Middletown transcript., 1922-01-07

tor of federal budget.
n,!s1s,, June a--seseretary of the Navy DENLY
indiscreet utterances in London speech.
Z. .. Warren of Detroit appointed am
5assador to Japan and w. M. Collier of
washington ambassador, to Chile.
| June N-House passed supplementary
prohibition law barring medicinal beer
| and wine.
June 2s-The house accepted Borah
| amendment to naval bill designed to lin
1t naval programs by agreement
| June 3O-William Howard Taft made
| cnier justice OF Supreme court of u. s.
| House adopted modified resolution de-
claring war with Germany ended.
July l-Senate adopted peace resolution.
July president Harding signed the
peace resolution.
July 5-senator 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 15-Senate shelved soldier bonus
Dill indefinitely at Presidents request.
July 20-Senate passed the Sweet bill
Tor 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.
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. N-TaX revision bill passed by
house.
Aug. 22.Senate passed railroad admins
tration bill.
Aug. 2-Congress recessed until Sept
q after passing $4S.5OO.O00 shipping board
deficiency bill and the billion dollar farm
exports credit bill, and extending the
dye embargo to Jan. /. 1922.
Aug. G-President Harding created fed
dating board.
Aug: S-President Harding issued proc
lamation ordering bands of West Virginia
miners to cease insurrectonary move
ments and disperse
Sept: Irregular army troops sent into
the West Virginia mine region,
Gen. Leonard Wood accepted post of
governor general Of Philippines.
Sept, S-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. S. in conference on limita-
| tions
Sept. 2o-Holm o. Bursum elected U. s.
senator from New Mexico.
,dse sept, III EnrGongress reconvened and Pres
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
j.. G., Grew nominated minister to
Switzerland. and DR.. J. d. Prince of New
Jersey minister to Denmark.
Sept. 26-Conference on unemployment
opened in Washington.
Sept. 27-Fifty- y-ffth annual encampment
G.. A. r. opened in indianapolis.
Sept. 29-Lewis s. Pitcher Of Brooklyn
elected commander 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 II. Taft sworn in as chief just
ice of Supreme court.
Oct. 4-President Harding appointed the
following ministers: To Panama, DIR.
John Glover South of Kentucky; to Mic
aragua, John E. Ramer of Colorado; to
Venezuela. Willis o. Cook of South Da-
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.
Oct. G-Lauritz S. Swenson of Minnesota
appointed minister to Sweden.
Oct; 1o-Senate passed Borah bill ex-
empting American coastwise shipping
from payment of Panama canal tolls.
Oct. l5-Leonard Wood inaugurated gov
ernor general of Philippines.
Nonpartisan league state officials Of North
Dakota ousted by recall election.
Oct. Sl-American Legion convention
opened pence in Kansas Sansa,, CITY u..
elected chairman Of Democratic national
committee.
Nov. 2-Lieut. Col Hanford MacNider
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 e. Lee Trinkle elected
governor of Virginia. Democrats won in
Kentucky.
Senate extended emergency tariff act
indefinitely.
Nov 9-America'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. 1l-America's Unknown Soldier
buried at Arlington on Armistice day.
port on anti-beer bill.
Nov 1s-House passed the maternity
bill.
Nov. 2l-House adopted conference re-
Nov. 22-Porto Rico asked the removal
of Governor E. Mont Reilly as 'incom-
petent and prejudiced."
Nov 23-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
tion of half billion.
Dec. 6-President Harding in message
suggested labor court to end strikes, de-
among farmers, decentralization OF indus
try, modification of the American valua-
ton scheme in tariff bill. and other rem
edial measures.