The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-12-30

tor OF FEDERAL budget.
,, Jyns A-sssretaIy Of the Navy DENLY b,
indiscreet utterances In London speech.
G. b. Warren OF Detroit appointed am.
bassador to Japan and w. M Collier o.
washington ambassador TO Chile.
June H-Iiouse passed supplementary
prohinition law barring medicinal beei
June so--wiIliam Howard Taft made
chief Justice Of Supreme court of u. 8.
House adopted modified resolution de-
claring war with Germany ended.
July l-Senate adopted peace resolution
July 2-Presdent Harding signed the
peace resolution.
July s-senator J. o. wolcott of Della.
ware resigned to become chancellor Of
state. ~
July 7-Gen. 7. Coleman Du Pont ap.
pointed senator from Delaware.
July b-Senate shelved soldier bonuI
bill indefinitely at Presidents request, :.
July 90-Senate passed the Sweet bill
for soldiers relief bureau.
Gov. Small and Lieut.. Gov. Sterling OF
Illinois indicted on charges OF fraud and
embezzlement OF state funds
July 2l-House passed the tariff bill.
Aug, +-Senate passed agricultural cred
its bill.
Aug. s-senate passed bill prohibiting
medical beer and otherwise amending the
Volstead act
Aug. s--sweet soldier relief bill signed
by President and Col. c. r. Forbes made
director of the veterans bureau,
BIZ for federal regulation Of boards Of
trade passed by senate.
Aug 9o--Tax revision bill passed by
Aug. ss--senate passed railroad admins
tration bill
Aug, A-Congress recessed until Sept.
after passing Hs.500.0OO shipping board
deficiency bill and the billion-dollar farm
exports credit bill, and extending the
dye embargo to Jan. /. 1922.
Aug. @-President Harding issued proc
lamation ordering bands OF West Virginia
miners 70 cease insurrectionary move
mentD and dispense.
Sept: 2-Regular army troops sent into
the West Virginia mine region.
governor general Of Philippines.
Sept 3--West Virginia Insurgents sur
rendered to u. 8. troops.
Sept. 9-President Harding appointed
Charles y. Hughes, Henry Cabot Lodge,
Elihu Root and Oscar w. Underwood to
represent u. 8. in conference on limita-
ton OF ornaments and Far East Ques-
tons.
Sept. 9o-Holm O. Bursum elected U 8.
senator from New Mexico.
Sept. 2l-Congress reconvened and Pres
ident Harding submitted treaties with
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
j, c, Grew nominated minister to
Switzerland. and DR.. J. d. Prince OF New
Jersey munster 10 denmark,
Sept. S-Conference on unemployment
opened In Washington.
Sept. T-Fifty- fifth annual cncampment
G.. A. r. opened in Indianapolis
Sept. 2S-Lewis s. Pitcher Of Brooklyn
elected commander i'm chief of @. A. r.
Sept, so--shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation separated.
Oct 1John Barton Payne appointed
chairman of American Red Cross.
William H. Taft sworn In as chief just
Ice of Supreme court.
Oct. +-President Harding appointed the
following ministers: To Panama, Dr.
John Glover South Of Kentucky; to Me-
aragua, John E. Ramer OF Colorado; to
Venezuela. Willis o. Cook OF South Da-
souri, to Czechoslovakia, Lewis EInstein
OF New York; to Bulgaria, Charles s.
Wilson OF Maine: to Finland. Charles l..
Kagey of Kansas, and to Siam, Edward
L. Brodie of Oregon.
Oct. 6-Lauritz s. Swenson OF Minnesota
appointed minister to Sweden.
Oct 10-Senate passed Borah bill ex-
empting American coastwise shipping
from payment of Panama canal tolls.
Oct. B-Leonard Wood inaugurated gov
ernor general OF Philippines.
Oct. Ex-Governor Frazier and other
Nonpartisan league state officials OF North
Dakota ousted by recall election.
Oct. a-American Legion convention
opened In Kansas City.
elected chairman Of Democratic national
committee.
Nov. 2-Lieut. Col. Hanford MacNider
of Mason City, Ia. elected national COM
mander OF American Legion.
Nov. 5-Soldier bonus bill defeated in
senate.
Nov. 7--Tax Revision bill passed by
senate.
Nov. S--John F. Hylan reelected may
or OF New York. f. Lee Trinkle elected
governor of Virginia. Democrats won in
Kentucky.
Senate extended emergency tariff act
indefinitely.
Nov. S-Amerlca's unknown dead soldier
reached Washington and lay In state be-
meath the dome of the capitol.
]. w. Riddle of Connecticut appointed
ambassador to Argentina.
Nov. 11-AmericR's Unknown Soldier
buried at Arlington on Armistice day.
Nov. lS--Senate adopted conference re-
port on anti-beer bill
Nov. ls-House passed the maternity
Nov. n-House adopted conference re-
port Of tax bill.
Nov. 22-Porto Rico asked the removal
of Governor z. Mont Reilly as "incom-
petent and prejudiced,"
Nov. 22--Tax and anti-beer bills were
enacted into law and special session of
congress ended.
Nov 29-Wood- Forbes commission re-
ported against immediate Independence
for the Philippines and recommended
strengthening hand of American govern
ment there.
Dec. 5-Congress met in regular session.
President Harding submitted to con-
gress the first national budget. for gov
eminent expenses OF 1923. showing reduc-
ton Of half billion,
Dec. 6-President Harding In message
suggested labor court to end strikes, de-
velopment of cooperative marketing
among farmers, decentralization OF indus
try, modification OF the American valua-
tion scheme in tariff bill. and other rem
edial measures