The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-08

On the same day it was reported that
the boIsheviki had captured Omsk, the
seat of the Kolchak government. Dan
nunzio created a still more serious sit
uation for Italy when he seized cara,
Dalmatia, on November IA.
Domestic Affairs
The return of the United States to
condition Of peace was not accom-
plished easily. Unusual conditions ex-
listed and the people of the country
were confronted with problems that
had been unknown in the days before
the war.
The adoption of nationwide prohi-
| bitiOn and the submission by congress
of the constitutional amendment for
complete woman's suffrage were i'm
portant events Of the year. Ratif1ca-
ton of the national prohibition amend
ment came early in the year with a
rapidity that surprised the nation. On
January % the state department pro-
claimed the ratification of the amend
ment and set January 16, 1920, as the
date when it would become effective.
On January 9 Attorney General Greg
| effective March 4, and A. Mitchell Pal
mer was appointed to succeed him on
February %. On January IL Walker
D. Hines was appointed director gen.
eraI of railroads to succeed William
G. McAdOo.
The governments first blow at the
radicals during the year was deliv-
cred on January when Congressman
| Victor L. Berger and four other So
cialist leaders were found guilty by
/ a federal jury in Chicago Of cOnspiring
| to interfere with the successful con-
| duct Of the war. On February 10 they
were sentenced to 20 years imprison-
| ment.
| In response to an appeal by Presi-
| dent Wilson, the senate after several
| days OF bitter debate on January d,
passed a bill appropriating 100000
coo for the relief OF the starving in Eu-
rope, stipulating that none Of this
money should be used for the relief
| OF peoples of the central empires.
On March Herbert Hoover was
appointed by the president to be d.
rector general of American relief
| among the population Of Europe
Because OF the necessity for legis-
| latfon to meet the new after-war con-
ditions, President Wilson on May Z, by
cable from Paris, called a special ses-
sion of congress to convene May 10.
| On May 10 the campaign for the Vic
tory Liberty loan, the last popular war
| loan, closed with a heavy Oversub-
scription of the $4,000, 100000 bond
| issue:
The special session Of the Sixty
sixth congress opened on May 10 with
| the Republicans in control of both
| house and senate for the first time
| since 1912. The house of representa-
| tfves was organized by the election Of
Congressman Gillett of Massachusetts,
as speaker. In the senate Senator
| Cummins of Iowa was elected preSi-
dent pro tenn.
One of the first G6ts of the new
house was to pass the woman suffrage
amendment to the Constitution by a
vote of 3O4 to SO. The amendment
was again brought up in the senate on
| June 4 and this time was adopted by
a vote of Sc to %.
The activities of anarchistic ele-
| ments were manifested on June 2
when bombs were exploded simultau-
eously at the residences Of ten men in
| eight Eastern cities.
On July 1 the wartime emergency
| prohibition act went into effect and
| for the first time in history the sale
of liquor was Illegal throughout the
| United States. On July II President
! Wilson vetoed the agricultural appro-
| priation bill because of a ''rider" re-
pealing the daylight saving law. Con-
| gress promptly passed a separate bill
repeating the daylight saving law and
when President Wilson vetoed this
| measure, both houses passed the bill
! over his veto on August 20.
Much of the industrial unrest exist
| ing throughout the country was at
| tributed to the greatly increased cost
| of living. As prices continued to adj
| vance, the government took steps %
i curb profteering and to reduce prices.
! On August President Wilson ad-
dressed congress on the necessity of
reducing the cost Of living, recon-
mending measures designed to pro-
duce this result Some OF the legis-
lation proposed was enacted by con-
gress and the department of justice
undertook TO enforce vigorously the
laws prohibiting prof1teering.
The country was aroused during the
summer by a series OF race riots, the
first of which occurred In Washington
on July 81. Four persons were killed
in the rioting at the capital. On July
q the most serious race riots OF the
year began IN Chicago. 1t was found
necessary to call out state troops and
before order had been restored SO
| persons had been killed and hundreds
injured.
In recognition OF the services which
! he rendered IS commander-in-chisf OF