South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26

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PROHIBITION UPHELD.
The United States supreme court
on Jan. upheld the constitutional
ity Of wartime prohibition and the
Volstesd enforcement act. On Jan.
&c nationwide prohibition, under
the 18th amendment to the consti-
tuition. went into effect.
On Jan. 10 the New York As
sembly, with but TWO dissenting
voices. voted 10 exclude the five so
cialist members OF that body, pend
ing trial on charges that the plat
form of their party is revolutionary.
The state of Kansas on Jan. %
adopted what was known as the In
dustrial Relations Court bill. prohib-
ting strikes in essential industries
but recognizing the right OF collec-
tive bargaining.
A serious influenza epidemic de-
Veloped and assumed national pro-
portions during January, but the
disease was less virulent than in the
epidemic OF 1918 and fatalities were
fewer
In clash between national
guardsmen and a mob which at
tempted TO take a negro prisoner
from the jail at Lexington KY,
Feb. 3, five persons were killed.
The anti-radicsl campaign result
ed in the indictment of SO leaders OF
the Communist Labor party in Chi
cago on Jan. 81.
The retirement of Sec'y OF the
treasury Glass TO take his seat as
Z Init 20. fvafs
caused several changes in Pres
! Wilson's cabinet in January. Sec'y
Of agriculture David F. Houston was
named TO succeed Mr.. Glass and f
| T. Meredith of Iowa was appointed
I secretary of agriculture. On Feb
| 13 Robert Lansing, secretary OF
ST ate. resigned. and correspondence
with PreS't Wilson was made public
In which the president charged the
! secretary of state with usurping eX-
ecutive power by calling cabinet
meetings during the presidents ILL
ness. cambridge Colby of New York
was named TO succeed Sec'y Lansing
I Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
/ interior. rendered his resignation
and John Barton Payne, chairman
OF the shipping board. was appoint
| ed TO succeed him on March 1.
The railroads of the country were
returned to private ownership or
March l, under the terms of the
Cummins-Esch railroad reorganiza-
ton act.
Major r. W. Schroeder OF the U
S. army established a new airplant
altitude record on Feb. 81 at Dayton
( o., by ascending 5000 feet. Th'
pilot fell five miles but righted hi.
machine at a height of 1900 fee
and made a safe landing.
Sen. Truman II. Newberry o
! Michigan was convicted in the fed
eral court at Grand Rapids OF
| March 90 on charges involving thu
use of excessive campaign funds
He and Is co-defendan ts were giveI
Eprison sentences but remained a
liberty pending an appeal TO tn
higher courts.
The trial of the five socialist mem
bers of the New York assembly end
ed with their expulsion from tn
legislature April 1. On April % tn
New York senate adopted bills, al
ready passed by the assembly, out
having the socialist party from tn
state. The measures were vetoed b.
Gov Smith.
Several suits had been institute
during the early months of the yea
attacking the validity OF the eigh
teenth Cprohibition) amendment
All these cases were taken % tn
United States Supreme court and o
June 7 that tribunal decided that tn
amendment and the Volstead en-
forcement act were constitutional.
An indication Of the apprOaChin
period of business readjustment wa
given on May % when New Eng
land shoe, wooden and cotton mill
close dor went on part time, put
ting 10000 men out of work. Sill
mills in Paterson and North Hud
son, n. J., took similar action Jun
%.
Four American army airplane
started July 10 on a fight fror
Mitchell Field, Mineola. y. Y, t
Nome, Alaska.
Big increases in rates were grant
ed the railroads of the country b
the Interstate Comm cree commits
mission July 81 10 enable the road
TO meet increa sed wages. Passen
ger rates were increased 90 per cen
with a pullman sur-charge Of so pe
cent for the railroads. Freight rate
were increased from % TO 40 pc
cent I'm different sections Of IN
country.
The trial OF the Communist Labc
party leaders I'm Chicago. in progreS
for several months, ended Aug.
, with the conviction of twenty, VIII
were given fail sentences.
On Aug. Is the Interstate Con-
! merce commission authorized an ir
crease Of 121$ per cent in expires
rates
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION II
CREASED.
4 trem ndous increase IN INN
grafton TO the United states W.
shown in 1920. In August repOr
showed the arrival Of 5000 a day.
total of 100000 having entered u
United States In the preceding
, months.
The American army fliers. reacl
ed Nome, Alaska, Aug. "a. haviy
made the flight from New York
So hours flying time Aerial ma
service was established betwee
, New York and San Francisco. II