Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-28

May Announcement made of merger
of Bethlehem and Lackawanna steel com
| panies.
May 2o-A. H. Geissler, Oklahoma. ap-
pointed minister to Guatemala.
May 2lInterstate commerce commits
sion ordered rail freight rates reduced
/ about TO per cent, effective July l.
May 30-Lincoln memorial at Washing
| ton dedicated.
June 2-Senate passed army bill pro-
/ viding for army of 1873 600 enlisted men.
June Omitted States Supreme court
held labor organizations could be sued for
violations of Sherman antitrust law
June 12-Capt A. w. Stevens MAGE M one
world-record parachute descent of 24,206
! feet.
June 16-New treasury regulations is
sued permitting shipping board xessels
/ to sell liquor outside three-nlle unit
July 16-American Labor party formed
in New York by fusion of groups
June 19--Senate passed navy appropria-
ton bill. providing for $4,000 enlisted men;
Minnesota Republicans renomlnated
United States Senator F. b.. Kellogg,
and Democrats renominated Mrs. Anna
/ d. Olesen.
the convictions of William Bross Lloyd
| and Is other members of the Communist
Labor party for sedtion
June 22-Striking miners in Williamson
county, Illinois, slaughtered 10 strike
/ breakers and mine guards.
June 24-Gov. Len Small of Illinois found
| not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the
| state
June 27-Wisconsin Democrats nominated
Mrs. Ben c. Hooper of Oshkosh for United
| States senate.
! feated for denomination in Republican
primaries of North Dakota by Lynn j.
Frazier
July General Lord succeeded General
] Dawes as director of the budget.
July Thames II. Wi1xerson named to
succeed K. M. Lands as United States
| district Judge.
July 1S-Robert B. Howell nominated
| for senate by Republicans of Nebraska
| and Senator Hitchcock renominated by
| Democrats.
/ dent American Bar association.
/ Aug. 15-Mad David A. Reed appointed
| to succeed the late United States Senator
! Crow of Pennsylvania.
| tariff BILL
Aug. 2s-House passed bill to create
| coal investigatfng commission;
Aug. 24-Secretary of State Hughes
sailed for Brazil
Aug. Ex-senator Hiram Johnson renom-
mated by California Republicans.
| bill.
House passed emergency fuel BILL de-
signed to prevent profiteering in coal
Proposed Midvale-R epublic-Inland Steel
merger cited by federal trade commission
as unfair competition, in violation of
trade commission act
Sept House passed bill to prevent
IOFcoQ OF ARMY O4lAS0i
Sept 3-Associate Justice John A.
Clarke resigned from Supreme court
Sept 5-Republicans of Wisconsin re-
nominated Senator LaFollette and Gov
ernor j. ]. Blaine.
Former, Senator George H. sutherland
appointed to Supreme court
Senate passed the emergency fuel bill.
Sept. Thirty Eight men indicted for
participation in the Herrin coal mine
massacre in Illinois.
Sept. 8-Senate passed Borah bill Great
ing coal investigating commission.
Twenty-one more indicted for Herrtn
massacre.
Sept. 1-Senate bonus bill accepted by
conference.
Republicans won Maine election by nor
NAL majority, Senator Hale and Governor
Baxter being reelected.
Sept. Ex-senator Lodge of Massachu-
sgetts, Senator Townsend of Michigan and
Senator Pondexter of Washington renom-
mated by Republicans
Sept 15-House adopted conference re-
port on tariff bill.
Sept. 19-President Harding vetoed the
soldiers bonus bill.
Senate adopted conference report on
tariff bill
Sept. 2o-House overrode Presidents
veto of bonus bill, but senate sustained it.
Sept. 21-President signed tariff bill.
Sept. 22-Congress adjourned.
Conrad r. Spens appointed federal fuel
distributor
Sept. 23-Herrin mine massacre grand
jury completed it's work, having returned
214 indictments.
Triennial conclave of Episcopalian
church closed, denying members marriage
with divorces, refusing women place IN
church management, and passing other
important church legislation.
Six killed in crash of army bombing
planes at Mineola, L. /.
Sept. 25-G. A. R. in annual encamp-
ment at Des .Moines, Ia
linghuysen of New Jersey renominated.
Sept. 28-Dr j. w. Willett of Tama,
Ia, elected commander in chief of G. A. r.
Oct. SzMrs. w. H. FELTON, appointed
succeed the late Senator Thomas Watson
Oct. 6-Attorney General Daugherty in
sweeping decisions ruled liquor off OF
American ships throughout the world
and barred foreign ships from American
ports If they have liquor aboard. sealed
or unsealed.
the coal fact finding commission.
Oct. 16-Great Britain rejected Secre-
tary Hughes appeal for treaty granting
reciprocal right of search and seizure of
ships outside territorial limits.
American Legion convention opened in
New Orleans
Oct. 2O-AiTin M. owsley of Texas elect
ed national commander of American Lee
Oct. 23-Judge Hand in New York fed
eral court upheld Attorney General
bringing liquor into United States ports.
Oct. A-Supreme Court Justice w r.
Day resigned, effective Nov. IA.
Nov. ELECTIONS resulted generally. in
Democratic victories Republican major
ity in congress greatly reduced,
Nov. 9-President Harding called extra
session of congress for Nov. 20.
Nov. 13-United States Supreme court
held Japanese are not eligible to naturali-
zaticn.
Nov. 18-Truman H. Newberry resigned
as senator from Michigan.
Nov. N-Extra session of congress
opened.
Nov. 21-President Harding asked con-
gress to pass ship subsidy BILL
Mrs. w. H FELTON, sworn in to act for
a day as senator from Georgia.
Nov. 23-Pierce Butler of st. Paul,
Mimi, appointed associa e justice of SUI
preme court to succeed Justice Day
Nov. Achievement began series of
suits against contra ctoYs who built war
camps, alleging fraudulent expenditures.
Nov. 27-Senate defeated the bill for
loan of $5,000,000 to Liberia.
Nov. Ex-Governor Small of Illinois par
doned William Bross Lloyd and IS other
Communists convicted Of violating the
state espionage law.
House passed ship subsidy bill
Mayor James Couzens of Detroit ap-
pointed United States senator to fill out
term of Truman H. Newberry, resigned.
Dec. Extra session of congress ended
and regular session began. PTesldent sub
mitted second annual budget calling for
$3,07S $40, 331 for fiscal year 1924.
Dec. 5-Two army officers and four en-
listed men killed in airplane collision at
Langley field.
Dec S-President Harding in message
enforcement of the prohibition law a
thoroughgoing agricultural credit system,
Improvement of transportation and out
having of railroad strikes, and provision
for drafting in war all national resources.
Dec. 12-New Illinois constitution re-
, jected by people