The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-09

tural credits BILL lsi
Five defendants IN Hsrrin mine mas
Jan. 23-House passed resolution for
| constitutional amendment prohibiting
further issuance OF ta1-exempt securi-
Jan. z4-Federal Judge e. t. San
| born of Tennessee nominated by Presi-
| dent Harding to be associate justice of
| Supreme court to succeed Justice Pit
Jan. 25-House voted, 2o4 to IT, to
Cling Attorney General Daugherty
clean bill Of health In impeachment in
Jan. 2s-Robert Woods Bliss nomi-
mated as minister to Sweden.
Feb. 2@Senate passed the rural
FEB. Last American troops from
| Germany landed at Savannah. Ga
Feb. s-House passed British debt
funding bill;
E; Mont Rely resigned as governor
Feb. 1s-Senats confirmed appoint
| ment of Senator Poindexter as ambas-
sador to Peru.
Supreme court ruled a Hindu cannot
| Feb. 27-President Harding appoint
ed Hubert Work secretary OF the In
| general, effective March 4.
Richard M Tobin of San Francisco
nominated for minister to the Neither
| lands.
| Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines appointed
| director of the veterans bureau.
Feb. 2S-Ship subsidy bill killed In
| senate.
Mondel1 of Wyoming appointed mem
Der of War Finance corporation and
| Towner OF Iowa governor OF Porto
Rico.
March 1-House passed rural credits
| Senate requested President to urge
nations to limit production OF habit
| forming drugs.
March 3Investigation ordered by
senate into charges of waste and mis-
management of yeterans' bureau.
March 4ECongress adjourned after
! Democratic filibuster tied up legisla
| ton.
March 5-President and Mrs. Harding
and party started for vacation in
March 7-wisconsin senate, 2s to 4,
defeated bill to abolish National
| Guard.
March 1o-United States debt. COM
mission arranged to fund Finland's So
| 100000 war debt.
March 14-Charles F. Cramer, gen
| eral counsel for veterans bureau, killed
self On eve of senate investigation
March 17-Attorney General Daugh-
erty said President Harding was can
didate for denomination.
Two Federal court decisions forbade
search OF autos and homes by dry
March 31-Mayor Of Gary. Ind, and
"a others convicted of liquor con-
spiracy-
crat. elected mayor Of Chicago.
April 6-Defendants In Herrin QlL)
mine massacre case again acquitted.
April 8-President Harding returned
from vacation In South.
April 16-United States Supreme
court upheld constitutionality Of Cap
grain b asa suit to
stop speculation in sugar futures.
Mrs. A w. Cook of Pittsburgh, Pa.
elected gEesaentdss1eT Har Of D. 20
ted the administration to world court
plan in New York speech.
Charles B. Warren, former ambassa-
dor to Japan. and John Barton Payne
of Chicago named as American mem
bers of United States-Mexican commits
sion.
April so-supreme court, in to 2
decision, barred foreign vessels carry
ing liquor into American ports, put
overruled Daugherty opinion that
American ships cannot sell liquor out
side territorial limits:
May 2-Charles E. Ruthenberg. noted
radical, was found guilty of violating
May 3-Army monoplane piloted by
Lieutenants MacReady and Kelly made
nonstop flight from Hampstead. N Y.
May New York legislature re-
pealed state prohibition law.
May Sc H. Cunningham of Iowa
and E. E. Jones of Pennsylvania mem
Der of farm loan board
May 11-Frank McManamy of Wash
ington, D. c., made member OF inter-
state commerce commission
May 13-Adyisory committee of 100
named by Secretary Work to survey
problems of the American ar Indians inna,,..d
United States senator from Colorado.
May 21-William R. Day resigned as
umpire of the United States-German
mixed claims commission; Judge E. b.
Parker of Texas appointed to succeed
him
June limited States Supreme court
declared unconstitutional state laws
barring the teaching of foreign lam
guages in schools.
Convention of Shriners opened In
June 11-Supreme court held Kansas
industrial court was without power to
regulate wages in packing houses
June 20-President Harding started
on his trip to the West and Alaska
Sentences of "a men imprisoned for
obstructing conduct of war committed
June 23-Unitsd States seized sealed
LIQUOR stores on several British liners
at New York.
June 2s-Interstate commerce COM
mission abolished assigned car" prac-
tice in coal transportation.
June 29-Budget Director Lord an
nounced surplus of $31o.0o0,ooo for rs
July i-R. w. Bowden resigned as
American observer on reparations.
July 4-Convention of radicals opened
in Chicago
July 5-President Harding sailed
from Tacoma for Alaska
July 6-Farmer-Labor party in Chi
cago convention repudiated the Reds
who ri ! TO form Federated Farmer
Labor party on communistic lines
July Army balloon won national |
elimination contest Lieutenants Roth |
and Null, plotting navy balloon, lost |
in Lake Erie.
July S-United States anthracite |
commission reported in favor of gov |
ernment supervision of mines but |
against government ownership.
July 10-President Harding landed at |
Juneau. Alaska.
July 1s-Magnus Johnson. Farmer
Labor candidate, elected United States |
senator from Minnesota.
July 17-Philippine cabinet and other
officials resigned after controversy with
Governor General Wood
July 2S-President Harding taken i'll
in San Francisco.
July 2s-President Harding worse;
California program Cancelled.
July 30-President Harding graveIy |
Ill with broncho- pneumonia.
Aug. 2-President Harding died sud-
denly in San Francisco.
Aug. Calvin Coolidge took oath as
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