The St. Johns herald., 1922-01-12

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 Feb. PHI. NJ. Daugherty appointed at- torney general by Harding, and Henry P. Fletcher named under-secretary of state.
 Feb. 22-Harding completed his cabinet by selecting Edwin Denby for secretary of the navy; Herbert Hoover. secretary of commerce, and James J. Davis. secre- tary of labor; Andrew Mellon. secretary of the treasury; John W. Weeks. secre- tary of war; Will Hays, postmaster gen. eral; Henry C. Wallace, secretary of az riculture, and Albert B. Fall. secretary of the interior.
 Feb. 2s-Senate adopted resolution re- pealing wartime laws.
 March 3-President Wilson vetoed emer- gency tariff bill.
 March 4-Warren G. Harding inaugu- rated President of the United States.
 March 26-Eighteen men indicted in Chi- cago in connection with baseball scan- dal.
 James c. Davis of Iowa appointed di- rector general of railways.
 March 2S-Supreme court heId prouIs from sale of corporate stock and DonoS and capital assets are taxable as Income.
 April 11-Congress met in extra session
 April 12-lmmediate declaration by con gress of peace with Germany, complete rejection of the League of Nations cove nant. and ultimate ratification of such parts of the Versailles treaty as involve American rights and interests proposed by President Harding in his message to congress.
 April i4-Georgs Harvey and Myron D. Herrick nominated ambassadors to Great Britain and France, respectively.
 April 15-House passed emergency tar fir oill
 Frank White, North Dakota. appointed treasurer of United States.
 April 22-House passed emergency immi- grafton bill.
 April 26-National budget bill passed by senate.
 April 2S-House passed naval bill car rying S396. 900 O0O
 April SO-senate adopted Knox resolu- tion declaring war with Germany and Austria at an end.
 May 2-U. s. Supreme court set aside conviction of Senator Truman s. New berry of Michigan and Is others for al- legged violation of federal corrupt prac- tIces act, holding the act void.
 May S-Senate passed immigration bill.
 May 5-House passed the budget bill
 May 10-House passed army appropria- ton bill, reducing army to 10000.
 May I3-House passed Tincher bill to regulate dealings in grain futures.
 May 17-Generai reduction of all railway wages decided on by federal railway la
 Richard Washburn Child nominated ann bassador to Italy, and Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman minister to China. May 31-Great race riots in Tulsa. Okla; 5 killed. many wounded; negro quarter of city burned
 June 1-Senate passed navy approprla- ton bill carrying $494. COCOON
 June 2-House passed meat packer con-
 Senate passed s5O,OOO, 900 farm loan bill.
 June, S-A D. Lasker of Chicago ap- pointed chairman of U. s. shipping board.
 John T. Adams of Iowa elected chair man Republican national committee.
 Senate passed army bill. providing for army of 150,000.
 June 11-Roy A. Haynes. Ohio. took ot- flee as national prohibition commissioner.
 June 13-House adopted Porter resolu, tiOn declaring war with Germany and Austria terminated.
 June 17-Senate passed meat packer con trol bill.
 June 22-Charles G. Dawes made direc- tor of federal budget.
 June 24-Secretary of the Navy Denby publicly reprimanded Admiral Sims for indiscreet utterances in London speech.
 c. B. Warren of Detroit appointed am: bassador to Japan and w. M. Collier Of Washington ambassador to Chile.
 June H-House passed supplementary prohibition law barring medicinal beer and wine.
 June 9O-William Howard Taft made chief justice Of Supreme court of U. $.
 House adopted modified resolution de- claring war with Germany ended.
 July 1-Senate adopted peace resolution.
 July 2-President Harding signed the peace resolution.
 July 5-Senator J. O. Wolcott of Dela- ware resigned to become chancellor of state.
 July .7-Gen. T. Coleman Du Pont ap- pointed senator from Delaware.
 July 20-Senate passed the Sweet bill for soldiers relief bureau.
 Gov. Small and Lieut.. Gov. Sterling of Illinois indicted on charges of fraud arI embezzlement of state funds.
 July 2l-House passed the tariff bill.
 Aug. 4-Senate passed agricultural cre6- it's 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. 20-Tax revision bill passed by house.
 Aug. 22-senate passed railroad admInis- tration bill
 Aug. 24-Congress recessed until Sept 2l after passing $4S 5O0,0O0 shipping board deficiency bill and the billion-dollar farm exports credit bill, and extending the dye embargo to Jan. 1. 1922.
 Aug. 30-President Harding issued proc lamation ordering bands of West Virginia miners to cease insurrectionary mOve- ments and disperse. Sept. 2-Regular army troops sent into the West Virginia mine region.
 Sept. S--West Virginia insurgents sur rendered to Q. s. troops.
 Sept. 9-President Harding appointed Charles D. Hughes. Henry Cabot Lodge. Elihu Root and Oscar w. Underwood to represent U. s. in conference on limita- ton of armaments and Far East Quss- tions.
 Sept. 20-Holm O. Bursum elected U. S. senator from New Mexico.
 Sept. 21-Congress reconvened and Pres ident Harding submitted treaties with Germany. Austria and Hungary.
 Sept. 26-Conference on unemployment opened in Washington. Sept. 27-F'ifty-fifth annual encampment G. A. R. opened in Indianapolis.
 Sept. 29-LewIs s. Pitcher of Brooklyn elected commander-in-chief of c. A. R.
 Oct 3-John Barton Payne appointed chairman of American Red Cross.
 William H. Taft sworn in as chief just ice of Supreme court. Oct. 10-Senate passed Borah bill eX- empting American coastwise shipping from payment of Panama canal tolls. Oct. 15-Leonard Wood inaugurated gov-