Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-01


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.u..d States Steel corporation + not 1u
lN.-rl combination.
ElilrD1ds returned TO uNu''~.
Sir Auckland Grdd $ accepted rs Brit
Ish ambassador tn United states.
President Wilson let II be hnoWn he
would not be candidate for reelection.
/ March lowest Virginia assembly rat
flied suffrage amendment.
United States submarine I'll wrecked
near MaEdalena bay 1t Commander J.
X. Webb and three OF crew losL
J March l5-tlnited States senate ADOPTED
| new Article y reservation to peace treaty
! 10y vote OF Sc to 26
| United States Supreme court granted
| permission 10 state OF New Jersey TO in
! stitute original proceedings to test Va
| many or prohibition Amendment ,
John Barton Payne retired as On. a..
| man OF shipping board and was sworn IN
as secretary OF interior.
March B-Unlted States senate adopted
! Iesolutlon by vote Of u 10 80 GecHt''"s
TOT INSTRUMENTATION for Irelano v
House of representatives passed army
appropriation bill providing for army OF
2ss@o enlisted men and 1850 officers
March ls-Gerplan peace treaty WIN
leasne covenant failed OF Tstihcauoh !"
March 0-Truman II. Newberry. junior
| united States senator from Michigan ana
10 others convicted BY jury at Grahd
Rapids Mich. of having Conspired crlmI-
nally In 1918 TO violate election laws
! Newberry fined $4,000 and sentenced 10
imprisonment for two years;
March 23-Bainbridge Colby sworn IN
as secretary Of state
Government control OF bituminous coal
withdrawn by President Wilson. eHecuVe
April l.
March 27-FederaI grand Jury AT Indl-
annapolis indicted 10 coal operators ana
miners on charges of conspiracy III cen
Ial bituminous district To limit proouC-
uoh ana maintain excessive prices.
Aprii 4-birector General OF RAILROADS
times resigned, effective May 10
April 26-Supreme Court declared me
lteahInE company and certain OF us SUD
SQUARES an Illegal combination; ,...
Nay l3-Sociaiists nominated Eugene
Dchs for president and Seymour Stedihah
tor vice president
May l5-Senate adopted Knox peace
r,>.iutiOn.
May lS-Sccretary Of the Interior Payne
made director general Of railroads
May I-liouse aoopied senate peace
resolution.
May 2i-President wilson asked con
Eress for authority to accept the man
GATE for Armenia
investigation Of presidential campaign
expenses begun by the senate.
peace resolution
May -S-Waler power conservation bill
passed by congress-
June limited States Supreme court de
cided ratification of constitutional
amendment ~ not subject to SUBMISSION
TO popular referendum.
Senate declined to give President au-
thority to accept Armchair mandate
June EPrestdent Wilson vetoed budget
bill. Congress passed bll increasing pay
or postal employees.
Undersecretary of Snte Frank Polk
resigned.
June 5-Congress adjourned. President
Wilson letting several important meas
ures die without his Signature
June United States Supreme court de-
clared valid both the Prohibition amend
ment and the Volstead enforcement act
June s-Repubiican nstonal convention
opened in Chicago.
June E-KepubIicans dominated War
rem c. 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 FranklinD. Roosevelt. as
sistant secretary of the navy, for vice
president
July S-Dr Lynn Hsrold Hough re-
signed as president of Northwestern Uni |
versty at Evanston, Ill
LAX. ' city r Nominated ps.sdsn, Say
so Sy io@% .sr Sy and ss
g. July vs. soAGeors. Whit Marietta. Ohio, |
elected chairman % cratic national
July a~Prohibitionis opened national
-Aatad. .~J--ssss siass2. ss-aa.
clamation. ~,
July 22-Bryan declining, the Prohibi-
tionists nominated Aaron s. Watkins ot
Ohio for president and d. Leigh Colvir
OF New York for vice president.
Senator Harding notified of nomination
by Republicans
July Ex-Governor Coolidge notified OF
vice presidential nomination.
July 1-lnterstate commerce commits
sion authorized freight. passenger ana
Pullman rate increase amounting to
about billion and a half annually.
Aug. 2-Twenty Communist Labor lead
ers found guilty of sedtion in Chicago.
Aug. Fatal anti-foreign riots in West
Frankfort, Ill; state troops sent,
Street car strike riots In Denver; sew
eral persons killed
Aug. 7-Governor Coz formally notified
Aug i3-increase of In per cent in ex-
press rates authorized by interstate COM
merce commission
Aug. ls-Tennessee, the last state neces-
ssry, ratified woman suffrage amend
Aug 2s-Ratifcation Of suffrage amend
ment proclaimed by Secretary Of State
Colby.
Sept 6-Big farm machinery manufac-
turers called violators Of trust laws by
federal trade commission.
5000
Sept. l5-Terrific explosion at Wall and
Broad streets, New York. laid to Reds;
thirty persons killed and 300 injured.
Sept 2l-Three Socialists. reelected to
New York assembly. ousted; two seated.
but resigned.
Sept. a-W. A. Ketcham. indianapolis.
elected commander In chief OF e. A H.
President Wilson declined to abrogate
trade treaties, az asked by congress In
the merchant marine act.
Sept. 29-Col. J. W. Galbrath, Jr., Gin
clnnau, elected national commander OF
the American Legion
Walter Dill Scott elected president of
Northwestern university
Oct THE 1920 population OF continent
taI United states announced as 10 leS
Nov 2-Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge elected President and vice pres
tdent OF United States: Republican land
slide
California voters Endorsed the anti-alien
land law
Nov. S-Irish mob in New York at
lacked Union League club because Brit
ish flag was flying
Dec. S-Secretary of state Colby started
on formal visit to South America.
Dec - President elect Harding re-
turned from Canal Zone.
sion
Dec Nobel peace prize awarded to
President Wilson.
President Wilson's message to congress
urged Independence for the philippines
ana loan to Armenia.
Dec. &c, J. Vopicka resigned as united
states minister TO the Balkan states.