Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-12-29

John Barton Payne retired as chair
/ man OF shipping board and was sworn IA
as secretary OF interior.
/ March lS-United States senate adopted
resolution by vote OF 45 to s. declaring
for INSTRUMENTATION for Ireland
House OF representatives passed army
/ appropriation bill providing for army OF
! 1900 enlisted men and 1880 officers
March D-German peace treaty Win
league covenant failed OF ratification IN
March 20-Truman II. Newberry. junior
Il United states senator from Michigan, and
f, 70 others convicted BY jury al Grand
nsliy In 1915 10 Viola" Violate V eisstioS laws.
| Newt berry fined $1,000 and sentenced 70
Imprisonment for two years. 4,
March s5-Bainbridge Colby sworn IN
I as secretary OF state
Government control Of bituminOus coal
withdrawn by President Wilson. effective
| April l.
April sa-Director General OF Railroads
Hines resigned. effective May - -.
April 2g-supreme Court declared Ine
Reading company and certain OF It's SUD
salaries an Illegal combination.
May 13-Socialists nominated Eusehe
De5s for president and Seymour stedHian
May iS-senSte adopted Knox peace
May iS-secretary OF the Interior Payne
made director general OF railroads.
May I-House ADOPTED senate peace
May 2i-Presldent Wilson asked con
I gress for authority 20 accept the man
Tnvestlgation OF presidential campaign
/ expenses begun By the senate. -,
May 23-President Wilson vetoed Knox
peace RESOLUTION. -,
May 2s-Watef power conservation bill
passed by congress.
June i-bpited States Supreme court ee,
clded ratification Of a constitutional
amendment Is not subject TO SUBMISSION
70 popular referendum.
Senate declined 20 give President au-
thority 70 accept Armenian mandate. -.
June president Wilson vetoed budget
bill. Congress passed bin increasing pay
OF postal employees. -,
Undersecretsry 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 ds-
clared valid both the prohibition amend
ment ana the Volstead enforcement act.
June S--Republican national convention
opened In Chicago. , W.,
June i2-Republicans nominated war
rem O. Harding OF Ohio for president anu
Calvin Coolidge OF Massachusetts TOT
vice president
nominated James NJ. Cox OF ONO Tor
President and Franklin ID. Roosevelt. as
sistant secretary OF the navy. Tor vice
president
July i4-ParIey +. Christensen. salt
Lake City nominated for president oy
Farmer-LabOr party IN Chicago. after
bolt by committee OF forty-eight and SIN
July 99George White. Marietta. Ohio.
elected chairman Democratic nauonaI
committee
July 2i-Prohibitionlsts opened national
convention in Lincoln. Neb., and nomi-
mated W ]. Bryan for president by ac-
clamation
tionists nominated Aaron ). Watkins OF
Ohio for president and ID. Leigh Colvin
OF New York for vice president
Senator Harding notified OF nomination
Julv 2T-Governor Coolidge notified OF
vice presidential nomination.
July G-Iuterstate commerce cournis-
sion authorized freight. passenger ana
Pullman rate increase amounting 20
about a billion and half annually.
Aug 2-Tweuty Communist Labor lead
ers found guilty OF sediti0n In Chicago.
Aug. 5-Fatal anti-fOreign riots ~ West
Frankfort. H.. state troops sent.
Street car strike riots In Denver; sew
eral persons killed
Aug 7~Governor Cox formally notified
OF his nomination.
Aug I3-Increasc OF 12ia per cent In eN-
press rates authorized by interstate COM
rnerce commission.
Aug iS-Tennessee. the last state ueces-
say. ratified woman suffrage amend
Aug. STERILIZATION OF suffrage amend
ment proclaimed by Secretary OF state
sept i3-Maine went Republican by
sept. i5-Tsrrifc explosion. at Wall and
Broad streets. New York, laid 20 Reds.
thirty persons killed and 30 injured.
Sept 2i-Three Socialists. reelected 10
New York assembly. ousted. two seated.
but resigned
sent gs-W. A. Ketcham. indianapolis.
elected commander In chief Of G.. A. II.
President Wilson declined TO abrogatc
trade treaties. as asked by congress In
the merchant marine act
sept A-CoL j. w. Galhraith. Jr. Gin
cinnau elected national commander OF
the American Legion.
walter Din scott elected president Of
Northwestern university.
oct. The 1870 population OF continent
tai United states announced as l05.6S3.t0S.
Nov. 2-Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge elected President and vice pres
ident Of United states Republican land
California voters Endorsed the anti-aIlen
nov. s-Irish mob in New York at
tackled Union League club because Brit
ish flag was flying.
Dec. 5-Secretary OF State Colby started
on formal visit 70 South America.
Dec. 6-Congress began the short ses-
sion.
Dec. Nobel peace prize awarded TO
President Wilson's message TO congress
urged Independence for the Philippines
and a loan 20 Armenia.
Dec &C. J. NOpicka resigned as United
states minister 20 the Balkan states.
Rear Admiral Henry r. Mayo retired
Dec. lg-House passed bin suspendng
immigration FOR "a months
House adopted resolution repeating war
time laws.
Senate adopted resolution for revival
OF war finance corporation 20 aid the
farmers.
Dec. il-Government crop report showed
shrinkage In values OF nearly five billion
dollars compared with 1919.
Dec. l5-Senate passed bill authorizing
farmers cooperative marketing associa-
tons
Dec. i6-Senate passed bill forbldding
strikes on railroads.
Dec. 20-Permanent merger OF four eN-
rress companies authorized BY interstate
commerce commission.
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