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THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Puoiwnea Dally Except Sunday
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By EDWARD W. PICKARD
Back to Normalcy was the ► ■ i'nn
of 1921, not only In America but In
all the civilized nations of the world. ]
hut minor wars, Internal ecoiiorni. <1/- ,
turbancea, chaotic financial ™ ■ ' i"i'S
In Europe, widespread uneitipl ■•■men;
famine in Russia and Other bin
made progress In the right <1 : • "
slow, excepting, perhaps, in the United
States.
When the year opened the peoples
were groaning under the burden or
taxation and depression resulting from
the World war. As It drew to n closo
they were still groaning but had 1h ; o-
fully turned their eyes toward Wash-
ington, where the representatives of
great powers were negotiating Inter-
national agreements that would elim-
inate some of the causes of war, es-
pecially In the Far East, and limit
the means of making war. In the
success of this conference and of oth-
ers that might grow out of it lay for
the tline being the hope of humanity.
Efforts to enforce the terms of the
treaty of Versailles resulted In con-
flicts among some of the new nations
created by (hat pact, and several of
the older nations were Involved In
warfare, Germany, working fast to
recover her old position In the world
of commerce, was hampered by the
disastrous decline in the value of the
mark, and her leaders protested con-
tinually that she could not possibly
pay the war Indemnity. Peace negoti-
ations between the British government
and Sinn Fein were brought to n suc-
cessful conclusion by which the Irish
Free State was constituted.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
The League of Nations, though
functioning without the co-operation
of the United States, accomplished
much during the year, chiefly through
Its council, which met In Paris on
February 21 and immediately referred
proposed amendments to the covenant
to a committee. President Wilson,
who during January bad withdrawn
the American representatives from the
council of ambassadors and the repa-
rations commission, on February 23
sent to the league council a strong
protest against the Inclusion of the
Island of Yap In territories subjected
to the mandate of Japan, and also
formally demanded for America a
voice in the disposal of the former
German colonies. The council In re-
ply said It was not concerned with
the allocation of Yap to Japan and
invited the United States to take part
in discussions concerning the Turkish
snd African mandates. A month after
the Republican administration took
office Secretary of State Hughes reit-
erated Mr. Wilson's stand concerning
Yap and mandates in general, and
later France and Italy Indorse.! Amer-
ica's position In the controversy over
the Island, though Japan formally re-
fused to give up her mandate. There-
after that dispute was the subject of
long drawn-out negotiations between
the United States and Japan which
led to a treaty by which the United
States was assured tgjual rights In
Yap and other islands mandated to
Japan.
The council of ambassadors In Janu-
ary gave Germany more time to dis-
arm, appointed a commission to puss
on Austria's economic status, decided
that Latvia and Esthonta should be
recognized as sovereign states, and
then flxed the German reparations at
228,000,000,OOo told mnr s |> \.Me In
annual Installments, and 12 pi r cent
tax on exports during the period of
payment. This reparation) decision
created consternation in (icimuny and
Kerlln at once began efforts to per-
auade the United Stules to Intervene
In her behalf. The Wilson administra-
tion made no response, but on April
2 Secretary Hughes Informed (or
many the United States would not
countenance her e^eapUig full rc^mi,
slhlllty for tl.e war or gett uj •• ■
paying to the limit of her ahllii>. \
few days curlier, Iterlln having failed
to make the first payments, French
troops occupied Duesseldorf, Intl.
burg urn! Hub ron Tin. British
Jected strongly to this Independent
action and Frani e tltlulre it i,|
be tedious to detail the negotiations
over the reparations bill. Suillfe It to
say that Germany, with Doctor Wlrth
as chancellor, was compelled to n,
cept the figures of 1,'Viixmmkhmkki ,.i,|
marks finally decided on by the su-
preme council, made the payments due
during the year but, on I >• , mber i I
announced that the in major part of
the sum* due In the ourl\ part of
1(122 could not lie raised And since
many economists agreed tbut to drive
her Into absolute hankrui ti \ would
be disastrous to the rest of the world,
toward the close of the year there
was Increasing talk of arranging a
moratorium of two to three years for
her. France was the chief objector
to such delay, as she relied on Mie
money due her from Germany, out
*he si owed signs of yielding to the
general view. Division of Upper
Silesia between Germany and Poland
caused a lot of trouble. A plebiscite
was 1 > Id there In March, but both
sides ns-, rted It was unfair and early
in May the region was Invaded by
Polish Irregulars. Thinly veiled support
was given them by the Warsaw gov-
eminent and also by the French and
there sui ■ eede<J a long series of fights
between them and German volunteer
forces. The entente cordlale of the
allies wua near to rupture, but In June
British troops entered the territory
and began clearing out the Poles. The
dispute was referred to the league
council wl "h It, October announced
(lie t.nuij ary I ■ • - Neither Germany
i, I'i i; iid was ■ tlslied but both ac-
cepted tlie decision.
All through the year the Greeks
fought the Turkish nationalists in
Anatolia, with varying fortune, while
the allied power* held aloof, though
offering mediation which Greece re-
fused. In November France made a
treaty with the Kemallst government
which aroused protests from Great
Britain and led to diplomatic negotia-
tions.
The United States formally made
pi'; e with the central powers, the
treaty with Austria being signed Au-
gust 24, that with Germany AuguBt 25,
and the pact with Hungary August 20.
In these treaties America reserved all
that was given her by the treaty of
Versailles which the senate had re-
fused to ratify.
President Harding on July 10 Is-
sued Informal Invitations to Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan to
send representatives to Washington
for a conference on limitation of
armament and Far East questions. I
Acceptance from all was already as
sured by a process of "feeling out," |
and on AugusP 11 the formal Invita-
tions went out, China, Belgium, Hol-
land and Portugal being asked to par-
ticipate In discussions Involving the
Far East The foremost statesmen of
these nine powers were named as
delegates and on November 12 the mo-
mentous conference opened with im-
posing ceremony. Almost Immediate-
ly Secretary# Hughes put forward
America's plan for reduction and
limitation of naval armament, Includ-
ing a naval holiday for ten years, the
scrapping of all shipbuilding pro-
grams, destruction of vessels to a cer-
tain point and the maintenance of
the navies of America, Great Britain
and Japan on a B-ti-3 basis. The plan
was formally accepted by the delegates
of those nations on December 15, and
to the agreement were added clauses
for the preservation of the status tfuo
of naval bases and fortification In the
western Pacific.
Of almost equal Importance wns the
four-power pact accepted by the con-
ference on Decetnlter 1R. This was
cast In the form of a treaty by which
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Japan agreed to maintain
peace In the Pacific, the Anglo-Jap-
anese treaty being abrogated.
China offered some very difficult
problems to the conference and all the
demands of her delegates were not
satisfied. The conferees, however, did
enter Into an agreement to remove
many of the foreign restrictions on
China and to respect the territorial
and administrative Integrity of the
oriental republic and preserve the open
door for trade and Industry of all na
tlons. Direct negotiations between the'
Chinese and Japanese delegates re-
sulted In Japan's agreeing to restore
Shantung province to China upon re-
ceiving payment for the railway.
It was evident from the first that
the conference could not do much in
the mntter of limitation of land arma-
ments so long as the situation In cen-
tral Europe remained so unsettled.
Premier Brland was present to give
voice to France's needs of protection
and fears of aggression by Germany
and possibly by Russia. His eloquent
speech so far convinced the confer-
ence that the other powers gave as-
surance that France would never be
left In the "moral isolation" which she
feared.
President Harding has clung to his
idea that an association of nations can
be formed which would do what the
League of Nations cannot do, and on
November 2.1 he put forwnrd the sug-
gestion of a continuing series of con-
ferences like that In Washington,
which presumably might result In the
formation of the asMx-latlon. The
Idea was received with favor every-
where, except that the French de-
murred at the proposed inclusion of
Germany.
Irish Free S'nte. A treaty to this
effect was rallied by the British par-
liament and submitted to dall elreann.
Ulster was i ot consulti I. but was
given the option of becoming a part
of the Irish Free state or retaiidng
her status. Angrily she chose the
latter.
Charles, ex-emperor of Austria-Hun-
gary, made"two futile efforts to regain
the Hungarian throne. On March 27 he
appeared in Hungary without force*
and claimed the crown, but Itegent
Horthy refused to step eslde. Czecho-
slovakia, JugoSlartn and Rumania
mobilized to frustrate the conp and the
allied council of ambassadors warned
Hungary that the restoration of the
Hapsburg regime would not be to or-
ated. So Charles returned to his place
of refuge In Switzerland. But he was
not through, for on October 21 he and
his wife, Zlta, went by airplane to
Hungary and rallied a considerable
number of supporters who proclaimed
Charles king. Again the "little en-
tente" prepare<] for action, but Regent
Horthy led his army out of Budapest
and defeated the Carllsts In a real bat-
tle. The former emperor and empress
were taken prisoner, as were a number
of prominent Hungarian nobles. The
allies decreed that Charles must be
exiled, and In November he and Zlta
were taken to Funchal, Madeira.
Russia's year was one of fighting,
famine and effort to resume relations
with other nations. The soviet gov-
ernment held Its own against repeated
revolts, which Included risings of the
worklngmen of Moscow, of peas-
ants under Antonov, and an Invasion
of the Ukraine by Petlura, wld'h for
a tltne threatened to be successful.
Failure of the crops brought a terrible
famine In the Volga region. Many
thousands starved to death and even
the American relief administration,
which took charge of the situation,
could only partially check the disaster.
In seeking to break through the ring
of isolation surrounding It, the Moscow
government gradually receded from Its
communistic principles. It sought the
aid of foreign capital, and on August
8 it abandoned state ownership of all
but a few of the largest Industries.
Treaties were made with the Baltic
states and with Turkey, and tempt-
ing offers of concessions were held
out to other nations. In a notable
pronouncement on October 21 Premier
Lenin admitted the economic defeat
of communism.
Old King Peter of Serbia died In
Belgrade on August 17, and fofir days
later his son Alexander was pro-
claimed king of Jugo-Slavla. He was
reluctant to leave Paris, however, and
It was not until November (! that he
went to Belgrade and assumed his
crown. Portugal was upset by sev-
eral revolutionary movements toward
the close of the year. On August 19
the ministry was overthrown by a mili-
tary coup and several cabinet mem-
bers, Including Premier Granjo, were
assassinated. A few days later a plot
(if the royalists was uncovered, and in
November Car-valho Mesqulta led a re-
volt. Because of these disorders and
of the spread of bolshevism the pow-
ers began consideration of a plan for
Intervention. Spain had rebels, also—
the tribesmen of Morocco. Against
them she maintained a wearying and
expensive warfare for months. And
while on the subject of rebellion, men-
tion must be made of the revolt of
the Moplahs on the Malabar coast of
India, which caused the British gov-
ernment much annoyance and not a
few lives.
There were communist outbreaks in
Germany In March, and on August 2(5
Mathlas Erzberger, the German states-
man who signed the treaty of Ver-
sailles, was assassinated. Doctor Wlrth,
who became chancellor on May 10, re-
signed with his cabinet on October 22,
but was persuaded to remain In office
and form a new ministry. In Novem-
ber there were riots In many German
cities due to the high prices of food.
The chauvinistic element In Japan
was active, especially after the Wash-
ington conference opened, and on No-
vember 3 Premier Hara was assassi-
nated. Viscount Takahashl succeeded
him. The emperor of Japan suffered
a complete mental and physical break-
down some time last year, anil Crown
Prince Illrohlto was made regent on
November 25. He had lately returned
from a tour of Europe.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
During the first six montliB of the
year the guerrilla warfare between the
British forces in Ireland and the Irish
"republicans" Continued unabated.
Murders by the Sinn Felners and re-
prisals by the British were of almost
dally occurrence. The Irish were espe-
cially exasperated by the execution of
a number of prisoners convicted of
complicity In the killing of soldiers.
The appointment of Lord Tnlbot, lead-
ing British Roman Catholic, as lord
lieutenant of Ireland, failed of Its ef-
fect. On May 25 the Sinn Felners
burned the Dublin custom house, aud
on June 80 they reelected Enmonu de
Valern president of the "Irish repub-
lic." Meanwhile the new government of
northern Ireland was organized, with
Sir James Crnlg as premier, and on
June 22 King George went ncroas to
open the Ulster parliament. Do Valora
on July II accepted the Invitation of
Premier Lloyd George to a conference
In London, and truce was announced.
Then began the series of negotiations
that lasted through the remainder of
the year. Offers and counter-offers
were made, and finally Britain prof-
fered Irelnnd full status as a dominion
wlthlO the empire, to be known as the
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
During the early part of the year
the country was preparing for the
change of administration on March •!.
President-elect Harding resigned as
senator from Ohio on January 0, and
tho next day he asked that prepara-
tions for an elaborate Inauguration be
canceled, feeling that It would be In-
consistent with the urgent need for
economy. On February 10 Mr. Hur-
ding announced the appointment of
Charles E. Hughes as his secretary of
state—a choice that met with general
approval—and on succeeding days he
completed hi* cabinet with these
names: Secretary of the treasury, An-
drew W. Mellon; secretary of war,
John W. Weeks; attorney general,
Hnrry M. Dougherty; postmaster gen-
eral, Will H. Hays; secretary of the
navy, Edwin Denby; secretary of the
Interior, Albert B. Fall; secretary of
agriculture, Henry C, Wallace; secre-
tary of commerce, Herbert Hoover;
secretary of labor, James J. Davis. Mr.
Harding was Inaugurated on March 4
with simple, dignified ceremony, and
President Wilson, despite his contin-
ued Illness, was able to be present.
The senate, In extra session, confirmed
the cabinet and a number of other ap-
pointments, and adjourned on March
16.
On the first day of tho year General
Crowder whs sent by President Wil-
son to Cuba to see what could be done
to restore financial and economic con-
ditions there upset by the collapse of
the sugar bourn. He remained on th«
island fur a long time and succeeded
In his nil-s on to a considerable ex-
tent. On April 11 telephone communi-
cation between the United States and
Cuba was opened by an exchange of
greetings between Presidents Harding
and Menocal.
The United States Supreme court
rendered several notable decisions. On
January 31 It held that Judge Landis
had no lawful right or power to pre-
side over the trial of Victor Berger and
other Socialists, (in March 28 It ruled
that profits from sale of corporate
stocks and bonds and capital assets
are taxable as Income. On April 11 it
refused to review the convictions of
Haywood and 7!i other I. W. W. mem-
bers. The conviction of Senator New-
berry of Michigan and others for al-
leged violation of the corrupt prac-
tices act was set aside on May 2, the
act being held void. On June 30 Wil-
liam Howard Taft was appointed chief
Justice und was sworn In on October 3.
The unemployment situation be-
came so bad during the summer that
President Harding called a conference
of experts on the subject. It began its
sess , us on September 26 and, after a
long study, established a central bu-
reau and started local employment
movements throughout the country.
The resulting relief was but partial,
for business itself was suffering a gen-
eral depression.
One of the worst race riots In the
history of the country broke out In
Tulsa, Okla., on May 31. Before it
was quelled the negro quarter of the
city had been burned and 35 persons
had been killed and many wounded.
Labor troubles of long stnndlng In
West Virginia culminated In an Insur-
rectionary movement by miners which
called forth a proclamation by the
President ordering them to disperse,
federal ti were sent Into the re-
gion and the miners soon surrendered.
A commission, headed by Gen. Leon-
ard Winnl, was sent to the Philippines.
It reported In November, recommend-
ing against immediate withdrawal of
the United States from the Islands.
Meantime General Wood was offered
and accepted the post of governor gen-
eral.
The American Legion, In session at
Kansas City, elected Lieut. Col. Ilan-
ford MacNider of Iowa Its national
commander on November 1. The Le-
gion had as guests Marshal Fyeh of
France, General Diaz of Italy, Ad-
miral Beatty jif England and other
distinguished warriors. These same
visitors and many other eminent per-
sons participated, on Armistice Day,
Nov. 11, in the ceremony of the burial
of America's unknown soldier In the
National cemetery at Arlington.
Under the budget law which was
passed in May Gen. Chorles G.
Dawes was appointed director general
of the federal budget and he and his
aids made notable progress In the way
of cutting down the expenses of the
government.
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Not a great deal of legislation wus
passed by the Republican congress
during the last two months of Presi-
dent Wilson's administration. The
President vetoed the bill to revive the
War Finance corporation on January
2, and congress promptly repassed It.
On January 12, $7,100,000 was appro-
priated for enforcement of prohibition.
The house decided, on January 111, that
its membership should not be In-
creased. After much debute congress
set the limit of the regular army at
175,1X10 men. Mr. Wilson vetoed the
measure, but It wus passed over his
veto. On February 2(i the President
signed the Winslow bill, making avail-
able to the lallroaos $370,000,000 from
the government guarantee fund.
President Harding called congress
in extra session on April 11 and nearly
all the rest of the year It was busy
with the task of redeeming the pledges
of the Republican party, with what
success must be left to individual
Judgment. Among the first bills passed
were emergency tariff and Immigra-
tion acts; a new army hill cutting the
army down to 150,(X)0; and the budget
bill, (in April 30 the senate adopted
a resolution declaring the war with
Germany and Austria at an end; on
June 13 the house adopted a resolu-
tion of similar purport, and the meas-
ure was dually passed on July 1 and
signed the next day by President
Harding. Repeated efforts to pass a
soldiers' bonus bill came to naught,
but a soldiers' relief bureau was cre-
ated on August 2 and Col. C. R. Forbes
was made Its director. The house
passed both a tax revision bill and a
tariff bill, but the senate did not get
around to the latter. The tax meas-
ure wits enacted Into law on Novem-
ber 21.
Among other Important measures
passed were a bill to exempt American
coastwise shipping from payment of
Panama canal tolls; a bill for govern-
ment regulation of the packing Indus-
try; the $48,500,000 shipping board
deficiency bill; the bllllon-dolhir farm
exports credit bill; and various mens
tires relating to enforcement of the
prohibition amendment, Including one
forbidding the manufacture and sale
of beer as medicine.
The o\tr session came to an end
on November 23, and on December 5
congress met for the regular session.
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL
Two strong tendencies In the world
of labor marked the year In the United
States. One wns toward n reduction
of wages, n* a part of tho "return to
normalcy," and the other was toward
the establishment of the open shop.
Naturally both were contested hy or-
ganised labor, not wholly successfully.
The railway executives took the lend
In both movements, but hnd many fol-
lowers. In January the national con-
ference of state manufacturers' asso-
ciations pled?.*! saw** for the 01'en
shop movement. On the last day of
that montb the railway executives
asked that the national working agree-
ments be abrogated; the rallroao
brotherhoods appealed to President
Wilson to prevent wage reductions hut
lie refused to interfere. By order of
the railway labor board some of the
working agreements were terminated
on July 1 and a wage cut averaging U
per cent was put into effect. The rail-
ways later announced they would ask
further wage cuts. The membership
of the brotherhoods decided by vote
that a strike should be called on Oeto-
ber 80, but nine tilled unions refuse d
to support such a strike, and on an
nouncement by the board that it would
not consider wage cut requests until •
all working rule questions had been ,
decided the strike order was canceled. 1
On December 1 the board reconstituted
the working rules so that tlie opeu
shop principle was recognized.
In the packing industry there was a 1
wage reduction in March and a strike I
was narrowly averted. In September j
the large packing plants installed the |
shop representation system and in N#
vember, under this plan, the employees
consented to a further reductiot of 10
per cent. The meat cutters repudiated
this and cafled a strike on Dec. 5.
There were many minor strikes,
most 'of them short lived. Samuel
Gompers was re-elected president of
the American Federation of Labor
which held its convention in Denver
in June.
Great Britain's coal, miners went on
strike on March 1 and for nearly four
months the nation's lndustrh-s were
near collapse. The rail and transport
workers refused to go out and the
government would not yield to the
demands that the mines be national-
ized, so the miners returned to work
on June 28 without having gained
much.
SPORTS
It was n great year for sports In
all lines there was activity and pros-
perity, nnd International contests
were numerous.
Organized baseball, which had suf-
fered from the White Sox scandal,
rehabilitated Itself by the appoint-
ment of Judge Landis as supreme ar-
biter. The New York (Hants and the
New York Yankees won the National
and American league pennants, re-
spectively, and in the s, . n*s for the
world ehnmplonshtp the Giants were
victorious. The former members of
the Chicago White Sox who were ac-
cused of conspiracy to "throw the 1! 1!)
world's series" were acquitted by a
Jury, though not hy public opinion.
Jock Hutchinson of America won
the British open golf championship In
June. In tills country the titles went
as follows: Western amateur, Charles
Evans, Jr.; national open, James M.
Barnes; western open, Walter Hagen;
national amateur. Jesse Guilford.
The feature In pugilism was the
battle for the world's heavyweight
title between Jack Dempsey and
Georges Carpentler of France on July
2. The Frenchman was knocked out
In the fourth round. Benny Leonard
defended the lightweight title against
Richie Mitchell on January 14; Jack
Britton, welterweight champion, de-
feated Ted Lewis of England on Feb-
ruary 7, and Pete Herman won the
bantamweight title from Joe Lynch on
July 25.
Davis and Johnston, the American
tennis team, won the Davis cup in
New Zealand on January 1, and TI1-
den won 'the International champion-
ship In I'arls on June 4, and the
American championship on September
19. The Americans again won the
Davis cup on September 3 by defeat-
ing the Japanese team.
The University of Illinois won the
Western Conference track nnd field
meet nnd the National Collegiate
athletic meet in June. Yale defeated
Harvard In their annual boat race on
June 24. The University of Iowa won
the Western Conference football
championship, and Harvard beat Yale
on November 19. The East was given
two jolts In football, for the Univer-
sity of Chicago defeated Princeton
and Centre college of Kentucky beat
Harvard.
On November 23 young Jake Schaef-
er won the world's balkllne champion-
ship Irtng held by Willie Hoppe.
NECROLOGY
Just, the names of the well-known
men and women who passed away in
1921 would lill much space. Among the
shining marks found by Death were
these: Jan. 1, Dr. Theobald von Beth-
mann-llollwcgg, former German Impe-
rial chancellor; Jan. 3, Ferdinand
Schleslnger, Wisconsin capitalist; Jan.
7, James G. Scripps, puhlishei of many
newspapers; Jan. 13, Henry Bernhardt,
famous American art collector and
dealer; Jun. 19, Daniel Barto, profes-
sor of agriculture In the University of
Illinois; Jan. 21, Congressman Charles
Booher of Missouri, and Slary M. Whit-
ney, famous astronomer at Vassar; Jan.
22, "Cap" Strceter, the noted Chicago
lake front squatter; Jan. 30, John
Francis Murphy, American landscape
palates; Jan. 31, Gov. F. H. Parkhurst
of Maine.
Feb. 2, Cardinal Ferrari, archbishop
of Milan, and l.tilgl Manlcelll, noted
composer; Feb. K, Prince Kropotkln.
nihilist leader, aud Prof. Barrett Wen
dell of Harvard ; Feb. 9, James Gibbous
lltineker, music critic and author; Feb.
22, W. F. McCoiahs, former Demo-
cratic national chairman; Feb. 21. Dr.
K. J. V. HkllT, director of the Field
Museum of ('hlcugn.
March 1, Nicholas I, king of Monte-
negro; March 2, Congressman Champ
Chilli of Missouri; March 11, S. W.
liurnhum, eminent astronomer ol Chi.
ctiL-i: M rch 17, Dr. F. W. Gunsnulus,
edn lecturer and preacher, of
go; March 19, Bert Lest on Tay-
lor of ti,.- Chicago Tribune, most fa
in,,us "column conductor"; March 24,
James Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop of
Baltimore; llarch 2<i. Mrs. George M.
Pullman, widow of the car builder,
and Charles lladdon Chambers, Aus-
tralian playwright; March 29, John
Burroughs, beloved American natura.-
1st.
April 3, Annie Louise Cary, once
famous prima donna; April 8, Julie
Opp, actress and B. E. Wallace, pioneer
circus man; April 9, Archbishop Walsh
of Dublin, Sydney Fisher, Canadian
statesman, and Ernesto Nathan, former
mayor of Home; April 11, Augusta
Victoria, former empress of Germany
April 30, John Robinson, noted circus
owner.
May 3, Dr. W. R. Brooks, astrono-
mer ; May fi, J. A. Sicklier, editor Les-
lie's Weekly; May 11, Alf llytnan, the-
atrical manager; May ir>, Former Sen-
ator T. B. Catron of New Mexico; May
18, Former Secretary of the Interior
Franklin B. Lane; May 19, Edward D.l
White, chief justice of the United]
States Supreme court; May 29, Gen.
Horace Porter, war veteran and diplo-
mat. ^
June 5, W. T. Crooks, noted British
labor leader; June 7, Alvln T. Ilert,
Republican leader of Kentucky; June 8,
Col. F. W. Galbrulth, Jr., national com-
mander of the American Legion; June
1,",, Gen. .11isc Gomez, former president
ef Cuba, and II. C. Ide, former gover-
nor general of the Philippines; June
15, Judge W. A. Blount of Florida,
president of the American Bar asso-
ciation; June 16, William E. Mason,
congressman-at-large from Illinois;
June 22, Dr. Morris Jnstrow, authority
on Semitic literature, and Gen. C. II.
Taylor, editor of the Boston Globe;
June 28, Charles J. Bonaparte of Bal-
timore; June 29, Lady Randolph
Churchill.
July 3, John F. Wallace, eminent en-
gineer; July 10, Douglas Story, author
and journalist ; July 12, Harry Hawker,
famous British aviator; July IS, l'r.
W. E. Stone, president of Purdue uni-
versity; July 29, Robert E. Burke,
prominent Democrat of Chicago, and
Charles 1!. Cory, ornithologist; July 31,
Edgar Saltus, author.
Aug. 2, Enrico Caruso, the famous
operatic tenor; Aug. ti, John G. Jen-
kins, Wisconsin jurist; Aug. 11, Wil-
liam C. Hook, jurist, of Kansas; Aug.
12, Alexander Block, noted Russian
poet; Aug. 13, Samuel I'. Colt, leader In
rubber Industry ; Aug. 17, King Peter of
Serbia; Aug. 19, Demetrios Rhallys,
Greek statesman; Aug. 23, Sir Sam
Hughes of Canada; Aug. 2.j, Peter
Cooper Hewitt, noted American Inven-
tor; Aug. 31, Field Marshal Count von
Buelow. German war leader.
Sept. 2, Austin Dobson, English
poet; Sept. 11, Former Senator George
P. Wetmore of Rhode Island; Sept. 15,
Peer Stromme, American author and
journalist; Sept. 21, Sir Ernest Cas-
sel, British financier; Sept. 28, Engel-
bert Ilumperdinck, German composer.
Oct. 1, Former Federal Judge Peter
Grosseup of Chicago; Oct. 2, David
Bispham, American baritone, and Wll-
| llam 11. former king of Wurnemberg;
(let. 12, I'hilander Cave Knox, senator
from Pennsylvania; Oct. 18, I.udwig
III, former king of Bavaria; Oct. 21,
Maj. Gen. W. W. Wotherspoon, U. S.
jA.; Oct. 25, "Bat" Masterson, writer
and former noted westerner; Oct. 20,
j Henry Oyen, American novelist.
Nov. 3, Dan Hanna, capitalist and
publisher, of Cleveland, O.; Nov. 5,
| Rev. Antoinette Blackwell, first woman
ordained as a minister in the United
States; Nov. 13, C. 1l. Prior of St.
, Paul, railway builder, and Mrs. George
i J. Gould; Nov. 20, Lawrence C. Earl,
I American painter; Nov. 22, Christine
, Nllsson, Countess de Casa Miranda,
once famous operatic soprano, and
| Henry M. Ilyndman, British socialist
I leader; Nov. 27, Lieut. Col. C. W.
Whittlesey, hero of the "lost battal-
ion;" Nov. 28, Abdul Baha Abbas, lead-
er of the Bahalsts; Nov. 20, Ivan
Caryll, composer, and Lord Mount Ste-
phen, creator of the Canadian Pacific
railway system.
Dec. 10, Sir Arthur Pearson, famous
blind publisher of England; Dec. 11,
the earl of Ilalsburj, former British
lord high chancellor; Dec. 12, II. Clay
Evans of Tennessee, former commis-
sioner of pensions; Dec, 15, Congress-
i man .T. A. Elston of California, who
committed suicide; Dec. 10, Camllle
Snlnt-Sacns, noted French composer.
DISASTERS
Floods, tornadoes and conflagrations
cost many lives and vast property
losses in 1921. A four-million-dollar
flre destroyed the business section of
Athens. Ga., on- January 24. The Ar-
mour grain elevator in Chicago, larg-
est in the world, was wrecked by flre
and explosion on March 10, the loss
being $0,000,000. A thousand houses
in Tokyo were destroyed by flames in
March, and in April tiro in Manila
rendered 15,000 homeless nnd 4,000
buildings were burned in Hakodate,
Japan. The Southern states were
struck by a tornado on April 15, 100
persons being killed. On June .'5 came
the terrible floods in eastern Colorado
In which hundreds lost their lives and
immense property damage was done.
San Antonl • Tex experienced a dis-
HSiroiitf flood on Septi-niber 10.
The two most stj rtlinir disasters
occurred n1 >i-on i. On August 24 the
giant diri-ihl 7A\-'2, built by the Brit-
ish for t!i«i rnited S'aies broke in
two while over Hull. I'n,'land, on her
last trial trip. Forty-sU men were
killed, including 15 members of the
American crew that was to bring the
vessel across the ocean.
On September 21 a great nitrate
plant at Oppuu, Germany, blew up.
The town wns wiped out. about 1.500
persons were killed and thousand#
wer«- inlnred.
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