Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-30
June 2s-charles G. Dawes made drec-

publicly reprlmanded Admiral Sims for
indiscreet utterances in London speech,
c. b. Warren OF Detroit appointed am
bassador to Japan and W. NJ, Collier Of
Washington ambassador to Chie
June H-House passed supplementary
prohibition law barring medicinal beer
and wine
June SO-WillIam Howard Taft made
chief justice of Supreme court of u. 5.
House adopted modified resolution de-
claring war with Germany ended.
July l-Senate adopted peace resolution.
July 2-Presldent Harding signed the
peace resolution.
July Ex-senator j. O. Wolcott OF Della
ware resigned to become chancellor Of
state.
July 7-Gen T. Coleman Du Pont APP
pointed senator from Delaware.
July l5-Senate shelved soldier bonus
bill indefinitely at Presidents request.
July D-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. 4-Senate passed agricultural cred
its bill.
Aug. S-Senate passed bill prohibiting
medical beer and otherwise amending the
| Volstead act.
Aug 9-Sweet soldier relief bill signed
| by President and Col. c. r. Forbes made
| director Of the veterans bureau
Bill for federal regulation Of boards Of
trade passed by senate.
Aug. @-Tax revision bill passed by
! house.
Aug. 22-senate passed railroad admins
tration bill.
Aug 4-Congress recessed until Sept
q after passing AS,5OO,OOO shipping board
deficiency bill and the billion-dollar farm
exports credit bill and extending the
| dye embargo to Jan. /. 1922.
Anp 9n-praaidant IJordtpoy iesuod rrop-
lamaton ordering bands of West Virginia
miners to cease insurrectonary move
ments and dispense
Sept. Irregular army troops sent into
the West Virginia mine region.
Gen. Leonard Wood accepted post OF
governor general OF Philippines.
Sept 3-West Virginia Insurgents sur
rendered to U. s. troops
Sept 9-President Harding appointed
Charles e Hughes. Henry Cabot Lodge
Elihu Root and Oscar w. Underwood to
represent u 8. in conference on limta-
ton OF ornaments and Far East ques-
tons
Sept 2O-Holm o. Bursum elected U. s.
senator from New Mexico
Sept 2l-Congress reconyened 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 minister to Denmark.
Sept S-Conference on unemployment
opened In Washington
Sept. FIFTY fifth annual encampment
G. A. r. opened in Indianapolis
Sept 29-Lewis S. Pitcher OF Brooklyn
elected commander-in-chief of G. A. r.
Sept 30-Shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation separated
oct 3-John Barton Payne appointed
chairman Of American Red Cross
William H. Taft sworn in as chief just
Ice of Supreme court
Oct 4-President Harding appointed the
following ministers: To Panama, Dr.
John Glover South of Kentucky; to MIC
aragua, John f. Ramer of Colorado; to
Venezuela. Willis O. Cook of South Da-
kota; to Guatemala, Roy Davis of Mis-
souri,; to Czechoslovaka, Lewis Enstein
Of New York; to Bulgaria; Charles S.
Wilson Of Maine, to Finland, Charles l..
Kagey of Kansas, and to Siam, Edward
f. Brode of Oregon.
Oct 6-Lauritz S. Swenson Of Minnesota
appointed minister to Sweden.
oct l0-Senate passed Borah bill eX-
from payment OF Panama canal tolls
Oct 15-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 3l-American Legion convention
opened in Kansas City.
Nov. l-Cordell Hull OF Tennessee
elected chairman Of Democratic national
committee
Nov 2-Leut. Col. Hanford MacNider !
OF Mason City Ia, elected national COM I
mander Of American Legion.
Nov 5-Soldler bonus bill defeated in
senate
Nov Tax Revision bill passed by
senate.
Nov. S-John F. Hylan reelected may
or of New York. b. Lee Trinkle elected
governor OF Virginia. Democrats won in .
Kentucky
Senate extended emergency tarirf act
Indefinitely.
Nov. 9-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. ll-Americas Unknown Soldier .
buried at Arlington on ArmistlCe day.
Nov lS-Senate adopted conference re-
port on anti-beer bill
Nov. l9-House passed the maternity
bill.
Nov 21-House adopted conference re-
port OF tax bill
Nov. 22-Porto Rico asked the removal
OF Governor f. Mont Reilly as ''incom-
petent and prejudiced."
Nov 23-Tax and ant-beer bills were
enacted into law and special session OF
congress- ended
Nov. 29-Wood Forbes commission re.
pOIttu dbdlllSl lllIllculhlo 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 a billion.
Dec 6-Presdent 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.
ton scheme In tarin bill, and other rem.
edlal measures.
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. 3-Supreme Court OF United State,
held that labor unions or their members
are accountable to the antitrust lava
where they depart from their normal
and legitimate objects and engage in ar
actual combination or conspiracy In re.
straint OF trade"
Jan. 12-National conference Of state
manufacturers associations pledged sup.
port for open shop movement
Jan. 31-Raway executives asked thai
national working agreements be abro.
gated, and railroad brotherhoods ap.
pealed to President Wilson to prevent
wage reductions.
Feb. 6-Presdent Wilson declined to in.
terfere in railway wage controversy.
March S-Wage decreases OF l2Ia to |!
ill., 81 49,