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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

During the first SIX months OF the
year the guerrilla warfare between the
British forces In Ireland and the Irish
republicans continued undated.
Murders by the Sim Feiners and re.
prlsals by the British were OF almost
daily occurrence. The Irish we're Nespe
ciaily e~xasperated by the execution Of
a number Of prisoners convicted o.
completely In the killing Of soldiers
The appointment Of Lord Talbot. lead.
Ing British Roman Catholic. as lord
lieutenant OF Ireland, failed OF It's Of.
feet. On May 25 the Sim Felners
burned the Dublh custom house. and,
ON June 30 they reelected Eamonn de
valera president OF the Irish repub-
lic." Meanwhile the new government OF
northern Ireland was organized. with
Sir james Cratg rs premier, and on
Tune p King George went across 10
Dpen the Ulster parliament. De Valera
on July . accepted the invitation Of
Premier Lloyd George to a conference
n London, and trace was announced
Then began the series Of negotiations
het lasted through the remainder OF
ne wear. Offers and counter.of1srs
we're wade. and finally Britain prnf.
cred Ireland fnll status M . dominion
The empire. 70 BE- known a. ~
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NATIONAL LEGISLATION

Not a great deal Of legislation waH
passed by the Republican congress
during the last two months of Pres,.
dent Wilson's administration. The
president vetoed the bill to revive the
War Finance corporation ON January
Z, and congress promptly repassed n
On January IL, S7,lOO,OOO was appro.
priated 0 enforcement of prohibition.
The house decided, on January 10. that
It's membership should not be IN.
creased. After much debate congress
set the limit Of the regular army at
10000 Mr.. Wilson vetoed the
measure. but It was passed owe his
veto. On February 20 the PresIden,
signed the Winslow bill, making avail.
able to the railroads S37OOOO.OOo from,
the government guarantee fund.
President Harding called congress
10 extra session on April II and nearly
all the rest Of the year II was buEv
with the task Of redeemlng the pledges
OF the Republican party, with wSs,
success must be left to lndivldp.l
judgment. Among the first bills passad
were emergency tariff and immlFra.
non acts; a new army bin cutting The
army down to 10000; n the hndoa,
Dill. On April 30 the senate adontsd
a resolution declaring the war with
Germany and Austria at an end on
June IL the house adopted n resoln.
uoh Oh similar purport, and the meas.
ure was finally passed on july l ana
signed the next day by President
Harding. Repeated efforts 10 mace
soldiers bonus bill came to noncht
but a soldiers relief bureau was Orc
ated on August 2 and Col. c. r. Forhe.
was made its director. The nome
passed both a tax revision bin and =
tnriu biu, but the senate did not cot
round to the latter. The tar mess
ure was enacted into law on Mover.
Der q. owen
Among other important measnro.
passed were a bin to exempt American
eoastwise shipping from payment ~
fanama canal tolls; a bin for govern
ment regulation Of the packing InS,,s
try; the s4s,5OO,OOO shipping board
defclency bill the bnlion-dollsr ssrna
exports credit bill; and various msas'
nres relating to enforcement 81 ~.
prohibition amendment. Including one
l~orpidding the manufacture ana sais
beer as medicine. '"i
The extra session came to an ana
IN November %, and on December 4
congress met for the regular session
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SPORTS

u was a great year for sports. In
all lines there wa activity and pros.
perity, and international contests
vert numerous.
Organized baseball. which had suf.
fered fruin the White Sox scandal
r~ehabllitated Itself by the appoint.
ment OF Judge Lands as supreme ar.
bitter. The New York Giants and the
New York Yankees won the National
ana American league pennants. re.
spectively and In the series for The
world championship the Giants we're
victorious. The former members Of
the Chicago White Sox who were &C.
cused Of conspiracy to throw the 1919
worlds series" were acquitted NV a
jury though not by public opinion.
Jock Hutchinson OF America won
the British open golf championship In
June. In this country the tides went
as follows: Western amateur. Charles
Evans Jr.; national open, James NJ.
BARNES western open, Walter Hagen
national amateur. Jesse Gniiford
The feature In pugllism was the
pattie for the worlds heavyweight
title between Jack Dempsey and
Georges Carpenter Of France ON .July
:. The brenchman was knocked out
u the fourth round. Benny Leonard
defended the lightweight title against
Richie Mitchell or january ID, lack
Britton, welterweight ahampton do
'eated Ted Lewis Of England on Feb.
ruary 4 and Pete Herman won the
oantamwclght title from Joe Lynch ON
July IS.
Davis aud Johnston, The American
Iennls team, won the Davis Gun IN
New Zealand on January l. and IN.
oen won the international chamnion.
snip IN Paris on June 4. and ths
american championship On September
~ The Americans again won tho
cup on September 8 nv de,ea,.
ing the japanese team.
The University Of Illinois won ,bo
western Conference track ana eelS
meet and the National Cone0io,o
athietic meet In June. Yale defeated
harvard Ia their annual boat acc On
Iuhe q. The University Of Iowa won
me Western CONFERENCE. foothon
,~n"inplonshlp' and Harvard beat Yale
~ november 10. The East was given
Jolts IN football, for the UnIver.
OF Chicago defeated Princeton
Centre college Of Kentucky hon,
Harvard. oea'
Vn November % young Jake schaef.
= won the worlds balkllne champion.
UP long held by Willie Hoppe
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lowers. IN January the national con
ference Ut state manufacturers asso-
dafions pledged support for the open
shop movement. On the last day Of
that month the railway executives
asked that the national working agree
mentS be abrOgated; the railroad
brotherhOods appealed TO President
Wilson 20 prevent wage reductions but
he refused TO interfere. BY order Of
the railway labor board some Of the
working agreements were terminated
on July and a wage cut averaging II
per cent was put into effect. The rail.
ways later announced they would ask
further wage cuts. The membership
Of the brOtherhOOds decided by vote
that a strike should be called Oh OctO.
Der 30, but nine allied unions refused
Ia support such a strike, and on an
nOuncement by the board that II would
not consider wage cut requests until
all working rule questions had been
decided the strike order was cancelled.
On December I the board reconstructed
the working rules so that the open
shop principle was recognized.
In the packing industry there was a
wage reduction In March and a strike
was narrowly avarted. In September
the large packing plants installed the
shop representation system and in No
vember, under this plan, the employees
consented to a further reduction Of 10
per cent The meat cutters repudiated
and called a strike on Dec. 8.
There were many minor strikes.
most Of them short lived. Samuel
ioinpers was reelected president of
he American Federation Of Labor
held It's convention in Denver
n June.
Great Britain's coal miners went on
trike on March / end for nearly fonr
months the nations industries were
ear collapse. The rail and transport
workers. refused to go out aid the
overnment would not yield TO the
elnands that the mines be national.
'ed, so the miners returned to work
D June 2S without having gained
Iuch,
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dItiOns there. upset by the collapse Of
the sugar boom. He remained on the
island for & long time and succeeded
In his mission to a considerable exT
tent. On April II telephone communl-
cation between the United States and
Cuba was opened by an exchange Of
greetings between Presidents Harding
and Menocal.
The United States Supreme court
rendered several notable decisions On
January 81 It held that Judge lands
had no lawful right or power TO pre-
side over the trial Of Victor Berger and
other Socialists. On March % It ruled
that profits from sale Of corporate
stocks ard bonds and capital assets
are taxable as income. On April II II
refused to review the convictions Of
Haywood and 20 other I. W. W. mem
berS- The conviction Of Senator New
berry Of Michigan and others for al
legged violation Of the corrupt prac-
tees act was set aside on May 2, the
act being held void. On June 80 VII
liam Howard Taft was appointed chief
justice and was sworn In on October 3.
The unemployment situation be-
came so bad during the summer that
President Harding called a conference
Of experts on the subject. II began its
sessions on September 20 and, after a
long study, established a central bu-
reau and started local employment
movements throughout the country.
The resulting relief vas but partial.
for business itself was suffering g gen
eral depression.
One Of the worst race riots In the
of the country broke out In
Tulsa, Okla. on May 81. Before It
was Quelled the negro quarter Of the
city had been burned and 80 persons
had been Killed and many wounded.
Labor troubles Of long standing In
West Virginia eliminated In an Insur-
dictionary movement by miners which
forth a proclamation by the
President ordering them to disperse. ,
Federal troops were sent Into the re- /
Hon and the miners sOOn surrendered. =
A commission, headed by Gen. Leon n
Wood, was sent to the Philippines
I reported In November, recommend
lg against immediate withdrawal Of
United States from the islands.
ieantime General Wood was offered
nd accepted the post Of governor gen q
raj. .
The American Legion, In session at "
ansas City, elected Lieut.. Col. Han.
nd MacNider of Iowa It's national Il
'mmander on November /. The lie. r
had as guests Marshal Foch OF n
rance, General DiaE Of Italy, Ad- b
iral Beatty Of England and other \
stlnguished warriors. These same ii
SitOrs and many other eminent per- 81
us participated, on Armlstlee Day. "
". IL, In the ceremony Of the burial VI
Americas unknown soldier In the Il
luOnal cemetery at Arlington. @
Under the budget law which vas W
ssed In May Gen. Charles q. ju
was appointed director general
the federal budget and lie and his III
Is made notable progress In the way il
cutting down the expenses Of the as
fernment. p
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

During the early part of the year
the country was preparing for the
change Of administration on March A
President-elect Harding resigned as
senator from Ohio on January o ana
the next day he asked that prenara.
tons for an elaborate inauguration he
Cancelled, feeling that Il would be In.
consistent with the urgent need for
economy. On February 10 Mr.. Har.
DING announced the appointment az
CHARLES z. Hughes as his secretarv 30
state-a choice that met with general
approval-and on succeeding DAVIS no
completed his cabinet with these
names; Secretary of the treasury. An.
drew w. Mellon secretary Of war
John ". Weeks; attorney general
Harry N. Daugherty; postmaster zen
eral, win II. Hays; secretary OF tha
navy, Edwin DENLY secretary Of the
Interior, Albert Il. Fail; secretary ~
agriculture. Henry @. Wallace: secre.
tary Of commerce. Herbert C. Hoover,
secretary OF labor. James ]. Davis. M
Harding was Inaugurated on March 4
with simple, dlgniAed ceremony. and
president Wilson, despite his contln-
ued Illness, al able to be present
The senate In extra session, confirmed
the cabinet and a number OF other an.
polniments, ami adjourned on March
On Ihe hrsl day Of the year Gonerol
roNder was sent by President VIII.
to Cuba g. sce What could W DON.
10 fss'oSe rnaDeiAl and svonomle Cos.
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NEUROLOGY

Just the names Of the w~eu-hnouo
men ana women who passed swav IN
iezl would ill much space. Among ,ho
SHINING marks found BY death wers
'uese: Jan. l, DR.. TheobaId Won Rs,,,
naho-holiweEg, former German Imna
na' ~ch"neellcr; Jan. 3, Ferdlnand
SV,'es'nger' Wisconsin capitalist. La
james q. Scrlpps, publisher OF man
seWspapers; Jan. 10, Henry Relnhsra,
"uIous American art collector anu
ueaieri Jan. 10, Daniel Barto. mcosas'
sos OF agriculture In the Univers,tv -
n,llnols; Jan. 81. Congressman cns,,o,
aer OF Missouri, and Mary AZ. whit.
30 aainoos astronomer at Vassar. Jan
y Cap" streeter, the no,sd sun'
sAe iront sQuatter; Jan. 30 Iob"
Francis Murphy. American sonD
of Maine. rorShurst
FEB. ?, Cardinal Ferrnrl
., Allan and Luigi Manicem
composer; Feb. 8. Prince KroDa nOSeo
S S.1I !, leader and Prof. Barrett Wen.
usu Of Harvard; Feb. 0, James clASoas
90 x music critic and author Ton
- W. F. Mccombs, former
S g national chairman Feb u Ds% mo-
!. V. Skin, director or ~ IN
Museum II Chicago. we 'le'o
March 1. Nichola.
csESe' March ? cOOTrssGssh c n'"".-
q Missouri; Msyeh n 'rp
o"""eni astronomer Of CsL
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sy EowARo M. PlckARp

Back TO Normally was the slogan
g 1871, not only In America but IN
. the civilized nations Of the world.
va minor wars, Internal economic dis.
WkDanees, chaotic financial conditions
u Europe, widespread unemployment
famine In Russia and other hIndrances
made progress In the right direction
SOW. excepting, perhaps, In the United
States.
When the year opened the eOpIe
were grooming under the burden az
taxation and depression resulting from
~e World war, As IT drew to a close
Mey were still groanlng but had hope
taiiy turned their y e toward Wash.
logton' where the representatives OF
great powers were negotiating inter.
national agreements that would elm.
mate some Of the causes Of war. es-
Recially In the Far East, and limit
M means Of making war. In the
success Of this conference and Of 9th.
eas mat might grow out Of 1t Law for
me time being the hope Of humanity.
Efforts to enforce the terms Of the
treaty Of Versailles resulted In con.
Aiets among some Of the new nations
created BY that pact. and several Of
the older nations we're involved IN
warfare Germany, working fast to
recover her old position 10 the world
q commerce, was hampered BY the
eNastrous decline In the value Of the
naark and her leaders protested con.
uoually that she could not possibly
pAy the war indemnity. Peace negot.
anons between tie British government
AAd Sim FeIn were brought to a sue.
esasfuI conclusion by which the irish
? State was constituted.
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DISASTERS

FLOODS, tOrnadoes and c-onfagrafiens
cost many lives and vast property
losses IN 1921. A fourmnIon-doilar
nre destroyed the business section Of
Athens Ga, on January "a. The Ar.
mour grain elevator In Chicago, larE-
EST In the world. was wrecked by Ore
and explosion on March 10, the loss
being @.OOO,000. A Thousand houses
y Iokyo we're destroyed BY flames In
March and In April FIRE IN Manila
rendered 1900 homeless and 1900
buildings were burned In Hakodate.
japan. The Southern states wers
struck by a tornado on APRIL IS. 100
persons being killed. On June 3 cnme
the terrible floods IN eastern Colorado
10 which hundreds lost their lives and
immense property damage was done.
san Antonio. Tex. experienced a dIs-
astrouS flood Of September rc
Inc two most startling disasters
occurred abroad. On August "a the
giant dlrigible zR-2. built BY the Brit
len for the United Staioa broke in
while over Hull, England, on her
trial trip. Forty.slx men we're
KILLED, Including IS members Of the
American crew that was to bring the
vessel acfDSe the ocean.
Q 2 September n q great nitrate
pant a. Oppau. Germany. blew "
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LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL

Two strong tendencies IN the vo,,a
o. labor marked the year IN the Un,,aS
states. One was toward a reduc,,ou
OF wages as a part Of the a~retprr -
normally" and the other was tou.rS
the establishment Of the opsp ,bon
Naturally both were contested hv
ganiAed labor, not wholly -succaassol,,
me railway executives tOoh ne l,.c
- bath noveasnts. bnt hsd MAJ, ~
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The League Of Nations. tbong,
Sunctionlng without the Cooperation
- the United States, accomplished
oBch during the year, chiefly through
f6 council. which met I'm Paris On
February q and Immediately referred
Noposed amendments to the covenant
70 q committee. President wilson
VINO during January had Withdrawn
0e American representatives from the
soonci OF ambassadors and the rena.
Fations commission, on February %
sent TO the league council a strong
protest against the inclusion Of tbe
l@and OF zap In territories Subjected
u The mandate Of Japan. and also
normally demanded for America a
voice In the disposal of the former
eeraan colonies. The council m re-
~ said II was not concerned with
ne ALLEGATION OF Yap TO Japan ana
nTited the United States to take nar,
10 discussions concerning the Turkisb
ahq African mandates. A month after
tes Republican administration took
since Secretary Of State Hughes reIt.
Grated Mr.. Wilson's stand concerning
zap and mandates In general. and
IAler France and Italy IndOrsed Amer.
leas position In the controversy over
Ihe ISLAND. though Japan formally re.
FUSED TO give up her mandate. There
a1ter mat dispute was the subject Of
IonE drawD-out negotiations between
the United States and .Japan which
led TO a treaty by which the United
States was assured equal rights IN
Tap and other islands inundated 70
Japan.
The council Of ambassadors In lam.
AIRY gave Germany more time 70 ais.
arm appointed a commission to mass
On Austrla's economic status. decided
that Lntvia and Esthonla should he
recognized as sovereign states. and
Ihen fixed the German PREPARATIONS at
zZoOOO'OOO, 600 gold marks, payable in
annual lnstallments, and II per cont
'1 on exports during the period of
payment. This PREPARATIONS decision
created CONSERVATION In Germany and
Berlin at once began efforts TO per
suade the United States TO intervene
b her behalf. The Wilson admInIstra.
ion made no response, but on Anru
I Secretary Hughes Informed Ger.
sSny the United States would NOT
'o~untenance her escaping full respon.
for the war or getting our of
to the limit OF her ability. A
eW days earlier, Berlin having failed
o make the first payments. French
foops occupied Dusseldorf, Duis.
urg and Ruhrort. The British on.
strongly 10 this Independent
ction and France withdrew. II womb
. tedious to detail the negotiations
yer the reparations bill. suniee II 10
~ that Germany, with Doctor Wtrth J
: chancellor. was compelled 70 az.
ipt the figures OF 1856. OOO.OO0OOO gold !
'arks finally decided on by the an.
RENE council. made the payments due !
lFing the year but, m December "a !
anounced that the In major part Of T!
= sums due In the early part OF ]
~ could not be raised. And since q
any economists agreed that 20 drive {
y into absolute bankruptcy would :
disastrous 70 the rest Of the world. |
the close Of the year there 4
Increasing talk Of arranging :
Of tive to thrts years for q
2. France was the chief objector v
nseb delay. ~ shs relied on TIE 4
'nes dus her rron Germany, - '
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.PROCRESS SLOW
DURING The YEAR
@eaW Taxes, Chaotic Financial
Conditions and Minor Wars
Harper Recovery in 1921.
nope CONES NEAR ITS END

washington Conferences on Armament
Limitation the Most important
kvsnt-whst PrSsidsnt Hard.
ines Administrator and
the Congress Nave
Accomplished.
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100000 GIVEN BY
MRS. PULLMAN WILL.
Car Makers Widow Gave
s12,000,000 to Charity
Before Death.

CHICAGO. April 6.-Mrs. George
N. Pullman's will, fled today for
probate, disposed of an estate valued
at $4.o00.000. the bulk of which is
left to her two daughters, Mrs.
Florence Lowden.s wife of former
Governor Frank o. Lowden, and
Mrs Harriet Caroian. with the
filing Of the will, 1t was announced
that Mrs. Pullman had given TO
charities, within recent years, ap-
proximately $4,000, ,ooo.. She was
the widow of George M. Pullman,
pioneer railway coach builder.
( The daughters are to receive the
residuary estate after payment of
a legacy of s25o.ooo to the Pullman
Free School of Manual Training
and definite small legacies to the
grandchildren. nieces. nephews and
household servants of Mrs. Pullman.
A clause in the will SPECIFICS
that in the event of an attempt by
any heir to contest 1t, that heirs
bequest shall revert to the residu-
airy estate.
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GRAIN PRODUCERS
DISCUSS COMMON
SYSTEM OF SALES
Sec. Henry C. Wallace As.
sures Growers of Fed
eral Assistance.

CHICAGO, April 6.AMore than 500
farmers from every ain-producing
section in the United States met
here today to consider marketing
plans proposed by the Committee of
Seventeen. Twenty three States
were represented by the 1o7 dele
gates, who are here with authority
to accept or reject the new CO.
operative system of selling grain.
No definite action was taken at
the first days session, but after the
committees report was read much
of the discussion hinged upon the
method of handling the wheat.
Two Sales Systems Proposed.
Serious objections were made by
the delegates from Texas and the
great Northwestern grain belt When
it was proposed that the farmers
have the option of marketing their
grain under the Individual sales
method" or the pooling method"
With few changes it was gen.
orally believed that the committees
plan will be ratified tomorrow, and
further steps would be taken i'm
mediately to put the new system
into operation as soon as possible.
The committees report included
provisions for two contracts, the
first running from the farmer to
the farmers cooperative elevator.
the second from the elevator to the
central agency.
Farmers May Pool Grain.
There are two types of contracts
that the farmer may sign. One pro-
vides for the selling of his grain
to the elevator and the elevator
selling at the market, the regular
method now followed. These may
be direct sales, or sales on consign-
ment- II the pooling contract is
signed the farmer agrees to sell his
grain exclusively through the ma
tional sales agency for fve years,
and the contract will then be re-
newed.
Hot debates are expected over the
contract question at the meeting to-
morrow.
Henry c. Wallace, Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington in speak
ing at the convention today. as
sured the farmers of government
assistance in the marketing of their
grain. He said he believed that
there was just as much reason why
the Department of Agriculture
should assist the farmer in the mar
keting and distributing of his prod
ucts as there is in. aiding him in
his production problems.
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BRITAIN SEEKS TO MEDIATE.
U.S.-JAP DISPUTE OVER YAP
Writer Learns of Desire to Settle Point and
Increase American Friendship.
BY JOHN STEELE.
Especial Cable to The Washington He

Washington handc chicaroT rbunsD
LONDON. April 6-Frona authoritative source / have
learned Great Britain assist the settlement
Pacific problems and especially concerning the
of the Island of Yap According my informant Premier
Lloyd George considering how he Japan
and America friction ard how Japan
sensible the face of Americas just Pacific
The difficulty to be the Yap awarded
Japan the of Versailles with passive by
former President Wilson In the of the European
legal right stand of her bond At the
time British statesmen recognize Wilson
dated America and that he power
spulaons Because of this Great considering
advising Japan the but to
reopen the whole peace
Justice.
Two strong factors which favor this policy
desire for the friendship of the United
domnons which the whole strongly opposed
America Jap domination of the Pacific.
Copyright. 1871