Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-01-31

nounced surplus or s5I600U. o0g FOR MS
July 1-R. w. Bowden resigned as
! American observer on reparations.
July 4-Convention of radicals opened
July 5-President Harding sailed
from Tacoma for Alaska.
July 6--Farmer-Labor party in Chi
! cago convention repudiated the Reds
who tri | 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.
commission reported in favor of gov
ernment supervision of mines but
against government ownership.
July 1O-President Harding landed at
July 16-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 29--President Harding worse;
California program Cancelled.
July 30-President Harding gravely
i'll with broncho-pneumonia.
Aug. 2-President Harding died sud
denly in San Francisco.
Au~. 3-Calvin Coolidge took oath as
President at Plymouth, VT, and went
to washington.
San Francisco for Washington.
Aug. S-State funeral services for
Mr.. Harding held in the capitol, Eash
ington.
Aug. 1o--Wac-en G. Harding's body
placed in vault at Marion: memorial
services in all lands.
Aug 13-President Coolidge gave
full approval to Harding budget sys-
tenn.
Coal commission summoned heads of
anthracite operators and miners to con-
ference.
Tulsa under martial law after renewed
hoggings.
Aug 14-Ex-Congressman c. Bascom
Slemp of Virginia appointed secretary
ro President Coolidge.
Aug 15--Powerful bootlegging ring
}of Savannah. Ga. broken up by "a ar
rests.
Aug 22-Successful tests made for
coast coast air mail service.
Aug. 24-Governor Pinchot asked by
President Coolidge TO try to settle an
thracite problem.
Aug. Ex-Governor Pinchot offered
compromise plan to avert anthracite
strike.
Aug. so-savage riot in Perth Amboy.
N. j., when big mob attacked Ku Klux
Klan meeting,
F. e Scobey. director of the mint.
resigned, effective October l.
Aug 31-Anthracite miners and op-
orators not satisfied with Pinchot plan,
and strike begins, but negotiations con-
tinued.
; Sept. 3--American relief measures.
/ for Japan earthquake victims started
on great scale.
Sept SC. A R. in annual parade in
Sept. &c M. Saltzgaber of vanwert.i
4. R
tatives accepted Pinchot's proposals.
s;ert. Ex-Governor Walton put all
Oklahoma under martial law.
Sept. 26-Ender orders from Governor
Walton, the Oklahoma National Guard
prevented the meeting of the house OF
representatives in special session.
Sept. 2s-Goyernor Walton of Okla
homa proclaimed ,ddt1eh indefinite POSTPONE e.
decide whether legislature should meet
to investigate his actions.
Oct. 1-Governor Walton of Okla.
homa abandoned military opposition to
special election of October 2. but called
new election for December 6.
Oct. 2-Oklahoma voted decisively in
E. favor of constitutional amendment au-
thoriZing the state legislature to con-
vene itself to consider impeachment
charges against state officials.
: Oct. 4-Resignation of George Har-
'Vey, dInDdSSaQOT TO England.
Oct. 11-Oklahoma Legislature met
and prepared for impeachment of Gov;
Jack Walton.
Oct. 19-John r. Quinn of California
elected commander of American Legion.
Oct. 23-Lower house of oklahoma
legislature voted to impeach Governor.
Walton and the senate suspended him
from Office.
Oct. 26-Former United States Sena-
tor Frank B. Kellogg named ambassa-
dor to Great Britain
> Nov. 12-United States Supreme court
decided aliens can be prohibited by
states from owning land, provided there
is no treaty stipulation to the con-
trary.
Robert ]. Grant of Denver made di-
rector of the mint.
Nov. Ex-senator Hiram Johnson for
mally declared himself a candidate for
Republican presidential nomination.
Nov. 19-Governor Walton of Okla
'homa found guilty by senate court OF
impeachment and ousted from office.
Nov. 21-Dr. Frederick A. Cook, fake
North pole discoverer, convicted of oil
stock frauds and sentenced to prison.
Nov. 24-F.ormer Governor Walton of
Oklahoma indicted on criminal charges.
Nov. 30-Gov. w. T. McCray of In
diana indicted for embezzlement.
Dec 3-Sixth- eighth congress met
but progressive Republican bloc pre-
vented organization of the house
, Dec. 4-In South Dakota state propo-
sal conventions the Republicans in
Adoo. and Farmer La borites favored
, ,LaFollette for presidential candidates
Dec. 5-House organized, Speaker
Gillet- being reelected.
Dec. 6-President Coolidge delivered
his message to congress.
Dec. 1O-United States Supreme court
recessed until January 2.
Dec. 12-Republican national commit
tee selected Cleveland as place and
June 10 as date for national conven-
ZION.
Dec. 13-Conference of representa-
,tives of anthracite using states opened
fat Harrisburg, Pa.
Dec. 15-Presdent Coolidge ordered
release of all remaining imprisoned
iviolators of war laws.
: Dec. 17-W. G. McAdoo formally an
.nounced his candidacy for Democratic
presidential nomination.
Dec. 27-American Association for
'the Advancement of Science met in
Cincinnati.
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