St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-14


June 22-Charles G. Dawes made di6c+
TOR OF federal budget.
June 24-secretary of the Navy DENLY
publicly reprimanded Admiral Sims Tor
irdiscreet utterances In London speech.
I. B: Warren Of Detroit appointed am.
nassador to Japan and w. M. Collier OF
washington ambassador to Chile.
June 27-House passed supplementary
prohibition law barring medicinal beer
and wine !.
chief justice of Supreme court OF U. 8.
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 5rserator J. o. Wolcott Of Della
ware resigned to become chancellor OF
state
July 7-Gen. T. Coleman Du Pont ap-
pointed senator from Delaware.
July l5-senate shelved soldier bonus
bill indefinitely at Presidents request, =,
July 20-Senate passed the Sweet Dial
for soldiers relief bureau.
Gov. Small and Lieut.. Gov. Sterling Of
Illinois Indicted on charges OF fraud ana
embezZlement Of state funds.
July 21-House passed the tariff BILL
Aug HSenate passed agricultural cred
its bill
medical beer and otherwise amending the
Volstead act.
Aug. Sweet soldier relief bill signed
by President and Col. G. 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. 21senate passed railroad adminis-'
Aug 24-Congress recessed until Sept;
n after TRssing $4S, 600 shipping board
deficiency bill and the billion-dollar farm;
exports credit bill, and extending tho
dye embargo to Jan. l. 1922.
Aug. 3o-President Harding issued proc
Iamation ordering bands Of West Virginia
miners to cease insurrecti0nary 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 s-Presiqent Harding appointed
Charles e. Hughes, Henry Cabot Lodge:
Ellhu Root and Oscar w. Underwood to
represent U. S. in conference on limita-
zion of ornaments and Far East ques-
lions.
Sept 2o-Holm Q. Bursum elected U. 8.
senator from New Mexico
Sept 21-Congress reconvened and Pres
ident Harding, submitted treaties With
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
J. C. Grew nominated minister to-
Switzerland. and DR.. ]. D. Prince Of New
Jersey minister to Denmark. !
Sept 26-Conference on unemployment
opened in Washington.
! Sept. 27-Fifty-hfth annual encampment
G. A. r. opened in Indianapolis.
Sept. 29LLewis S. Pitcher Of Brooklyn
elected commander-'n-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. president Harding appointed the
following ministers: To Panama, pr.
John Glover South Of Kentucky; to Mic,
aragua, John E. Rarner Of Colorado: to
Venezuela, Willis o. Cook Of South Da-
kota; to Guatemala, Roy Davis Of Mis-
souri,: to Czechoslovakia, Lewis Einstetn
of New York; to Bulgaria, Charles 81
Wilson Of Maine: to Finland, Charles L.
Kagey of Kansas, and to Siam, Edward
e. Brodie of Oregon.
Oct 6-Lauritz S. Swenson Of Minnesota
appointed minister to Sweden.
Oct. 10-senate passed Borah bin ex-
empting American coastwise shipping
from payment Of Panama canal tolls.
ernor general of Philippines.
Oct. Ex-Governor Frazier and other
lNonpartisan league state officials Of North
Dakota ousted by recall election.
Nov. 1-Cordell Hull OF Tennessee
elected chairman of Democratic national
Nov. 2-1.ieut. Col. Hanford MacNider
of Mason City. Ia, 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
or of New-York. E. Lee Trinkle elected
governor Of Virginia. Democrats won In
Kentucky.
Senate extended emergency tariff act
Nov. e-Americas unknown dead soldier
reached Washington and lay in state b.
meath the dome Of the capitol.
J. w. Riddle Of Connecticut appointed
amba ssador to Argent tina. =
Nov. 11-America's Unknown Soldier
buried at Arlington on Armisttce day.
Nov. 1S-senate adopted conference re-
port on anti-beer bill.
b, Nov. ls-A0uss passed the maternity
Nov. 21-House adopted conferences re-
port of tax BILL
Nov 22-Porto Rico asked the removal
of Governor E. Mont Reilly as 'tincom-
petent and prejudiced"
Nov. 23-Tax and ant&beer bills were
enacted into law and special session OF
congress ended.
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 1898. showing reduc-
ton of half a 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-
ton scheme in tariff bill, and other rem
edial measures.