The Bozeman courier., 1926-12-31

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Feb. l2-Senate passed it's tax bill.
REDUCING federal revenue S4b6, 600, 600.
Feb. l5-Senate and house adopted
resolutions for making Inauguration
date in January and convening Of con-
gress two months after election.
House passed omnibus public build
tngs bill carrying $1e5,OOO,OOO.
Feb. 16-Army and navy bills, with
total Of $3.50, 900, passed by house
and senate separately.
Feb. 19-Senate and house conferees
agreed on tax bill with cut Of SSs7,s11,-
OOO
Feb. 2s-House accepted conference
report on tax bill, S54 to 2S.
from shipping board.
Feb. 24-Senate approved new tax
bill by 81 to 10.
March l-United States Supreme
court decided Wisconsin's gift tax law
invalid.
House passed Watson-Parker bill
abOlishing railroad labor board ana
providing means for settlement OF rail-
way labor disputes by conference med
iation and voluntary arbitration.
March S-Treasury offered for pubic
bonds at 80 per cent interest, lowest
rate since first Liberty bonds were
issued.
Bertha K. Landes mayor.
Air secretaries in three departments
recommended by e. W. MorroW, CHAIR
man of the Presidents aircraft board.
March 14-Board of temperance pro-
hibition and morals of the Methodist
church charged Coolidge administra-
tiOn, because of political condltlons,
was keeping men in ofhce VINO are not
in sympathy with enforcement OF ths
House appropriated S1O.OOO,OOO for
foreign embassy buildings.
Daniel +. Steck (Dem.), was held 20
have been elected over Senator Brook
hart (Rep), Iowa, in report submit
ted by subcommittee of the senate cleo
tions committee.
radio commission Of Ave members to
cooperate with Secretary Hoover in
keeping order in the air, was passed
The senate rejected Wallace Nc
Cament of Oregon as federal judge.
March 1S-Col. John G. Coolidge,
eighty-one, father Of President Cool
idge, died as the President and his
wife were speeding by special train
March 22@New York senate by vote
of q to "a. defeated state prohibition
March 2s-Senate confirmed the
| nomination OF T. F. Woodlock of New
York as a member of the interstate
commerce commission by vote OF 50 to
25
March 2s-Crampton bill, placing the
| entire prohibition unit under civil seFV-
ice, passed by house.
April House voted to impeach
/ Judge George w. English OF the east
| ern district Of ILLINOIS, 306 to so.
April 2-President Coolidge selected
Carmi A. Thompson OF Cleveland, Ohio.
| as special commissioner to make sur
! vey Of conditions in Philippines.
April 3-Former Governor Davis OF
Kansas and his son acquitted Of
! bribery charge.
\ hearing on Volstead act modification.
April 9-Spokesmen for American
/ Federation OF Labor at senate hear
/ ing demanded beer and light wines
| modification of Volstead act
April 12-Sixty-nve representatives
] of women's organizations urged SEN
I ators not to weaken Volstead act.
Senate by vote OF IS to Al unseated
! BroOkhart of Iowa; Daniel +. Steck
sworn in as senator.
Naval aircraft bill passed by house.
! April 13-FrRnk L. Smith defeated
! Senator w. B. Mckinley for Repub-
! lican nomination for senator from I'LL
April 1s-New York legislature
passed resolution for beer and wine
| referendum.
April 27-Foreclosure and sale of
| Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
ordered by Federal Judge WilkersOn.
House passed bill creating separate
bureau of prohibition and bureau OF
April 2S-National crime commission
| met in Washington.
April 29-National elimination bal
loon race started at Little Rock, Ark.
May President signed Spanish
| American war pension bill.
Goodyear ~, piloted by Van Orman,
won balloon race.
May 4-Senators Watson and Rob
| inson of Indiana renOminated by Re-
| publicans.
May 5-Seven convicts killed a dep
uty warden and escaped from the I'LL
nOis penitentiary at Stateville; two
captured after bloody battle with pO-
! lice at LeonOre.
House appropriated $75,00O,OOO for
five year army air program, m, D.. -
crease pay of all federal judges.
May I'll. M. Daugherty, former at
torney general; T. w. Miller, former
King indicted in New York for con
spiracy to defraud government In
American Metal company case.
May 11-Senate passed new railroad
labor bill as adopted by house.
May 13-Senate passed McFadden
banking bill.
MAY l7-House passed johnson bill
making great changes in World wal
J veterans act of 1924.
May 1S-Congressman w. s. Ware
running on wet platform, won Repub-
lican nomination for senator from
| Pennsylvania. defeating Senator Pepper
nominated W. B. Wilson.
S. S. Kresge gave S23,0O0,OOO tC
| Kresge foundation for charitable and
public welfare purposes.
May 19-House passed bill prohibit
ing transporting of pistols and revOl
Vers in the mails.
Senate ordered inquiry into primary
campaign expenditures.
May 21-Treasury department an
nounced President Coolidge had signed
an executive order authorizing ap
pointment Of state, county and muni
cipal officers as prohibition officers a
nominal salaries.
House rejected Haugen farm relie
bill, 167 to 212.
Frederick Steiwer nominated for sen
ate by Oregon Republicans, defeating
Senator Stanfeld.
May S1-President Coolidge delivere'
Memorial Day address at Arlington
! urging world disarmament.
Sesquicentennial exposition Openel
in Philadelphia.
june 2-senate passed army air ser
June S-senate passed naval air pro
gram bill.
Indiana Democratic convention nomi
mated Albert Stump and Evans Wool
len for long and short senatoria
terms, respectively.
June 4--Omnibus rivers and harbor
bill passed by house.
June Smith w. Brookhart nOmi
mated for senator by Republicans o
I Iowa defeating Senator A. B. Cum