The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-31

United States Supreme court granted
permission to state of New Jersey to In"
sutute original proceedings to test va
hdity OF prohibition amendment.
John Barton Payne retired as chair
man OF shipping board and was sworn in
as secretary of interior.
March l8-United States senate adopted
resolution by vote of 45 to 3S declaring
Tor self-determination for Ireland.
appropriation bin providing ioF army OF
2sS 600 enlisted men and 1880 officers.
march ls-German peace treaty with
league covenant failed of ratification in
March 20-Truman H. Newberry, Junior
United states senator from Michigan, and
Rap sheF M,c5 by Jury at G cr
nally In 1918 to violate election laws.
Newberry fined $4,000 and sentenced to
March 2snBa aGn TTE se Colby sworn In
as secretary of state.
Government control of bituminous coal
Withdrawn by President Wilson, effective
April 24-Director General OF Railroads
Hines resigned, effective May 10.
April 26-supreme Court declared the
Reading company and certain OF It's SUD-
salaries an Illegal combination.
May 13-Socialists nominated Eugene
Debs for president and Seymour stedman
May 1S-senate adopted Knox peace
resolution.
May is-secretary of the Interior Payne
May H-House ADOPTED senate peace
resolution.
May 24-President Wilson asked con-
gress for authority to accept the man
date for Armenia.
Investigation of presidential campaign
expenses begun by the senate.
peace resolution.
May 2s-Water power conservation bill
passed by congress-
June Limited States Supreme court de-
raIlncAti0n
amendment is not subject to submission
| TO popular referendum.
Senate declined to give President au-
| thorfty to accept Armenian mandate.
June president Wilson vetoed budget
bill Congress passed bill increasing pay
uhdersecretar y' Of State Frank Polk
| resigned.
June 5-Congress adjourned, President
| Wilson letting several important meas
| ures die without his signature.
| June Limited States Supreme court de-
| clared valid both the prohibition amend
| ment and the Voistead enforcement act.
June S-Republican national convention
opened in Chicago.
| June ~12-Republicans nominated War
rem G. Harding of Ohio for president and
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for
| vice president.
July 6-Democrats in San Francisco
nominated James N; Cox OF OHIO Tor
sistant secretary of the navy, for vice
| president.
July IEParley p. Christensen, Salt
Lake City, nominated for president by
| Farmer-Labor party in Chicago, after
bolt by committee Of forty-eight and SIN
July 2o~George White, Marietta, Ohio,
elected chairman Democratic national
| committee,
July A-Prohibitionists opened national
convention in Lincoln, Neb., and nomi-
mated w. ]. Bryan for president by &C
clamation.
July 22-Bryan declining, the Prohibi::
Al Tnfl E1r,a ~
Ohio for president and D. Leigh Colvin
of New York for vice president.
Senator Harding notified Of nomination
by Republicans.
July Ex-Governor Coolidge notified of
vice presidential nomination.
| July 21-Interstate commerce commits
sion authorized freight, passenger and
Pullman rate increase amounting to
about a billion and a half annually.
| Aug. 2-Twenty Communist Labor lead
ers found guilty Of sedition In chicago. -,
Aug. 5-Fatal anti-foreign riots In West
Frankfort, ILL.,; state troops sent.
| Street car strike riots In Denver; sew
| eraI persons killed.
| Aug. 7-Governor Cox formally notified
of his nomination.
Aug. 13-Increase of 121h per cent in ex-
press rates authorized by Interstate COM
Aug. 1s-Tennessee, the last state neces.
sary, ratified woman suffrage amend
| ment. -,.s
Aug. rehabilitation of suffrage amend.
ment proclaimed by Secretary OF State
Sept. 1s-Maine went Republican by
5000.
Sept. 15-Terrific explosion at Wall ant
Broad streets, New York, laid to Reds
thirty persons killed and 300 injured.
Sept. 21-Three Socialists, reelected K
New York assembly, ousted; two seated
but resigned.
Sept, 2I-W. A. Ketcham, Indianapolis
elected commander in chief of G. A. r
President Wilson declined to abrogat'
trade treaties, as asked by congress IL
the merchant marine act:
!, Sept. ,2e-Col. ]. w. Galbraith, Jr., Gin
cinnatf.- elected national commander o.
the American Legion.
Walter Dill Scott elected president o.
| Northwestern university.
! | Oct 1.-THE 1920 population of continen
| tai United States announced as los, 6S3, los
: Nov. 2-Warren G. Harding and Calvin
| Coolidge elected President and vice pres
ident of United States; Republican land
California voters Endorsed the anti-alier
, Nov. 5-Irish mob in New York at
tackled Union League club because Brit
| ish flag was flying.
/ Dec 3-Secretary of State Colby started
on formal visit to South America.
Dec. 6-Congress began the short ses
| sion.
Dec. 7-Nobel peace prize awarded t.
President Wilson.
r President Wilson's message to congress
urged independence for the Philippine
Q and loan to Armenia.
Dec. &C. j. Nop1cka resigned as Unitel
States minister to the Balkan states.
a Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo retired.
Dec. 13-House passed bill suspendin
immigration for IA months.
= House adopted resolution repeating war
time laws.
Senate adopted resolution for reviva
of war finance corporation to aid tn
1 | farmers.
:. Dec 14-Government crop report shove
= shrinkage in values of nearly FIVE billo
dollars compared with 1919.
: Dec. 15-Senate passed bill authorizin
farmers cooperative marketing associa
= tons.
Dec 16-Senate passed bill forbiddin
i strikes on railroads.
Dec 20-Permanent merger of four eX
e press companies authorized by interstat
commerce commission.
INDUSTRIAL
I Jan. S-Steel strike called on by work