The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-12-31
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June 22-Charles G. Dawes made direc-
tor of federal budget.
June A-secretary Of the Navy DENLY
publicly reprimanded Admiral Sims for
lndlscreet utterances in London speech.
G. 3: Warren of Detroit appointed am
bassador to Japan and W. M. Collier Of
washington ambassador to Chile.
June N-House passed supplementary
prohibition law barring medicinal beeri
June 3O-William Howard Taft made
chief justice OF Supreme court of U. s.
House adopted modified resolution de-
claring war with Germany ended.
July Senate adopted peace resolution
July PRESIDENT Harding signed the
July 5-senator J. Q. wolcott of Della
ware resigned to become chancellor of
state
July 7-Gen. T. Coleman Du Pont ap-
pointed. senator from Delaware.
July 16-Senate shelved soldier bonus
bill indefinitely at Presidents request.
July 20-senate passed the Sweet bill
for soldiers relief bureau. ~ - f..
Gov. Small and Lieut.. Gov. Sterling of
Illinois indicted On ehargesa fraud and
July 2l-House passed the tariff bill. :
Aug; 4senate passed agricultural cred
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. 2o-Tax revision bill passed by
house.
Aug. 2-senate passed railroad admins
Aug. 24-Congress recessed until Sept.
q after passing 4S,5OO,OOO shipping board
deficiency bill and the billion-dollar farm
exports credit bill. and extending the
dye embargo to Jan. /. 1922.
Aug. 30-President Harding issued proc
lamation ordering bands of West Virginia
miners to cease insurrectionary 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,
El1hu Root and Oscar w. Underwood to
represent U. S. in conference on limita-
ton of ornaments and Far East ques-
lions. d
f.. Sept. 20-Holm O. Bursum elected u. S.
senator from New Mexico. -.
Sept. 2l-Congress reconvened and Pres
.ident Harding submitted treaties with
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
J. G. Grew nominated minister to
Switzerland, and DR.. ]. D. Prince of New
Jersey minister to Denmark.
Sept. circumference on unemployment
opened in Washington. 81 :,
Sept. 27-Fifty fifth annual encampment
G.: A. R. opened in Indianapolis.
Sept: 29-I4ewis S. Pitcher Of Brooklyn
ELECTED scat q. eommander-ln- Of e. A. R.
Fleet corporation separated. ~
.~yOetsta4John Barton Payne appointed
chairman of American Red Cross.
William H. Taft sworn in as chief just
Oct. 4President Harding appointed the
following minister's: To Panama, DR..
John Glover South of Kentucky; to Mic
1Tagga John WIFI. Fm @ao Of Golorado to
kota; to Guatemala, Roy Davis of Mis-
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
e. BrOdie of Oregon. 49,.
Oct. 6-Lauritz S. Swenson OF Minnesota
appointed minister to Sweden. - = ~--s
Oct: 10-senate passed Borah bill ex-
;empting American coastwise shipping
from payment of Panama canal tolls.
Oct. 15-Leonard Wood inaugurated gov
ernor general of Philippines.
oct 1nn e.. Frazier ana ether
Dakota ousted by recall election.
Oct. a-American Legion convention
opened in Kansas City.
Nov. 1-Cordell Hull of Tennessee
committee.
:. Nov 2-Lieut. Col. Hanford MacNider
tof Mason City, a., elected national COM
mander of American Legion. .
! Nov. 5-Soldier bonus bill defeated in
senate.
Nov. TAX Revision bill passed by
senate.
: Nov. S-John F. Hylan reelected may
governor Of Virginia. Democrats won in
kentucky. a-.
Senate extended emergency tariff act
indefinitely. I-G "
Nov. s-America's unknown dead soldier
reached Washington and lay in state be-
meath the dome Of the capitol
j. W. Riddle of Connecticut appointed
ambassador to Argentina.
Nov. 11-America's Unknown Soldier
buried at Arlington on Armistice day.
Nov. 18-Senate adopted conference re-
port on anti-beer bill. =.@+
Nov. 1s-House passed the maternity
Nov. a-House adopted conference re-
port Of tax bill -
Nov 22-Porto Rico asked the removal
of Governor E. Mont Reilly as ''incom-
potent and prejudiced." a.
i Nov. 23-Tax and anti-beer bills were
enacted into law and special session of
congress ended. $50
Nov. 2s-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
ernment expenses of 1923, showing reduc-
tion of half a billion. ~ ~
j 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-
ltion scheme in tariff bill, and other rem
.edial measures.
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