The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-01-15
DOMESTIC

! JAN 2-Michigan legislature ratified pro-
| hibition constitutional amendment.
/ Jan. LEG sjatures of Ohio Oklahoma
/ and Colorado ratified the prohibition
/ amendment.
Supreme court declared constitutional
the act forbidding shipment of liquor into
Jan, 8-Berger, Kruse, Germer, Engdahl
! and Tucker, Socialists, convicted in Chi
j cago OF sedition and disloyalty.
Tennessee, Idaho and Maine legislatures
| ratified prohibition amendment.
j jan 9--West Virginia ratified prohibi-
| ton amendment.
Attorney General Gregory resigned, eff
Ian l-Prohibition amendment ratified
] by illinois, Alabama, Arkansas, Csiifor-
I MIA. Indiana. Kansas and North Carolina
| Jan 15-Iowa, Utah, Colorado, Oregon
and New Hampshire ratified dry amend
| ment.
/ amendment, making the three-fourths
| majority necessary, and Missouri and
| Wyoming followed.
| Forty-sx l. w. WIS convicted Of con-
| spiracy in Sacramento, CAL
| Jan. 17-Wisconsin and Minnesota ratl-
/ fled prohibition amendment.
Jan. 21-Nevada ratified prohibition
/ amendment
Jan. estate department proclaimed
| ratification of prohibition amendment and
/ set Jan. 16, 1920, as date when 1t Is eHec-
| tive.
Feb. 1o-suffrage amendment beaten in
senate by one vote.
| Feb 1S-Berger, Kruse Germer, Eng
| dahl and Tucker, socialists, sentenced 10
| pionage act.
Feb 23-Spanish and Cuban radicals ar
| rested in New York and Philadelphia for
| conspiracy to kill President Wilson.
| Feb. 25-New revenue law. signed by
| president, went into effect.
| Feb PHI. c. Wallace, Tacoma. ap-
| pointed ambassador to France.
| A. Mitchell Palmer made attorney gen.
eral
| March Norman Hapgood made minis
| ter to Denmark.
March S-Victory loan bill passed by
| senate.
March 4-Congress adjourned sine die.
| April 7-Thomas Nelson Page, ambassa-
| April 16-Hugh Gibson appointed first
| u. s. Minister to Poland.
April 29-Postmaster General Burleson
directed return of cable companies to pri-
April 30-Plot to kill many prominent
Americans with mailed bombs uncovered.
May MAY day riots in many cities.
May president called extra session of
congress for May 10.
May Especial session of congress
opened; Gillett elected speaker.
Frederick Gillett elected speaker of next
house.
May 2o-President wilson's cabled mes
sage read to congress.
Nay 21-House adopted woman suffrage
! constitutional amendment resolution.
May 27-Dr. Lynn Harold Hough elected
president of Northwestern university.
of law enforcement ofcia al in eight east
ern cities attempted. Two persons killed.
June 4-Senate adopted woman suffrage
constitutional amendment resolution;
June 5-PostmaSter General BurleSon
surrendered operation of telegraph and
telephone systems to the companies.
June 10-Legislatures Of Illinois. Wis
cCnsin and Michigan ratified woman su1-
frage amendment
July WARTIME emergency prohibition
law went into effect.
July I-Fede9al trade commission re-
ported to President that packers planned
complete control of all foodstuffs.
July I2.President Wilson vetoed agri-
cultural bill because of its provision re-
pealing daylight saving law.
July 1S-President A. c. Townley and
Joseph Gilbert of Nonpartisan league OF
North Dakota found guilty by jury at
Jackson, Mimi, of conspiracy to teach
disoyalty.
July M.Race riots in Washington. four
persons killed.
July 27-Race riots in Chicago: two
killed, many hurt.
July 2S-Chicago race war spread: SO in
all were killed and hundreds. hurt.
July 30-State troops in action to quell
Chicago race riots.
July 31-Government relinquished con-
troll Of the telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS
Aug. congress repealed daylight-sav-
Aug. 6-President Wilson ordered civil
Aug. S-President Wilson addressed con-
gress on high cost Of living.
Aug. 13-Illinois militia sent to Peoria to
Aug. 1EHenry Ford won libel suit
against Chicago Tribune. with nominal
Aug. 15-President Wilson vetoed the
daylight-saving repeal act.
Aug. 20-Daylight-saving repeal bill
passed over presidents veto.
A MitchA11 Palmer confirmed nv senate
as u. 8. attorney general.
Sept. 2-Bill to make Pershing general
for life passed by, congress.
Sept 3-President Wilson started on
speaking tour of country.
Sept 4-Pershing nominated general and
confirmed by senate.
Sept. 5-Secretary of Commerce Redfield
resigned, effective Oct. 81.
Prohibition enforcement bill passed by
senate.
Sept. 6-Charles M. Galloway resigned
as federal civil service commissioner and
attacked Postmaster General Burleson.
Sept. 7-Great fake stock swindle plot
Five hundred convicts at Pontiac, Ill.,
revolted and killed a guard.
Sept S-General Pershing landed at
New York and was given great reception
and commissioned general for life.
Sept. 9--Cardinal Mercier of Belgium
landed at New York.
Sept. 12-Col. J. D. Bell, Brooklyn, elect
ed ommander-in-chief of the G. A. r.
Sept. 1S-Thanks of congress given to
General PerShing.
Sept. 26-President Wilson's trip ended
Sept. 2S-Great mob in Omaha lynched
negro prisoner, fought police. set fire to
courthouse and almost killed Mayor e. p.
Smith.
Sept. 2s-Two negroes lynched by mob
at Montgomery, Ala.
Sept. S0-Brand Whitlock made ambas-
Oct Five white men and eleven ne
groes killed in race war at Elaine Ark.
| Oct Fixing and queen of the Belgans
| landed in New York.
Oct. 20-International trade conference
| opened in Atlantic City.
Oct 27-President Wilson vetoed prohi-
bition enforcement bill and house re-
| passed it,
| forcement bill over presidents veto and
| 1t became law.
Farmers national congress opened in
| HagerStown. Nd.
| Oct 31-Secretary OF Commerce Redneld
retired from the cabinet.
| Nov. ARepublicans won election in
| Massachusetts, New York and Kentucky
| and Democrats won in New Jersey,
Maryland and Mississippi. Vets won in
Nov. 7-Hundreds of Reds arrested by
| federal agents all over country.
Nov. Ill w. w. members fired into
Wash. killing four ex-soldiers; one of
murderers lynched.
| Prince of Wales arrived in Washington.
| President Wilson left his bed for first
4 time in six weeks.
| tional commander of American legion.
| Nov. 15-Secretary of the Treasury Car
| ter Glass appointed u. S. senator from
Virginia
Nov. 1S-House adjourned. .
| Nov. 19-Senate adjourned.
! Nov. 25-New Labor party, in conven-
/ tim in Chicago. adopted platform.