The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC
Jan. 1-Gov. AL Smith of New York,
at his fourth Inauguration. declared
himself a candidate for Democratic
Presidential nomination.
Jan. House passed naval appropri-
alton bill without big navy" amend
ments.
Jan. 1s-Senate rejected Lausanne
treaty with Turkey.
JAN 2O-Senate, by vote of AZ to
SS, refused to let Frank L.. Smith, SEN
ator-designate from Illinois. take the
oath of office pending investigation of
his qualifications.
House passed army supply bill, add
ing $S.0OO.O00 to budget bureau esti-
mate.
Jan. 29-President Coolidge, ad-
dressing budget meeting, opposed mill
tarism and pacifism but. declared for
adequate defense.
House passed compromise radio bill
Feb. 1-Senate passed navy appropri-
struction of three light cruisers op-
posed by President, and increasing ap-
propria ton for navy aircraft program
Feb. 9-President signed bill appro-
priating s1O,OO0.OO0 for fighting corn
Feb. 11-senate passed McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill, 1873.
Feb: 15-Hugh r. Wilson appointed
Wright minister to Hungary and Le-
land Harrison minister to Sweden.
Feb: 16-Senate passed McFadden
bank bill.
Feb. IL = House passed McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill.
Ezra Brainerd, Jr., of Oklahoma con-
frmed as member of interstate COM
merce commission.
Feb 1S-Radio bill passed by senate
Vincent Massey, first minister from
Canada. received by President Coolidge.
Feb; 24-House accepted senate
amendment to navy bill appropriating
money TO start huildinU of three Iioht
cruisers.
Feb 25-President Coolidge vetoed
the McNary- Haugen farm relief bill.
Feb 2S-U. S. Supreme court can
celed oil land leases given E. L. Do
heny by A. B. Fall when secretary of
the interior on ground of fraud.
Senate slush fund committee asked
senate to adjudge Samuel insult, Dam
lei Schuyler and Thomas Cunningham
guilty of contempt for refusal to an
swer questions.
March President Coolidge appoint
ed radio commission consisting of 0.
H. Caldwell, Rear Admiral w. H. G.
Billiard, E. o. Sykes. H. A. Bellows and
F. Dillon.
House passed medical whisky bill.
Senate passed bills for elevation Of
battleship guns and other navy appro-
priations totaling S104,104,000.
March 2-Senate passed prohibition
reorganization bill.
March S-Senate ended 37-hour fill
buster by recessing until March f.
March 4-President Coolidge refused
to call extra session as congress ad-
journed
Jury failed to agree In case of
Daugherty in Daugherty- Miller bribery
trial, but convicted Miller
March S-Thomas w. Miller, former
Is months in Atlanta prison and fined
$4,000 for conspiracy to defraud gov
eminent.
March 16-Harry F. Sinclair, charged
xxrsk l. TO- o,N& Nfx '.
Teapot Dome oil scandal investigation
found guilty by District of Columbia
Supreme court jury.
March 24-Roy A. Haynes appointed
acting commissioner of prohibition.
April 2-President Coolidge revoked
Hardings naval oil reserves order and
turned the reserves back to the navy
April 5-William Hale Thompson
Mayor w. e. Dever.
Sacco and Vanzetti, convicted MUIR
derers, denied new trial by Massa-
chusetts Supreme court.
President Coolidge vetoed the Philip
pine act for plebiscite on independ-
ence.
arrest of foreign rum runners on the
April 21-MistriaI ordered in Aaron
Sapiro's 100000 libel suit against
Henry Ford
April 22-President Coolidge called
on country for s5.000,000 relief fund
April 25-President Coolidge spoke
at anniversary dinner of United Press
in New York, outlining governments
foreign policies.
Secretary Hoover, took personal
Middle West.
April 3O-U. s. agents broke up plot
to smuggle Chinese from Mexico into
California by airplanes and killed one
aviator.
the Virginia law for sterilization of
mental detectives.
President Coolidge called for $5.000.-
600 more for flood relief.
100000 raised in U. S. for Irish repub.
lie should be returned to the sub
scribers.
May 17-U. S. Supreme court upheld
California anti-syndicalism law.
May 1S-Demented farmer dynamited
schoolhouse. at Bath, Mich, killing 81
children and adults. including him.
self.
that restrictions on medicinal whisky
should be taken from Volstead act
May 19-Mrs. Catherine Cassler con-
demned to death in Chicago for murder.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, sem
tenced to three months in jail and fined
$500 for contempt of the senate.
L. c. Andrews resigned as assistant
secretary of the treasury In charge OF
pIoulDlllOn enforcement anO seymour
Lowman picked for place; DR.. j. M.
Doran appointed commissioner of pro-
hibition, replacing Roy A. Haynes.
May 25-Dr. o. D. Davis of Chicago
elected national moderator Of Congre-
gational church.
DR.. Robert E. Speer of New Jersey
elected moderator of the Presbyterian
church in the United States at general
assembly in San Francisco.
June Flood control conference
opened in Chicago
June 4-Gen. E. H. Crowder resigned
as ambassador to Cuba.
June president Coolidge named
delegates to naval disarmament con-
ference. with Ambassador Hugh L. Glib
son s chairman.
June 9-Keel laid for first 10,000-ton
cruiser for u. S. navy.
June 13-President Coolidge and his
encourage left Washington for the
summer White House in the Black
Hills, South Dakota
June 25-Fifty-five indicted at Los
Angeles in connection with oil stock
swindle.
June 29-Sacco and vanzettf re-
prieved for 80 days by Governor Fuller
Of Massachusetts,.