crusader against whits slavery. June 80—The duke of Marlbor ough. July 1—Chester I. Long, former senator from Kansas. July 8—Prince Consort Henry of the Netherlands. July 4-—Mine. Marie Curie, co-dls eoverer of radium, in France. Chaim Bialik of Vienna, Hebrew poet July 8—Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago, former seoretary of the treasury. Mrs. Maud Radford Warren, Amer ican author. July 13—Hugh Frayne, prominent union labor leader. July 14—Julian Hawthorne, auth or, only son of Nathaniel Haw thorne. July 16—Louis Ferdinand Gott schalk, veteran composer and con ductor of light opera. July 21-—Col. J. T. Axton. former chief of chaplains of United States army. July 24—Bishop John W. Hamil- i ton, dean of Methodist board of j bishops. July 25—Engelbert Dollfuss, chancellor of Austria. Francois Coty of Paris, perfumer. July 27—Marshal L. H. Lyautey, French soldier July 28—Marie Dressier, actress. Henry Irving Dodge, author and playwright. July 2'J—J. L McLaurtn, former senator from South Carolina. July 20—Paul May. Belgian am bassador to United States. Aug. 2—Paul von Hindenburg, president of Germany. Aug. 6—Ida Mulle. veteran light opera actress. Aug. 7—William E. Vare, veteran Republican leader of Philadelphia. Aug. 12—Augustus Thomas, Amer ican playwright. Aug 13—Mary Austin, American novelist. Aug. 14—Raymond Hood, archi tect. Aug. 15—Albert B. Dick, Chicago Inventor and manufacturer. Prof. F. E. Seagrave, astronomer, at Providence, R. I. G. A. Kingsbury of Chicago, vet eran theatrical manager. Aug. ID—Henry T. Rainey of Illi nois, speaker of the house. Sir Nigel Playfair, English actor and manager. Aug. 25—Hugo victor rellx, com poser, In Hollywood. Calif. Aug. 30—Charles B. Dillingham, veteran theatrical producer In New York, Aug. 31—MaJ. Oen. II. O. Bishop, United States army. Sept. 2 Buss Columbo, screen ac tor and radio crooner, in Dos An geles. Sept. 3—Dr. G. C. Brandenburg of Purdue university. Arthur A. Fowler of New York, sportsman and author. Sept. 4—Arthur Jordan of Indian apolis, philanthropist and Industrial ist. Sept. 6—Gen. Theodore Bingham of New York. Sept. 10—Count Joseph Karolyl, Hungarian legitimist leader. Sept. 12—Catherine Breshkovsk aya, Russian revolutionist, in Prague. Sept. 13—William Dorlmer. former senator from Illinois. Dr. Bertl.old Baufer of Chicago, anthropologist. Sept. 16—C. B. McNaught, Cana dian financier. Sept. 16—Ruth Hale of New York, writer and feminist. 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In the adjoining southern province of Kwangtung, large im ports of rice were made from abroad, at lower costs than those at which the thirty or forty million Cantonese could purchase rice from Hunan, a few hundred miles distant. To transport rice overland from Hunan Into Kwangtung necessitates the use of carrying coolies. The av erage human beast of burden will carry 125 pounds 13 miles a day for 10 cents Chinese currency (United Stntes $0.14) or the equivalent of about United Stntes $0.15 per ton per mile. The average rate for freight on American railways is $0,011 per ton per mile. Overland transportation In China, where railways nre not available, thus averages about 12 times as much as does railway transportation in the United States. The people of Canton can better afford to purchase their rice in California and pay the trans-Pacific freight charges than take It from tliolr northern neighbor, Hunan, and pay coolie-carrying charges. 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