The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-30

permission to state of New Jersey to IN
sttute original proceedings to test va
Hdlty OF prohibition amendment.
John Barton Payne retired as chair
man Of shipping board and was sworn IN
as secretary of interior.
March 5-Cnfted States senate adopted
| resolution by vote of IS to IS declaring
for self-determination for Ireland.
House Of representatives passed army
| appropriation bill providing for army oil
| z9sG00 enlisted men and 1880 officers.
| March l9-German peace treaty with
league covenant failed Of ratification in
March 20-Truman H. Newberry. junior
| Dhited states senator from Michigan, and
Is others convicted by jury at Grand
| naily in 1918 to violate election laws.
!Newberry fined $1oeG0 and sentenced to
| Imprisonment for two years.
| March 23-Bainbrdge Colby sworn in
as secretary Of state
Government control of bitumlnous coal
Wltndrawn by President Wilson, eTtectlVe
April 24-Dfrector General OF Railroads
Hines resigned, effective May 10.
! april 26--Supreme Court declared the
| Reading company and certain of its SUB
SQUARES an illegal combination.
May 13-SoCiaEsts nominated Eugene
! Deps for president and Seymour Steumdh
May 15-senate adopted Knox peace
May l8-secretary of the Interior Payne
| made director general OF railroads.
May 2l-House ADOPTED senate peace
May z4-President Wilson asked con-
| gress for authority to accept the man
date for Armenia.
Investigation Of presidential campaign
expenses begun by the senate.
May 2I-President Wilson vetoed Knox
peace resolution
May 2S-Water power conservation bill
passed by congress.
June United States Supreme court de
cIded ratification of constitutional
amendment is not subject to submission
10 popular referendum
Senate declined to give President au-
thOrity to accept Armenian mandate.
June 4-President Wilson vetoed budget
bill Congress passed bill increasing pay
of postal employees.
resigned
June 5-Congress adjourned, President
Wilson letting several important meas
ures die without his signature.
June United States supreme court de
ciared valid both the prohibition amend
ment and the Nolstead enforcement act.
June S-RepubICan national convention
opened in Chicago.
June 12-Republcans nominated War
rem @. Harding of Ohio for president and
calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for
vice president.
July 6-Democrats in san Francisco
nominated James NJ. Cox of Ohio for
President and Franklin d. Roosevelt. Is
sistant secretary of the navy, for vice
president
Lake City, nominated for president by
FarmeT-Labor party in Chicago, after
bolt by committee Of forty-eight and sin
July 20-George White. Marietta. Ohio,
elected chairman Democratic nauona!
July 2I-Prohibitionists opened national
convention in Lincoln. Neb., and uomi-
mated w, J. Bryan for president by ac-
ClamatiCn.
July z2-Bryan declining. the Prohibit
uonists nominated Aaron s. watkins OF
Ohio for president and y. Leigh Gown
OF New York for vice president
0f
by Republicans.
July Ex-Governor Coolidge notified OF
vice presidential nomination.
July 3l-Iuterstate commerce comm:s- !
sion authorized freight, passenger anu !
Pullman rate increase amounting to |
about billion and half annually
Aug. 2-Twenty Communist Labor lead |
ers found guilty OF seditiGn in Chicago. |
Aug, 5-tatai anti-foIelga riots in West !
Frankfort. FL; state troops sert.
Street can strike riots IN Denver. sew |
Aug. 7-Gorernor Cox formally notified
of his nomination. +
pe} r51g5 &d Ss5st e bz St sat t5
aug. IS-i ennessee. the last state neres-
sary. ratified woman suffrage amend
Aug. 2gLRatiacatfon of suffrage amend
ment proclaimed by Secretary Of State I
Sept l3-Maine went Republican by
sept l5-Terriac explosion at Wall and
Broad streets. New York laid to Reds:
thirty persons killed and 800 injured
Sept 2I-ThTee Socialists, reelected to |
New York assembly. ousted; two seated.
but resigned. g.
Sept 4-W. A. Ketchem. Indianapolis.
elected commander in chief Of C. \. r.
President Wilson declined to abrogate !
trade treaties, as asked by congress in
Sept. 29-Col. J. w. GaIbraith. Jr., Gin
ctnnau. elected national commander of !
the American Legion.
Walter Din Scott elected president of .
Northwestern university. ~
oct The 1920 population Of continent
tai United States announced as 105.6S3lOS.
Nov. 2-Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge elected President and vice pres
ident of United States; Republican land
slide l.
California voters indorsed the anti-alien II
Nov 25-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. G-Congress began the short ses-
Dec. 7-Nobel peace prize awarded to
President Wilson's message to congress
urged independence for the Philippines
and a loan to Armenia.
Dec &C. J. Vopicka resigned as United |
States minister to the Balkan states.
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo retired
Dec l5-House passed bin suspendins !
Immigration for II mouths
House adopted resolution repeating war
time laws
Senate adopted resolution for revival
of war finance corporation 10 aid the
farmers.
Dec. -Ti-Government crop report showed
shrinkage in values of nearly five billion
dollars compared with 1919
Dec. 15-Seuate PASSED bill authorizfne
farmers cooperative marketing associa-
tons.
Dec. 16-Senate passed bin forbiddine
strikes on railroads.
Dec. 20-Permanent merger of four cx-
.ress COMPANIES authorized by Interstate
commerce commission.
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